“It’s Sachin’s Test hundreds that are going to be a big mountain for Kohli to climb. He (Kohli) is an all-time great in this format (ODI); not saying that he is not a Test match great. Tendulkar’s real greatness was 51 Test hundreds. That’s the one which is going to be a real pursue for him and I hope he carries that aspiration and gets there,” former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar, who was additionally Tendulkar’s Mumbai and India teammate stated on Star Sports’ Cricket Live Show.
With each worldwide century, Virat Kohli progresses in the direction of equalling grasp blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s document of 100 Test tons. Kohli introduced up his forty fifth ODI century in opposition to Sri Lanka within the first ODI on the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati on Tuesday. He is now solely 5 centuries behind Tendulkar for many a whole lot within the 50-over format.
Between 2008 and 2013, Kohli and Tendulkar performed a major quantity of cricket collectively. However, it wasn’t till Sachin’s retirement that Kohli really established himself as one of many best batters in historical past. In addition, Kohli has an opportunity to interrupt a few of Tendulkar’s data for many runs scored by an Indian batter in away ODIs and overseas in a selected nation.
With not less than two extra years left in Kohli’s worldwide profession, one can solely hope that the batter equals and even strikes previous his idol’s document and with 2023 being the World Cup 12 months India will get to play many ODIs and King Kohli will eye-shattering data.
