Michael Vaughan replys to Salman Butt for supporting Virat Kohli

Salman Butt, in support of Virat Kohli, gave a befitting reply to Michael Vaughan

Michael Vaughan replied," I wished he had such a clear thought of mind back in 2010 when he was Match fixing !!!"

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan, known for his outspokenness, recently said that he believes Kane Williamson is the best batsman in the world. He compared Kane Williamson with Virat Kohli and said that Kane is the best batsman in the world but he cannot be given this title as he is not an Indian. Responding to Michael Vaughan's statement, Pakistan player Salman Butt took a dig at him, saying through his YouTube channel that Michael Vaughan's statement is completely irrelevant. Michael Vaughan responded to this on his Twitter handle in his familiar style. He said that everyone has the freedom to speak, but Salman Butt would have shown this prudence before 'match fixing', it would have been better.

Salman Butt took the side of Virat Kohli on his YouTube channel and said that Virat Kohli comes from a country where the population is very large. Apart from this, Virat Kohli's performance is also very good. The 32-year-old Virat has scored 70 centuries in international cricket in a very short period of time and none of the batsmen who have played with him have done so. He has remained at the top of the batting rankings for a long time as his performance has always been excellent. Salman Butt said, "In such a situation, I do not understand what they need to compare."

Batting Rankings (Men) for different formats are given below:

MEN'S ODI BATTING RANKINGS
POS	PLAYER	TEAM	RATING	CAREER BEST RATING
1	Babar Azam	PAK	865	865 v South Africa, 07/04/2021
2	Virat Kohli	IND	857	911 v England, 12/07/2018
3	Rohit Sharma	IND	825	885 v Sri Lanka, 06/07/2019
4	Ross Taylor	NZ	801	841 v Bangladesh, 05/06/2019
5	Aaron Finch	AUS	791	798 v England, 25/06/2019
6	Jonny Bairstow	ENG	785	796 v India, 26/03/2021
7	Fakhar Zaman	PAK	778	778 v South Africa, 07/04/2021
8	Francois du Plessis	SA	778	820 v Australia, 06/07/2019
9	David Warner	AUS	773	880 v Pakistan, 26/01/2017
10	Shai Hope	WI	773	808 v Bangladesh, 17/05/2019
11	Quinton de Kock	SA	756	813 v Sri Lanka, 10/03/2019
12	Kane Williamson	NZ	754	799 v India, 09/07/2019
13	Imam-ul-Haq	PAK	751	768 v South Africa, 02/04/2021
14	Joe Root	ENG	723	824 v Sri Lanka, 13/10/2018
15	Steve Smith	AUS	707	752 v Pakistan, 22/01/2017
16	Martin Guptill	NZ	707	789 v South Africa, 01/03/2017
17	Shikhar Dhawan	IND	706	813 v Pakistan, 23/09/2018
18	Mushfiqur Rahim	BAN	698	723 v Sri Lanka, 28/07/2019
19	Jason Roy	ENG	689	782 v Australia, 11/07/2019
20	Glenn Maxwell	AUS	684	735 v India, 20/01/2016

MEN'S TEST BATTING RANKINGS
1	Kane Williamson	NZ	919	919 v Pakistan, 07/01/2021
2	Steve Smith	AUS	891	947 v England, 30/12/2017
3	Marnus Labuschagne	AUS	878	878 v India, 19/01/2021
4	Joe Root	ENG	831	917 v Australia, 10/08/2015
5	Virat Kohli	IND	814	937 v England, 22/08/2018
6	Rishabh Pant	IND	747	747 v England, 10/03/2021
7	Henry Nicholls	NZ	747	778 v Bangladesh, 12/03/2019
8	Rohit Sharma	IND	747	747 v England, 10/03/2021
9	David Warner	AUS	724	880 v India, 13/12/2014
10	Babar Azam	PAK	714	800 v Bangladesh, 11/02/2020
11	Dimuth Karunaratne	SL	712	754 v South Africa, 22/07/2018
12	Tom Latham	NZ	706	733 v West Indies, 07/12/2020
13	Ben Stokes	ENG	705	827 v West Indies, 20/07/2020
14	Cheteshwar Pujara	IND	697	888 v Sri Lanka, 07/08/2017
15	Ajinkya Rahane	IND	688	825 v New Zealand, 11/10/2016
16	Aiden Markram	SA	673	759 v Australia, 03/04/2018
17	Azhar Ali	PAK	673	787 v Australia, 30/12/2016
18	Ross Taylor	NZ	669	871 v West Indies, 23/12/2013
19	Dean Elgar	SA	662	784 v Australia, 03/04/2018
20	Mohammad Rizwan	PAK	642	667 v South Africa, 08/02/2021

MEN'S T20I BATTING RANKINGS
POS	PLAYER	TEAM	RATING	CAREER BEST RATING
1	Dawid Malan	ENG	892	915 v South Africa, 01/12/2020
2	Aaron Finch	AUS	830	900 v Zimbabwe, 03/07/2018
3	Babar Azam	PAK	828	896 v England, 05/05/2019
4	Devon Conway	NZ	774	784 v Bangladesh, 30/03/2021
5	Virat Kohli	IND	762	897 v England, 07/09/2014
6	Rassie van der Dussen	SA	756	756 v Pakistan, 16/04/2021
7	Lokesh Rahul	IND	743	854 v England, 03/07/2018
8	Glenn Maxwell	AUS	694	836 v Sri Lanka, 27/10/2019
9	Martin Guptill	NZ	688	793 v South Africa, 19/02/2012
10	Mohammad Rizwan	PAK	640	640 v Zimbabwe, 25/04/2021
11	Hazratullah	AFG	636	736 v West Indies, 16/11/2019
12	Eoin Morgan	ENG	633	872 v India, 31/08/2011
13	Evin Lewis	WI	626	780 v England, 16/09/2017
14	Rohit Sharma	IND	613	718 v West Indies, 06/11/2018
15	Jonny Bairstow	ENG	605	624 v South Africa, 27/11/2020
16	Colin Munro	NZ	592	830 v Pakistan, 02/11/2018
17	Jos Buttler	ENG	591	614 v India, 08/07/2018
18	George Munsey	SCO	583	600 v Netherlands, 19/09/2019
19	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	AFG	576	620 v Zimbabwe, 17/03/2021
20	Paul Stirling	IRE	575	587 v Afghanistan, 06/03/2020

Salman, taking a dig at Michael Vaughan, said that he is also comparing who does not have a single century in ODI. Butt said that Michael Vaughan has been a very good captain but his batting has never been good.

Regarding Kane Williamson, Salman Butt said that Kane is a very good and capable batsman. There is no doubt about it. After Michael Vaughan's statement, former India opener Wasim Jaffer tweeted, referring to Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan on Twitter, that the extra finger is near Hrithik Roshan but Kartival is Vaughan.

Michael Vaughan recently said during a conversation with Star Sports that Kane Williamson is the best batsman in the world, but you cannot say the same under Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli comes from a country where the population is very large and his fan following too. Virat Kohli is not a great and best player, you cannot say that because by saying this you will have to face social media. Vann further said that New Zealand's Kane Williamson cannot match Virat Kohli as he does not have 100 million followers on Instagram and he does not earn hugely even through brand endorsement.

No idea what the headline is ... but I seen what Salman has said about me ... that’s fine and he is allowed his opinion but I wished he had such a clear thought of mind back in 2010 when he was Match fixing !!! https://t.co/EkDWuH7Vi4

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 16, 2021

Taking these statements, Salman Butt took on Vaughan in favor of Virat Kohli. However, Michael Vaughan did not remain silent after this and replied to this on his Twitter handle. He said that I do not know what today's headlines are but I came to know what Salman Butt has said about me. Everyone has the right to present his side but it would have been good if Salman Butt had shown such a clear thought of mind before match fixing in 2010.