A cricket fan comes across the names of Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar who are regarded as two of the greatest batters of all time in world cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar leaves the legacy and retired from international cricket as the leading run-scorer in ODIs and Tests after a spectacular 24-year career. Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar are regarded as two of the greatest batters of all time in world cricket. Virat Kohli has been trying to catch up with the legendary batter but still, he has to go a long way.
Tendulkar’s abilities and batting skills were on display ever since the world got a glimpse of him in 1989. From facing the lethal Pakistani pace attacker Shoaib Akhtar, the fastest bowler of the word with a bloodied nose to taking on Abdul Qadir to save a Test in England after smashing a century at the age of 17, the world came to know India had unearthed a batting great.
While Kohli made his international debut in 2008 and quickly became a prime player in the ODI team. He made his Test debut in 2011. In 2013, Kohli reached the number-one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time. During the 2014 T20 World Cup, he set a record for the most runs scored in the tournament. After Sachin, he’s now considered to be the most successful batsman in the current era.
Sachin is mainly compared to the current backbone of the Indian batting line Virat Kohli as he is most likely to break the Master Blaster’s records. In this post, we are going to dive into the statistics of Virat Kohli vs Sachin Tendulkar and also look at the records they’ve made in the history of cricket.
Virat Kohli vs Sachin Tendulkar: Test Stats Comparison
Sachin Tendulkar is more prominent in Test cricket and has scored 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries in the format, the most for any batter in the world. He finished with 15,921 runs at an average of 53.79. Virat has scored 7490 scores with seven double centuries and 27 centuries so far. Kohli has also some amazing records and has an average of around 52.38 in the longest format but still, he has to go long way.
Sachin Tendulkar vs Virat Kohli: ODI Stats Comparison
Sachin Tendulkar is often hailed as the greatest limited overs batter of all time and is the only batter to have scored over 15,000 runs in this format. However, Virat Kohli has averaged above 55 in the format, the most for any batter with over 6,000 runs.
Kholi has proven his dominance in ODIs in the last decade and established himself as a specialist in run chases in red-ball cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar vs Virat Kohli: T20 Stats Comparison
Sachin only took part in a single T20 when he was a part of India’s first-ever T20I fixture against South Africa in 2006, but never played the format again internationally.
Virat Kohli is now the leading run-scorer in the format after making his T20 debut in 2010, also becoming the first batter to complete 4,000 runs in the shortest format of the game.
