Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is currently the best cricketer in the world. Kohli has broken Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 centuries in ODI cricket but is still far behind in Tests. Kohli currently has only 29 centuries in Tests. Kohli still needs 22 centuries to break Sachin’s record which seems quite difficult. Kohli is also far behind the Master Blaster in terms of Test runs. Sachin has scored around 16 thousand runs in 200 Tests while Kohli has not even touched the 9 thousand run mark yet.
In fact, in the last few years, Kohli has not been able to perform in red ball cricket in the way he is expected to. This is the reason why it seems difficult to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most runs and most centuries in Tests. At least there is little hope of this happening with Virat’s bat. Meanwhile, the statement of the former Australian cricketer has made this thing more certain.
It is difficult to break Sachin’s record
Former Australian spinner Brad Hogg believes that Virat Kohli will not be able to surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s record of runs in Tests after his poor performance in Tests in the last few years. Tendulkar is the world’s highest run scorer in Tests as well as ODIs. In the longest format of the game, the Master Blaster has scored 15921 runs in 200 matches. At the same time, Kohli has scored 8871 runs in 114 Tests since making his Test debut in 2011. Kohli is 35 years old and Hogg feels that it will be difficult for him to break Tendulkar’s record now.
Virat Kohli is not in form
Hogg said on his YouTube channel that he does not think Virat will be able to reach there now. He feels that Kohli has lost his rhythm and the rhythm he has lost has been there for many years. He will have to return in the next 10 Test matches, otherwise his performance will decline. Kohli has not been that successful with the bat in Test matches in recent years, but Joe Root, Kane Williamson and Steve Smith are consistently performing brilliantly. Root is the highest run-scorer among all of them. Root has scored 12402 runs in 146 Test matches. Hogg said that Joe Root can get close to Sachin’s record of most runs.
