Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar Or Sunil Gavaskar? Ravi Shastri Gives Big Verdict On ‘Comparisons’ Debate

The cricket world has cried the retreat of the Virat Kohli shock test. The largest captain of the Red ball in India, with 40 victories out of 68 possible, Kohli has completed his career as the fourth higher appeal for the country with 9,230 points in 123 tests with an average of 46.85. Ravi Shastri, who closely followed Kohli’s growth during his visit as a head coach of the Indian team, described the 36-year-old player as the most influenced cricket player in the last decade. On Kohli’s comparisons with Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar, Shastri played in talks, but insisted that the striker born in Delhi “has reclaimed how India played a cricket”.

“I do not like comparisons. I was asked about Gavaskar and Tendulkar. I had the chance to share the locker room with them. But I saw Virat from another view – not just the comfort of the diffuser box, but through the suffocating pressure that only the battlefield. Shastri said Sport.

Shastri has forged a solid partnership with Kohli during their stay together as a head coach and captain between 2017 and 2021. India was at the top of the test of the test for about 3.5 years (about 42 months) and Shastri credited the striker and the captain of Kohli was the binding factor of dominance.

“It was exciting to plot these test victories. His form of striker was essential for the cause, but it was not only a question of coaching, shopping or taking counters. Credit should be granted to the magnificent work of support staff, which made India the best scope of the world. It was collective, but the positivity of Virat was essential to the team of India.

For the record, Kohli carried out 2,994 points in 41 tests at an average of 44.03 between 2011 and 2015, with 11 centuries and 12 Cinquantaines in 72 rounds.

Between 2016 and 2019, Virat experienced one of the first strongest mats of all time for a test cricket player, accumulating 4,208 points in 43 tests at an average of 66.79, with 16 centuries and 10 fifty in 69 rounds and the best score of 254 *. It also included seven double centuries, most of them by a captain in the history of cricket.

However, since the turning point in the decade, Kohli has only achieved 2,028 points in 39 tests at a disappointing average of 30.72.