Star India and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Virat Kohli on Wednesday revealed two batters that he regards because the ‘Greatest of All Time’, saying that they modified the dynamics of cricket fully. “I have always taken two names, Sachin Tendulkar and Sir Viv Richards are the GOATs of Cricket. Sachin is my hero. These two have revolutionized batting in their generation and completely change the dynamic of cricket. That is why I feel they are the two greatest,” stated Virat in a video posted by RCB.

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Sachin and Viv each have the numbers that justify Virat’s phrases. In 664 worldwide appearances, Sachin scored 34,357 runs at a mean of 48.52, with 100 centuries and 164 fifties. His greatest rating is 248*. He holds quite a few data within the sport, together with most runs in Tests, ODIs and worldwide cricket as an entire. He can be the one participant to attain 100 worldwide centuries, with Virat (75 centuries) as his distant rival. With 201 worldwide wickets and the very best bowling figures of 5/32, Sachin was a succesful spin bowler as properly.

Viv additionally had the popularity for being some of the harmful batters of his time. He was a part of the West Indies aspect that received the 1975 and 1979 Cricket World Cups. He scored 8,540 runs in 121 Tests at a mean of fifty.23, with 24 tons and 45 fifties. He additionally scored 6,721 runs in 187 ODIs at a mean of 47.00, with 11 tons and 45 fifties.

On being requested what he would say if he shared a desk with the retired tennis nice Roger Federer and footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, Virat stated that he would simply take heed to each of them speaking.

“I would just keep quiet and listen to both of them. I do not have much to contribute to that conversation. It would be all about soaking everything in, listening to two of the greatest athletes in the history of sports,” stated Virat.

Recalling the enjoyable he used to have enjoying with trump playing cards as a child, Virat stated that it was certainly one of his favorite issues to play along with his pals.

“We used to hunt for those cards. Lex Luger (former WWE wrestler), used to be ranked one. There was Giant Gonsalvez (WWE wrestler) as well. It was fun playing with those cards. I also had posters of sportspersons, especially cricketers,” stated Virat.

RCB will begin their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season with a match in opposition to Mumbai Indians (MI) at their dwelling area, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on April 2.

Last 12 months, RCB certified for playoffs and misplaced to Rajasthan Royals in qualifier 2 by seven wickets.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Squad power: 25 gamers (abroad 8)

Players purchased throughout IPL 2023 public sale – Reece Topley (INR 1.9 crore), Himanshu Sharma (INR 20 lakh), Will Jacks (INR 3.2 crore), Manoj Bhandage (INR 20 lakh), Rajan Kumar (INR 70 lakh), Avinash Singh (INR 60 lakh).

Players retained – Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep.