Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: The debate over who is the greatest – Sachin Tendulkar or Virat Kohli – will never die down. This question has been asked of many former cricketers and recently former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly found himself at the center of it.When it comes to most international runs, Tendulkar holds the top spot with 34,357 while Kohli is among the top three with over 28,000 runs under his belt. Kohli has already surpassed Tendulkar’s record for most ODI centuries, with 53 to his name, compared to Tendulkar’s 49 in his illustrious career.
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RCB’s big changes ahead of IPL: New rules, tribute and squad updateIn Tests, Tendulkar has 51 centuries while Kohli has 30. Tendulkar has amassed 15,921 runs in Tests while Kohli has scored 9,230 runs.During the event, the host asked Ganguly, “Tell me, there is a debate – an endless debate – and we want to close it. Virat or Sachin?”“Don’t ask me that. Both of them are great, both of them are very good and I am the happiest that both of them are from India. They have won so many matches for India because when you play you realize how difficult it is to score so many runs and so many centuries)” Ganguly said during the TV9 show.“Sachin Tendulkar is a very good player. I have seen him from his side, I have played with him so much. Whenever I played with him for a day or two, the boss in my house always told me that I should not look down on my game. So my wife sometimes asked why I look down on you in the game. I would not say that you should not look down on me. At the other end of the main there is such an average player and at the other end there is such an average player. lose his game (Sachin Tendulkar is a very great player. I’ve seen him up close, I’ve played with him so much. When I’ve opened about 250 ODIs with him, I always come home and say my game shouldn’t go down. Sometimes my wife asks why because the form goes up and down. I’d say no – people will say that at one end he’s such an average player and at the other end he’s a great player.“(And the main thing I believe in life is that if you play with good people who are better players than you, who are stronger players than you, your game also improves because your level also increases. That’s why I think there should be no comparison between Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar. They are both from India. But mainly I have seen Sachin out of many and bahut bade players, hai wo, I believe you play with stronger players who are better are better than you, your game is also improving because your level is rising to their level, so in my opinion there should not be a comparison between Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar, but I have seen Sachin very closely and he is a very great player.)” said Ganguly.
