Former West Indies World Cup-winning captain Clive Lloyd has backed Virat Kohli to break many more records of Sachin Tendulkar and has time on his hands. Kohli recently leapfrogged Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of 49 ODI centuries when he scored a fine century in the semifinal clash of the ODI World Cup against New Zealand.
The talisman has been consistently breaking multiple records and he still has a couple of more years in his tank. Meanwhile, Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run-getter across formats and he holds the record of scoring a century of centuries.
On the other hand, Kohli has thus far scored 80 centuries in all three formats of the game.
“I do not know about the period, but he is young enough, and I am sure that the way he is playing he can achieve anything he wants to achieve, and it would be something to be quite happy to achieve,” Lloyd was quoted as saying by the Times of India in response to the query.
Virat Kohli finished the ODI World Cup as the highest run-getter with 765 runs in 11 matches at an average of 95.62 and a strike rate of 90.32. Ergo, he was awarded Player of the tournament for his consistent performances.
On the other hand, legendary Brian Lara is not sure if Virat Kohli can score another 21 centuries in the remainder of his career to surpass Tendulkar’s all-time record.
“How old is Kohli now? 35, right? He has 80 but still needs 20. If he scores five centuries every year he’d need four more years to equal Tendulkar. Kohli will be 39 then. Tough job, very tough job,” Lara told Anandabazar Patrika.
“Can’t say with certainty, no one can. Those saying Kohli will break Tendulkar’s 100-centuries record won’t be taking cricketing logic into account. 20 centuries seem a long way away. Most cricketers can’t score that in their entire career. I won’t be adventurous and say Kohli will do it. Age doesn’t stop for anyone,” the former West Indies captain went on to add.
Meanwhile, Kohli missed the opening T20I against Afghanistan due to personal reasons. He will be seen in the second T20I at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore on Sunday.
