Former Australian cricketer Ian Chappell, who’s serving as an analyst chooses Virat Kohli over legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar when he was asked to do comparison between the two cricketing giants.
Also, during the conversation. Chappell claimed that Virat Kohli is the best cricketer in the world presently.
Chappell reminisces about the great knock Kohli played in the second innings of Adelaide Test match, as the best counterattacking innings ever played.
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“I think he is more of a match-winner than Tendulkar. But it’s a tough definition of someone who isn’t a match-winner. The best example is that of Brian Lara who got 600 runs in a Test series against Sri Lanka but they still lost 3-0. So you can be a good batsman but your team may lose because your bowlers don’t bowl well. Kohli has probably a more rounded bowling attack than Tendulkar had,” Ian Chappell said when asked if, by the time finished, he would be known as a bigger match-winner than Tendulkar.
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“Both are damn fine players. All you know about comparisons is a champion player in one era would be a champion player in another era. So if Tendulkar was starting out now he would be a champion again,” added the former Australian cricketer according to India Today.
Knock Kohli played in Adelaide – the best counterattacking knock I have ever seen: Chappell
“It’s more about who you like to watch. And I like watching Virat Kohli play. I thought the innings he played in Adelaide in the second innings (of the first Test of the 2014 tour) was the best counterattacking knock I have ever seen,” replied Chappell, when asked who does he thinks, is the best batsman currently across formats considering Test cricket as well.
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Also, Ian Chappell stated that Kohli along with Warner are the best across all formats due to their ‘aggressive’ brand of cricket.
“So I think, he has the game for across formats. And he is the one I enjoy watching the most along with David Warner. I am sad Warner won’t be there for 12 months. I guess it’s the aggressive players I like watching,” continued the Channel Nine expert.
“Because you can only have success as a batsman if you are scoring big runs. If you are thinking of survival, you are in trouble as a batsman. These two are my favourites,” concluded Ian Chappell.
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