Sourav Ganguly Refuses to Compare Virat Kohli With Sachin Tendulkar - JPKee.com

New Delhi: Sourav Ganguly has refused to compare current Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli with iconic batsman and his one-time teammate Sachin Tendulkar. It is understandable considering that Kohli is only halfway there. But considering he is only 29, one expects the noises of comparison only growing louder in the days to come.

Ganguly said Kohli will score many more hundreds like the one at Eden Gardens against Sri Lanka on Monday. Kohli was not out on 104 off 119 balls in the second innings helping India post 352/8 decl. and set Sri Lanka a 231-run target.

They were close to winning the tie with Sri Lanka on the mat for 75/7 before bad light stopped fifth day’s play.

This was Kohli’s 50th international hundred — 18th in Tests, 11th as skipper, and the first at the hallowed ground. Tendulkar has 100 hundreds to his name.

“It’s too early to compare him with Sachin. He still has to make 50 more centuries. But the way he is going, he will make many more such hundreds,” Ganguly told reporters at close of play.

Kohli is also the fastest to reach 50 international hundreds. Asked if India could have declared a little early, Ganguly said: “India needed to be in a comfortable position to declare They did the right thing.” (With IANS inputs)

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