Virender Sehwag Picks Virat Kohli Over Sachin Tendulkar in Best Odi Batters: In the sports world, famous as the ‘God of cricket’, Sachin Tendulkar and the current star batsman Virat Kohli are counted among the two best batsmen in the ODI format. Which of these two veterans in ODIs is heavy? Fans are often confused about this question. If you have the same question, then the answer has been given by former explosive opener Virender Sehwag, who has shared the field with these two veterans.
In the eyes of the former Indian opener, Virat Kohli’s hand is heavy in ODIs. Apart from this, he has kept his old fellow player Sachin Tendulkar at number two. Sachin ruled a full round with his batting. Despite this, Sehwag has placed Virat in the first place. He has also given the reason behind which.
Sehwag has elected his top five batsmen of ODI history during a conversation with Cricbuzz. In which he has placed the veteran West Indies batsman Chris Gayle in fifth place. Gayle managed to score 10480 runs while attending 304 ODIs on behalf of his team.
Sehwag said, ‘Chris Gayle was a great batsman and opener. I remember, in 2002-03 when India went on a West Indies tour. Then Gayle scored three centuries in the six -match series. I first saw a player hitting sixes against the fast bowlers from the backfoot.
At number four, Sehwag has kept former South African captain AB de Villiers. De Villiers managed to score 9577 runs for his team in 228 ODI matches. In third place Sehwag has chosen former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq. Who has scored 11739 runs in 350 ODI innings.
Sehwag said, ‘There are AB de Villiers at number four. I loved his way of playing. He was the only batsman who used to kill sixes even after losing the balance. There are Inzamam-ul-Haq at number three. He has been the best ODI player in Asia. Inzamam used to come at number four and kept the match under his grip. I learned from them how the match is taken till the end and how to control. At that time it was difficult to chase seven-eight runs per over, but Inzamam used to do this work smiling. He used to go on calculating when and which bowler to hit a six.
Sehwag also said that although he has a good friendship with Sachin Tendulkar and he is his ideal, he has kept Virat Kohli above him. Sehwag said, ‘Everyone’s favorite and my ideal is Sachin Tendulkar. It was like this to get on the field with them. Like you are going into the forest with a lion. Everyone’s eyes were on the lion and I used to score silently.
Sehwag believes that a player with consistency like Virat Kohli will hardly be seen again in future. He said, ‘Virat Kohli is at number one. Players like Virat Kohli are rarely seen in the coming time. Who is so constantly to perform. He has received the tag of ‘Chase Master’. In the beginning, Virat Kohli was not like today. He also took time and learned a lot, but since 2011-12 he changed completely. His fitness and continuity improved amazing. He has played many great innings.
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