Virat Kohli recently completed 10,000 ODI runs and became the fastest man to reach the coveted landmark. With age being his side and a minimum of 6-7 years left in his International career, the Delhi boy looks all set to shackle all the records held by greats of the game.
Ever since he arrived to International cricket in 2008, he set a benchmark for himself that got some match winning performances from him and people allready started comparing him with Sachin Tendulkar. After the departure of Sachin in 2013, cricket fans started seeing the next Sachin in Virat and the 29-year-old has certainly lived up to the expectation or is running ahead of the race currently.
Meanwhile, Sachin has stepped up and said that Virat is one of the leading players of all time.
I saw a spark in him says Tendulkar
“Coming to Virat’s development as a player, I think he has developed immensely. And I always saw that spark in him. I always felt that he is going to be one of the leading players in the world, not just of this generation, but one of the leading players of all time,” he was quoted as saying by India TV.
Sachin also said that he does not believe on comparisons as every generation is different.
“I think first of all, like how Virat has said and I have been saying for 24 years that I have played. I have never believed in comparison. Each generation if you take from the time cricket was played from day one to now, the change has been constant.
“Then each generation played differently, there were different rules, there were different restrictions, there were different surfaces, there were different balls also at times. I personally don’t feel one should be comparing different generations. But within that generation also I personally believe there should not be any comparison, because every individual whatever he or she does needs to be respected and judge by itself, it doesn’t have to be always judged by comparing someone and I don’t believe in that (comparisons),” Sachin added.
