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Virat Kohli’s Test cricket says goodbye, one thing has become clear that now many such records of Sachin Tandulkar will not break in his name. Sachin played cricket for 25 years and scored 100 centuries, while Virat was very close to him.Read more
Virat Kohli’s retirement survived Sachin’s record breakdown
Highlights
- Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket.
- Many records of Sachin Tendulkar will now be safe.
- Kohli captained India in 68 Tests, won 40.
New Delhi. 12 years ago, when Sachin Tendulkar hung his kit bag on the peg in 2013 in 2013, he had made many such records in his name, which was like climbing the Everest for any batsman, but Sachin himself believed that an Indian would reach his record. When the master blaster said this at a ceremony after retirement, at that time two Indian batsmen were sitting there with the dream of batting like Sachin in their eyes and Sachin had taken the name of both of them by pointing to these batsmen.
Over time, Virat Kohli gained momentum and his graph started growing rapidly and after a few years it seemed that Sachin Tendulkar’s prediction was power and the day is not far when Virat will break all the records of Sachin. But perhaps here is the biggest beauty of cricket game that every day is a new day. For Virat, the 2011 tour of England, then Kovid’s arrival took him a little back, but a good thing that was with Virat was his fitness. Then even after seeing such a bad era, he was at the forefront of breaking Sachin’s record, but now Virat has retired and some of Sachin’s records became safe forever.
Virat retirement, how many records of Sachin are safe?
There are countless records in the name of master blaster, some records are broken and some are still intact and now after Virat retired, there are many records which are hardly broken now. One of them is Sachin scored 34357 runs in 664 international matches, including 100 centuries. Only Virat had this opportunity who has scored 27599 runs in 550 matches so far, including 82 centuries. That is, Kohli is currently behind Sachin about 6 thousand runs. In such a situation, it has become impossible with Kohli’s hand after Test and retirement from T20. After him, he is second to Kumar Sangakkara, who scored 28016 runs in 594 matches and scored 64 centuries. But Sangakkara retired in 2015. After Kohli, the active batsman is the route at this time but he has only 20724 runs in 361 matches, which has 53 centuries. Overall, one thing is clear that after Virat’s retirement, now reaching Sachin’s record now seems impossible for any batsman.
Kohli was a wonderful captain
Virat Kohli’s captaincy records, who do wonders as a batsman, is so unmatched, which is very less discussed. Virat captained India, playing 68 matches and won the team in 40 matches, while the team had to face defeat in 17 matches. King Kohli won the most Test matches, captaining India. The Indian team has captained the most matches in Test cricket. Kohli captained India in 68 matches, in which the team won 40 matches and defeated 17, while 11 matches ended on a draw. Under Kohli’s captaincy, the percentage of victory of Team India was 58.82 %. Virat Kohli was the only Test captain to win in England, Australia and South Africa. He is the only Indian captain to win the Test match in the SENA country. Despite the theory of giving Indian cricket many memorable victories and feeding five bowlers as a captain, Virat did not find the place he deserved as a hero.
