Champions Trophy: Nasser Hussain: Virat Kohli finest ODI participant of all time | Cricket Information

NEW DELHI: Former England captains Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain are in awe of Virat Kohli‘s spectacular ODI statistics and assume the Indian mainstay is probably going the best batsman within the historical past of the game.
In a Champions Trophy encounter in Dubai on Sunday, Kohli led India to a powerful six-wicket victory over bitter rivals Pakistan with a masterful efficiency of unbroken 100, his 51st century in ODIs.
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“Virat Kohli in a run-chase in 50-over cricket, there’s been no one higher within the historical past of the sport, actually. 51 century is an unbelievable quantity,” stated the 56-year-old Atherton, who captained England in 54 Check matches, on ‘Sky Sports activities Cricket Podcast’.
Kohli joined the choose firm of Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 in 452 innings) and Kumar Sangakkara (14,234 in 380 innings) because the quickest batter to achieve 14,000 ODI runs whereas en path to his century in his 299th 50-over outing.

“I imply, he is acquired 51 and he handed 14,000 runs, which solely Tendulkar and Sangakkara have gotten previous that mark in one-day cricket,” Atherton continued.
“And he acquired them in 60-odd innings faster than Sachin, and I take into consideration 90-odd innings faster than Kumar.
“So, I imply, ODI might be his finest. You already know, he is been an awesome all-format participant, clearly, however you’d in all probability say that ODI is his best possible format.”

Hussain, England captain from 1999 to 2003, echoed comparable remarks saying, “He is been an unimaginable participant. Yeah, and also you’d should say in all probability the most effective participant in ODIs of all time, actually, with these stats you talked about.
“You’d have Tendulkar in the identical dialog. Kumar, you’d have AB de Villiers. They have been some nice ones, however he is proper on the prime of the tree.”