Babar: Learned a lot from Kohli

 The titans conflict in Pallekele Saturday in the 50-over Asia Cup competition, a preface to the forthcoming ODI WC

Pakistan captain Babar Azam reacts during Friday’s press conference in Kandy Photo: AFP

Pakistan captain Babar Azam Friday said a motivational speech by India's cricket whiz Virat Kohli toward the beginning of his profession helped him a ton.

The titans conflict in Pallekele Saturday in the 50-over Asia Cup competition, a preface to the forthcoming One Day Global World Cup in India.

Both Babar, who stays top of the ODI batting graph, and Kohli have commended each other on different events notwithstanding the severe contention between the two countries.

Gotten some information about correlations between the two batsmen, the 28-year old Babar said: " I can't remark on the discussion. We should pass on that to (the fans)."

"There ought to be shared regard. He is more established than me and I regard him. I have gained some significant knowledge from him," he said.

"I have said before that when I began (worldwide cricket) I addressed him and it helped me a great deal."

Babar withheld the specifics of the conversation.

Kohli, 34, was seen blending with the Pakistan players and embraced pace bowler Haris Rauf as the groups prepared under the lights just before the large gathering conflict.

In the mean time Pakistan reported their XI, keeping a similar group which pounded Asia Cup debutants Nepal in the opener.

Pakistan: Shadab Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Ali Agha, Imam-ul-Haq, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, and Shaheen Shah Afridi are the captains.