The best 28-year olds in International cricket at present

7. Virat Kohli (Born November 5, 1988)

Analyzing Virat Kohli, or even summarizing his achievements in world cricket is a fairly difficult task. To put it in perspective, this man got to 30 ODI hundreds in less than 190 innings, while the great Sachin Tendulkar – who is the textbook definition of what batting should be – got to that milestone in his 267th innings. Kohli has swashbuckled his way to the pinnacle of international cricket with near-impossible chases and outrageous batsmanship.

His impeccable cover drives are only matched by his flicks through the mid-wicket region, where he displays the sub-continental ‘wristiness’ at its best. But Kohli’s greatness doesn’t stop with the willow. Walking down the yellow-brick road laid by Sourav Ganguly, Virat Kohli has taken aggressive captaincy one step further.

The days of Indian cricketers being silent on the field are long gone, and at the helm is a fiery and hungry Kohli, who has often given the Australians a taste of their own medicine. All said and done, he is easily one of the biggest superstars the sport has ever produced, and he is certainly a heartthrob among all Indian fans.