'Kohli's T20I returns are like CR7 returning to Man Utd' – Saba Karim

While Kohli's move is seen as a good thing for Indian cricket, former cricketer Saba Karim compares his move to Cristiano Ronaldo joining Manchester United.

Delhi: Virat Kohli is by far the most popular cricketer of the era and his return to T20I cricket was a welcome move in the year of the World Cup. While Kohli's move is seen as a good thing for Indian cricket, former cricketer Saba Karim compares his move to Cristiano Ronaldo joining Manchester United. Speaking on Jio Cinema, Karim said that Kohli's move is identical in magnitude to Ronaldo's.

“This looks like Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Man United. The prodigal son returns, doesn't he? That's kind of like what Virat has been doing for 14 months now. That's a long time.”

“But whatever you could see in the pre-match warm-ups, I think Virat is very keen to get on the field and do again what he has done so well in the past,” Kohli said.

India vs Afghanistan 3rd T20I Probable XIs
IND Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar

AFG probably XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (c), Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

India vs Afghanistan Full squads
IND: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Rinku Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Shubman Gill, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma and Ravi Bishnoi.

AFG: Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Fareed Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Hazratullah Zazai, Karim Janat, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Qais Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Noor Ahmad and Mohammad Saleem.