Former cricketer and star batsman VVS Laxman has showered huge praise on captain Virat Kohli who recently broke the 12,000-run barrier in ODIs. Laxman stated that Kohli plays with the same level of intensity that he used to when he began his career in 2008 and was quite impressed with that quality.

During the third ODI of the three-match series against Australia at the Manuka Oval on Wednesday, Virat Kohli set the record as the fastest batsman to score 12,000 runs in One-Day Internationals. India went on to win the match by 13 runs after Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja posted quickfire fifties.