Perhaps the best ODI player of all time: Aaron Finch’s high praise for Virat Kohli

The last time India toured Australia, they returned with a record that still haunts Australia. The Men in Blue won the Test and ODI series while drawing the T20Is, thus for the first time in the history of India vs Australia clashes, the hosts failed to win a single series at home. Australia captain Aaron Finch is fully aware of what happened last time and does not want to discount the touring party, led by Virat Kohli with whom he shared the RCB dressing room in the recently concluded Dream11 IPL 2020.

Finch thinks that Kohli is perhaps the best One Day player of all time and his team will have to work extra hard if they have to get the better of the India skipper.

“If you look at his record it’s second to none. It really is remarkable. I think what we have to keep in mind is that we have to keep looking to get him out,” Finch said ahead of the first ODI.

“When you go away from that and you look to contain players you can miss a trick there. There’s not too many chinks in his armour. He’s probably the best one-day player of all time so it’s about sticking to our plans and being really committed in that regard.”

However, Finch is confident of his side doing well because of the presence of a number of quality all-rounders in his team. 

“What Maxi’s shown in T20 cricket in particular is his bowling keeps improving all the time. I think Marcus Stoinis has proved that as well with the amount of exposure he’s had over the past couple of years bowling at the death, it’s really important for us and it gives us a lot of flexibility in there,” Finch said.

“In England we had the three allrounders with Mitch (Marsh) so you can dissect the 10 overs a little bit easier, I guess. You’re still expecting when that fifth bowler is, or the combination of allrounders are, bowling that minimum 10 overs that they’re still having an impact on the game.

“It’s not about picking allrounders just for the sake of it, it’s also a key bowling spot as well,” he signed off.

India vs Australia kicks off tomorrow with the first ODI. You can follow a detailed coverage of the series on the RCB Official App.