Edgebaston : Andrew Flintoff considers Virat Kohli slightly superior to Sachin Tendulkar. Terming Kohli as the ‘best player ever’, Flintoff stated that he never imagined that someone could even be compared to Tendulkar. “Honestly Virat is possibly the best player ever. Maybe even more than Sachin. I never thought I would see anyone who can be even compared to Sachin,” Flintoff told in an interaction organised by the World Cup Organizing Committee.
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The former England captain who is also the brand ambassador of the upcoming ICC World Cup, wished that Kohli delivers his best during the world cup. “I love watching him play. Hopefully we will see best of him this summer, as he is a treat to watch for anyone,” Flintoff said.
With 66 centuries and over 24000 runs, Kohli is still far away from Tendulkar’s 100 international centuries and over 33,000 runs but he still has a lot of cricket left in him. In fact at 30, Kohli has a better ODI record than Tendulkar, particularly when it comes to chasing down totals. Kohli has 21 hundreds and over 5000 runs in 84 ODIs while chasing compared to Tendulkar’s 14 hundreds and over 5000 runs in 127 ODIs.
However, it should also be noted that Tendulkar started to open the innings almost six years after he had made his international debut. Before that he used to bat in the middle-order and often, did not have the luxury of batting for long.
