De Villiers said that in his opinion, Kohli was better than Tendulkar when it came to seam-friendly overseas conditions. Virat took that forward and raised the bar,” he said. Former Indian cricket team fast bowler Dodda Ganesh mocked South Africa great AB de Villiers for his recent comments on Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar . The former South Africa batter went on to suggest that Tendulkar was a pioneer for subcontinent batters but Kohli surpassed him. “I think of someone like Sachin Tendulkar way back, who started that trend for India. Yet, he wasn’t as strong as someone like Virat Kohli, who was even better. But Sachin was the first guy to show that as a subcontinent batter, you can do well in bouncy and seaming conditions.
Former Indian cricket team fast bowler Dodda Ganesh mocked South Africa great AB de Villiers for his recent comments on Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar.
But he averages only 34 away from home. Because that first-ball duck and getting out to the newish ball is always around the corner, he has to get bigger scores once he gets in and not just get a 100 but make it a 180.
So for him, the name of the game will be to make the big scores even bigger,” said “KL is a guy with a sound technique and is a big asset in that Indian lineup. So you’ll expect more and that is one area where he has to work on.
Earlier, De Villiers pointed out that Kohli and Tendulkar’s success away from home has inspired the current crop of Indian players, including KL Rahul and Devdutt Padikkal , to raise their game on overseas tours.
