 "Virat Kohli is the greatest ODI-T20 cricketer, Ganguly makes a clear statement, but is he ahead of Sachin Tendulkar?")
Whenever it comes to great cricketers, the list starts with Australia’s Don Bradman and goes up to Sachin Tendulkar. But Sourav Ganguly has started a new debate by taking Virat Kohli’s name first in ODI Cricket. Virat Kohli is probably the greatest cricketer when it comes to the white ball (ODI-T20), Ganguly said at a CAB event.
Bengal Cricket Association (Cricket Association of Bengal) on Monday honored the players of the under-15 women’s team. Sourav Ganguly also participated in this program. Meanwhile, Ganguly said, ‘Virat Kohli is the greatest cricketer of his era.’
Just like women’s cricket has Jhulan Goswami and Mithali Raj, men’s cricket has Virat Kohli. To score more than 80 international hundreds is unbelievable. For me, he (Kohli) is probably the greatest player in the world in white-ball cricket.
“I was surprised by the way he (Kohli) batted after scoring a century in the Perth Test,” said former Indian captain and BCCI president Ganguly. He has struggled before but after his century in Perth, it was expected that he would score a lot of runs. But every player has their strengths and weaknesses. There is no player in the world that doesn’t have this. It all depends on how you adapt because you are constantly facing better bowlers.
Let us tell you that despite scoring a century on the Australia tour, Virat Kohli could score only 190 runs in 5 matches. Most of the time he would return to the pavilion after being caught at slip or gully.
This also raised questions about his technique. Veterans like Sunil Gavaskar said that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma should find their form by playing in the Ranji Trophy. Both Rohit and Kohli took this advice very seriously and agreed to play the Ranji match.
Most of the world’s cricket lovers consider Sachin Tendulkar to be the greatest batsman in modern cricket. Sachin has scored 18,426 runs in 463 ODIs with 49 centuries.
Talking about Kohli, he has scored 13906 runs in 50 ODI matches. Virat has broken Sachin’s world record of 49 centuries in just 295 matches. Virat averages 58.18 in ODIs. Sachin has scored runs at an average of 44.83 in ODI matches. When Ganguly ranked Kohli above Sachin, he might have given more importance to averages and hundreds.