Virat Kohli is a better player than Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting, say Michael Vaughan
Monday, December 17, 2018 IST
Virat has scored 1223 runs in 2018 at an average of 58.23. In the last 3 years, Virat has an average of almost 70 in Tests while averaging 94.47 in ODIs in the same period.
Virat Kohli is recognised as the best batsman in the world right now. There was a debate with Steve Smith as to who was the better Test cricketer but after Smith’s ban but that debate died a natural death. There was talk with Ab de Villiers as to who is the best limited-overs batsman but that debate also came to an end after de Villiers' retirement. Virat is a constant whenever a there is a talk of the best batsman in the world.
He proved his masterclass again when he scored his 25th Test Century in the first innings of the second Test against Australia in Perth. He is really used to breaking records by now but with that hundred, Virat broke some more records. With his sixth century in Australia, Virat tied with Sachin Tendulkar as the overseas player with most hundreds in Australia.
So now Former England captain Michael Vaughan has come forward and declared that Virat is the best batsman he has ever seen.
“I have not seen a better player (than Kohli),” Vaughan told Fox Sports.
“I’m not disrespecting Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara or Ricky Ponting but across three formats of the game I have not seen anyone better.”
“He has such high skill levels and an incredible mentality when it comes to dealing with the pressure of the chase. All that while dealing with a weight of expectation and adulation that only Sachin would have experienced.”
Virat is definitely going to be recognised as one of the best batsmen in the history of the game after all the things he has already achieved. 30-year-old Virat is also the second fastest batsmen to score 25 Test hundreds after reaching the milestone in 127 innings. It is three less than Sachin Tendulkar who took 130 innings to score as many hundreds in Tests. Don Bradman is the fastest to the landmark after taking just 68 innings to score 25 Test hundreds.
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