Incredible Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar on Saturday praised star India player Virat Kohli for finishing 50 ODI hundreds of years, saying that he is the best hitter of present day period and wanted that he would get hundred years of hundreds of years. Shoaib is in UAE for Global Association T20 season two, an association with which he is related as a brand diplomat and observer. Talking only to ANI, Akhtar additionally said that had Virat played in his time, he might have confronted troubles yet would have scored the runs he has scored up until this point.
“In those days, Sachin was playing with one ball, which would turn around swing against probably the best bowlers on the planet. There was just a single circle. Today, Sachin would have made a great deal of runs. He is the best ever…Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara and so on. Wasim Akram and Shane Warne as well,” he said.
“Virat would have been serious (in our period). He might have confronted challenges however he would have scored the runs he has scored now. We would have confronted a comparable beating. Yet, it isn’t not difficult to play Wasim Akram. Virat will be Virat. He is the best batsman of this time. The two times couldn’t measure up. Caps off to him. I believe he should get hundred centuries,” he added.
Virat and Sachin are two of the best hitters to have played the game. Virat has drawn correlations with the Expert Blaster in light of his consistency and how Group India relies upon his batting.
In 522 worldwide matches, Virat has scored 26,733 runs at a normal of 54.11, with 80 centuries and 139 half-hundreds of years in 580 innings. His best score is 254*. He is likewise the primary player to get 50 ODI hundreds of years.
In 664 global matches, Sachin has scored 34,357 runs at a normal of 48.52, with 100 centuries and 164 fifties. His best score is 270*.
