‘I will by no means examine eras’ – Sunil Gavaskar refuses to match Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket Information
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar refused to attract comparisons between fellow batting legends Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohlisaying that he “won’t ever examine eras”.
Making a visitor look on the ‘Dressing Room’ present, Gavaskar was requested by the present moderator about his views when evaluating Tendulkar with Kohli.
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The legend labelled such comparisons a “subcontinent weak spot”, whereas including that totally different eras current totally different challenges, which makes evaluating illogical.
“I’ll by no means examine eras as a result of, , taking part in situations are totally different, the pitches are totally different, the opposition is totally different. So it is rather tough to match folks. However that’s solely a weak spot, if I’d name it a weak spot, amongst the subcontinent — our comparisons,” stated Gavaskar.
“We are going to all the time examine gamers. Have you ever ever seen anyone asking ‘is Ricky Ponting a greater participant than Gregg Chappell?’…No person. Simply settle for the present gamers as they’re. There isn’t a comparability.
“It solely occurs within the subcontinent. We’re on a regular basis evaluating,” he added.
Kohli, who scored 100 not out in India’s win over Pakistan within the ongoing Champions Trophy, has extra ODI centuries than Tendulkar.
In his 100 worldwide centuries, Tendulkar scored 49 in ODIs and 51 in Exams whereas erecting a mountain of 34,357 runs.
At current, Virat’s 82 worldwide a whole bunch embody 51 in ODIs, 30 in Exams and 1 in T20Is, together with his complete tally of runs standing at 27,503.
