Virat Kohli - The Next Sachin Tendulkar In The Making

 

14 runs short, or Virat Kohli might have had three centuries in four games. This man is a champion chaser and that tag goes with him well. To go with those efforts the equaling of the record of someone like Viv Richards is an honor in itself.

Sachin Tendulkar had already predicted that it will be someone from India who will break his records and that ‘someone’ looks to be Virat Kohli at the moment. This guy has incredible record when India is chasing and on more than 50% of the times, India has won the matches when Virat got a century.

Out of the 17 centuries in all for the number three batsman, 11 of them have come when India were looking for a win batting second. Two of those best innings came against Australia in the recently concluded bilateral series, when Kohli became the fastest Indian to notch up an ODI century in just 52 balls.

Kohli could have broken the record held by Vivian Richards of West Indies to be the quickest to reach 5000 ODI runs. However, a mix-up through some misunderstanding between him and Rohit Sharma deprived Kohli of a well-deserved record.

Had Virat scored those runs in that previous ODI, he could have overtaken even Viv Richards. However, equaling the record is also equally commendable.  Virat has until now played 120 ODIs. He has 17 centuries to his credit and 27 half-centuries. This shows his great conversion rate once he crosses the fifty-run mark. He has 5005 career runs in all.

In 20 Test matches, Virat got to bat on 33 occasions and has scored a total of 1235 runs. In this format his conversion is even better with four centuries and seven half-centuries. Obviously, in Tests one gets longer time to bat and so they can take their time and avoid playing rash shots.

It won’t be exaggeration to call Virat in the form of his life. There’s nothing stopping him. He turned 25 on the fifth of this month and has a long time to spend in international cricket. With 21 centuries at the moment, only he looks to score 100 international centuries.

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