As India took on West Indies within the second Test of the collection, Virat Kohli entered historical past books, taking part in his five hundredth worldwide sport. On the second day, Kohli entered the report books as he scored his 76th worldwide ton. He is the primary participant to attain a ton in his five hundredth worldwide match. This was Kohli’s twenty ninth worldwide ton, as he equalled Don Bradman. Sharing his views on India’s batting talisman, West Indies nice Courtney Walsh lavished final reward, saying when it comes to Indian greats, Kohli is simply behind Sachin Tendulkar in his checklist. Walsh additionally spoke about a number of different greats of the sport, whereas slotting Kohli in his high 5 total.

“Well, as an Indian great, I would rate him just behind Sachin. Sachin is one of the greatest I have seen and played against,” Walsh informed JioCinema.

“Brian Lara, Viv Richards, I’ll put them up from a West Indian perspective. Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh. Two gentlemen I played when I was a youngster, Graham Gooch from England and Javed Miandad, who probably did not play as many games. But the value they put on their wickets reminded me of Virat Kohli as well, he doesn’t want to go. So I will definitely have him in my top 4, top 5 greatest cricketers I have seen,” he added.

The legendary Windies pacer additionally spoke a couple of chat he had with Kohli when the latter was the captain of the Indian workforce. Walsh, who was West Indies’ selector at that time limit, mentioned that Kohli desires to be a ‘high 3, high 5’ individual in every thing he does.

“He has got the passion for the game, he wants to leave a mark in the game. I remember having a conversation with him when I was the selector for West Indies, and he was the captain. We were having a chat. You could tell that he wants to be the best. He was willing to seek out advice from anyone that will help to do so. I am not surprised by the achievement. The passion he has and the drive he has to be the top 3, top 5 in everything he does,” Walsh mentioned.