While Tendulkar notched up 49 centuries and 96 fifties in 463 matches, Kohli has 35 tons and 46 fifties in just 208 matches. Kohli, at 58.10, also averages better than Tendulkar (44.83).
Interestingly, former England captain Michael Vaughan feels Kohli is already the greatest-ever ODI batsman.
The series was a personal triumph for Kohli, who hit three centuries and became the first player to score more than 500 runs in a bilateral series. He finished with 558 runs at an average of 186.00. Former India opener Virender Sehwag feels Virat Kohli will comfortably break batting legend Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most hundreds in ODI cricket.
Kohli, who scored his 35th century on Friday, is now just 15 centuries short of going past the record set by a cricketing idol.
After Kohli powered India to a crushing 8-wicket win over South Africa in the 6th ODI, Sehwag, in response to a Twitter question, predicted that the Indian captain will go on score 62 centuries in the 50-over format.
Given Kohli’s form and fitness at the moment, Viru’s prediction could very well turn out to be accurate.
