“I feel actually blessed and contented when people begins comparing me with Sachin, but I try to keep paying attention on myself and my performance, and not on such comparisons. I literally worship him, so, I don’t see too much in this comparison.” Above are the words of emerging Indian superstar who has already created marvels in the game of cricket, breaking so many world records while creating so many.
However, there would still be no comparison between the class of him and little master Sachin Tendulkar and these assessments would also be unjust as one is the pure proved class while the other bagging achievements day by day.
He himself believes that matching his feats with the iconic character would be nothing short of “mission impossible” for him.
Virat Kohli, the classy Indian lad is the fastest to score 1000 and then 3000 ODI runs and has been India’s most prolific scorer this year with five tons under his belt which led to many comparing him with Tendulkar including the master blaster who sees a shadow of himself in Virat Kohli.
Tendulkar himself regards Kohli a worthy challenger to his incredible record of 100 International centuries. However, Kohli said there is no comparison between him and his idol.
“No cricketer has created a landmark of scoring one hundred centuries like Sachin. It will be a big accomplishment. I don’t think at all about this, because it raises pressure on you. I keep myself focused on my performance,” Kohli refusing the assessments during a TV show.