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Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar claimed that if he had played against Virat Kohli, he would have not been able to score as many runs as he has done in his career.

Akhtar also said that he would have stopped Kohli from breaking all sorts of scoring records.

"Virat Kohli is a good person and a big cricketer and you only expect big words from big players. And I thank him a lot for that. But, if I would have played against Virat Kohli then he would not have scored these many runs but whatever he would have scored those would have been fabulous and it would look that he really fought hard for those runs," he said while in an interview.

The pacer further claimed that he would have "gotten the best out of Kohli."

"He may not have had 50 centuries. 20 or 25 may at the most but those would have been valiant hundreds. I would have gotten the best out of Virat Kohli," he added.

Akhtar has remained critical of Virat Kohli's form in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) as of late and he earlier claimed that even big players should be dropped if they don't perform for the team.