Kohli is playing Tendulkar's role for India now: Afridi

Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has compared batting maestro Virat Kohli with the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, saying he has now become the wall of the Indian cricket team, winning match after match with his bat. 

Kohli has been in golden touch in the ongoing World Twenty20, playing match-winning knocks against Pakistan and Bangladesh under trying situations and Afridi was all praise for the Delhi batsman. 

"Virat Kohli is becoming like a wall in the Indian team. Earlier, it used to be Sachin Tendulkar who won matches for India and now it is Kohli who is playing that role," Afridi said after Pakistan lost to Australia by 21 runs to crash out of the World Twenty20.

Talking about Friday's match, Afridi conceded that Pakistan were simply not good enough against the Australians. 

"Honestly, we were not good enough. We had problems in batting. Our bowlers were doing well but in the last four overs, we gave away 40 runs. That is not not good bowling and we cannot do that against a team like Australia," he said.