de Villiers said that although Tendulkar was the first to crack the code of succeeding in seaming and bouncy conditions, he believed his former Royal Challengers Bengaluru teammate played a bigger role in India’s rise as a Test cricket powerhouse While the records may suggest otherwise. Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers praised India stalwarts Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli for showing subcontinent batters how to succeed in SENA countries. However, de Villiers suggested that Kohli did more than Tendulkar to establish himself as a dominant Test batter in overseas conditions.
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.
Virat took that forward and raised the bar,” de Villiers said on his YouTube channel. So for him, the name of the game will be to make the big scores even bigger,” said “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. 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. “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.
