Virat Kohli, the batting maestro of ODI cricket is often compared with the batting legend Sachin Tendulkar. Virat Kohli is considered to be the modern-day batting great who has broken innumerable batting records but the batter doesn’t seem to have a good track record in ICC knock-out matches which is a concern for the team.
In India’s opening clash against Australia, we witnessed how he bailed the team out from the precarious position. Virat has the knack of waiting game which is priceless in the modern cricket. He along with KL Rahul will have to do the bulk of scoring in the middle overs phase.
Virat Kohli controls the tempo of the game when he bats- Usman Khawaja
Usman Khawaja was having an interaction with Fox Sports. Usman Khawaja pointed out that Virat Kohli is a better batter than Sachin Tendulkar. Usman Khawaja stated that Virat Kohli has got different gears and said that Virat’s consistency is surreal.
“I am going to say Virat Kohli is better than Sachin Tendulkar in ODIs. If you look at the stats, he has almost taken over how many hundreds he (Tendulkar) has got, and he has played so many more less games. Sachin was the benchmark for when I grew up, but what Kohli is doing right now—no one has ever done that in the game,” said Usman Khawaja.
“He improves players around him. Everyone likes to play with him; he drives standards high. When he came into the team, he wanted to leave a legacy, and he has done that with the way this Indian team is presented, the number one in all three forms of the game going into this World Cup,” he stated.
“The other thing I like about him is how he controls the tempo of the game when he bats. He has got different gears. He can go in and take the game away from you, and can also get into a shell when he has to. He just controls the whole tempo of the game,” he added.
“He is the greatest of the run chasers that we have seen in One-Day cricket. The thing I love about Virat is his consistency. The reason I believe he is so consistent over such a long period of time is that he is the greatest two and four-hitter I have seen. He doesn’t hit a lot of sixes in ODIs,” he concluded.
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