London: Harry Brook is "by far and away the best player in the world", according to his England team-mate Joe Root.
Root, 33, is ranked as the number one batter in the world by the International Cricket Council, one place ahead of Brook, BBC reported.
According to media reports, Brook made 123 in England's defeat of New Zealand in Wellington, his second century of the series following a triple-century on the tour of Pakistan.
"To be able to construct an innings like that off the back of another exceptional hundred the week before, with such an all-round game - he can absorb pressure, he can apply it," said Root.
"He can whack you over your head for six. He can scoop you over his head for six. He can smack spin. He can smack seam."
Root also made a century in Wellington, his 36th in Test cricket. Only four men in the history of the game have made more. In Pakistan, Root became England's leading run-scorer of all time. But the start of Brook's career has eclipsed that of his Yorkshire colleague. The 25-year-old has 2,280 runs in his 23 Tests. No England player has had more after the same number of games, the report said.
