WATCH – Dale Steyn Bizarrely Compares Reeza Hendricks Cover-Drive to Virat Kohli

Ind vs SA: Few in the industry can play that shot with as much control and precision as Kohli.

Gqeberha: Former India captain Virat Kohli is perhaps the best cover driver of the cricket ball in modern times. Few in the industry can play that shot with as much control and precision as Kohli and that’s why it was quite surprising when former South African pacer Dale Steyn compared Kohli’s cover drive to Reeza Hendricks during the second T20I on Tuesday.

“We talk about Virat Kohli having a classically beautiful drive, Reeza Hendricks is right up there in playing that shot,” Steyn said on Star Sports. “You saw tonight how well he played. He read the game well and took over when necessary. It was a tremendous blow.”

“India was a bit unlucky. Early on, they found the edge of his bat once or twice. They put a second slip there, he was quite in position and they went a bit wide but he managed to hit a few sneaky boundaries but that’s cricket. He rode his luck and batted really well at the end of the day,” he added.