Batting legend Ricky Ponting feels India skipper Virat Kohli is the best one-day batsman in the world but it is not yet time to call him a great of the five-day format.
"Is he the best batsman in the world? Yeah, he probably is. I thought he was six or seven months ago and he's probably taken it to another level
since then," Ponting said.
Kohli had an outstanding 2016 across formats as the Test captain guided India to comprehensives wins against the West Indies, New Zealand and England before taking over the captaincy of limited overs as well.
Ponting said captaincy in all formats would help Kohli even further. Talking about the upcoming Australia tour of India, Ponting said the visitors will need to get Kohli out of his comfort zone to have any chances of doing well in the four-Test series.