In the recently concluded first Ashes test match, we got a chance to see two of the world's most impressive and exciting batting talents, viz., Steve Smith and Joe Root. Along with Kane Williamson of New Zealand and Virat Kohli, they form the fab four of any dream modern x¡ batting line-up. While Steve Smith failed miserably during the first test match, Joe Root shone brilliantly. Now let's go back to a series earlier, New Zealand and England. Both Kane and Root were marvellous during that series. Put the clock back by exactly one year and we had Virat and Root facing each other in England. While Virat wasn't able to decide upon his imaginary fourth stump stance (and thus was pathetic during entire 5-match series), Root churns runs smoothly like a recently oiled grinding machine against a quite-competent (yes, you heard that right) bowling attack. Please, for one more time, go back with me to Australia's tour of India in 2013 and UAE in 2014. It's better if we don't discuss the performance of Steve Smith during these two series at all. It was, by all account, horrible.
So this fairly considerable sample size will give us an idea who has been the best emerging young batsman in last two years. Lets start with Virat, he is called a flat track bully but he wronged his critics in Australia by his superlative and credible performance. Steve Smith was supreme in his home and South Africa but not in subcontinent. Joe Root is yet to play in South Africa, India and UAE, and he was not that good in Australia in 2013 Ashes. However, his records in England at least has been phenomenal. And then we come to Kane. Kane is yet to play a full fledged test series in Australia, often considered the best place to judge a cricketer's character, guts and brilliance but apart from this inevitable assignment, he has been awesome in almost all parts of cricketing globe and in all three formats too. He is a Cricketing Cyborg, a painfully reticent and shy personality who just wants to play cricket. In October-November 2015, New Zealand will play Australia in a three test match series, their first such in 14 years and involving the very first day night test match in Adelaide but even before that, I cast my vote in favor of KING KANE WILLIAMSON for being the pre-eminent batsman of past two years and I am certain, he won't prove me wrong for this assessment for many more years to come........All hail King Kane.........#KaneKillsYouSoftly.........#CricketingCyborg..........#UnderstatedBrilliance
So this fairly considerable sample size will give us an idea who has been the best emerging young batsman in last two years. Lets start with Virat, he is called a flat track bully but he wronged his critics in Australia by his superlative and credible performance. Steve Smith was supreme in his home and South Africa but not in subcontinent. Joe Root is yet to play in South Africa, India and UAE, and he was not that good in Australia in 2013 Ashes. However, his records in England at least has been phenomenal. And then we come to Kane. Kane is yet to play a full fledged test series in Australia, often considered the best place to judge a cricketer's character, guts and brilliance but apart from this inevitable assignment, he has been awesome in almost all parts of cricketing globe and in all three formats too. He is a Cricketing Cyborg, a painfully reticent and shy personality who just wants to play cricket. In October-November 2015, New Zealand will play Australia in a three test match series, their first such in 14 years and involving the very first day night test match in Adelaide but even before that, I cast my vote in favor of KING KANE WILLIAMSON for being the pre-eminent batsman of past two years and I am certain, he won't prove me wrong for this assessment for many more years to come........All hail King Kane.........#KaneKillsYouSoftly.........#CricketingCyborg..........#UnderstatedBrilliance
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