"Not only is he gifted with his ability and his natural ability, but you-re marrying that up with this constant drive and hunger to improve and just be better day in and day out. Yeah, we are fortunate to play against each other, it-s been great to meet at a young age and follow his progress and journey," he said.

Kohli on May 22 sent out an Instagram post with Williamson which read: "Love our chats. Good man @kane_s_w." It once again showed the affection Kohli has for his New Zealand counterpart and Williamson spoke about the journey the two have shared.

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Last year in July, Kane Williamson took to Instagram as well to share an interesting post along with Kohli and his Kiwi teammates. and wrote, "A great contest, always a fine line in this game! Looking forward to the next one cwc19 backtheblackcaps indvnz"

When asked about when according to Kane Williamson did their friendship blossom, he replied,"It’s been interesting, we’ve had to play against each other for a long period of time. But actually, probably over the last few years, we just shared our views on the game, some honest thoughts and found some common grounds and despite perhaps playing the game little bit differently in terms of physically and maybe our on-field characters I suppose."

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