Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are arguably the 2 greatest batters of their respective eras. Tendulkar, who made his worldwide debut in 1989, scored 100 centuries (51 in Tests and 49 in ODIs) earlier than hanging his boots in 2013. Kohli, alternatively, has been ruling the roost for greater than a decade now. So far, Kohli has scored 74 worldwide tons (27 in Tests, 46 in ODIs and one in T20Is), probably the most by any lively gamers. The 34-year-old is simply three ODI tons from equalling Tendulkar’s all-time file of 49 a whole bunch.

While Kohli has typically been in comparison with Tendulkar, opinions have been divided as to who’s the best batter of all time.

During a current interplay, India’s 1983 World Cup-winning captain, Kapil Dev, was requested to choose between the long-standing debate of who’s the higher batter between Sachin and Kohli.

However, Dev gave an ideal reply, saying that whereas anybody can have their picks, the brand new period may have higher gamers, as in comparison with the earlier ones.

“A player of that calibre, you don’t have to pick one or two. It’s a team of XI players. I might have my own likes or dislikes, but every generation is going to get better. In our time, Sunil Gavaskar was one of many most interesting then we noticed Rahul Dravid, Sachin, Virender Sehwag and this generation Rohit, Virat and next generation will be better. You will see a better cricketer and performing better,” Dev told Gulf News in an exclusive interview.

Speaking of Kohli, the previous India captain has discovered his misplaced mojo, scoring three centuries in his final six ODI outings.

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