Still assume Virat Kohli can go previous Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of 100 a whole bunch: Ricky Ponting

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting mentioned that he nonetheless thinks Virat Kohli can go previous Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of 100 worldwide a whole bunch.

Still assume Kohli can go previous Sachin’s tally of 100 a whole bunch: Ricky Ponting (Reuters Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSStill assume Kohli can go previous Sachin’s tally of 100 a whole bunch: Ricky PontingSachin Tendulkar has scored 100 worldwide a whole bunchPonting admitted that 30 worldwide hundred are loads

Australia nice Ricky Ponting mentioned that Virat Kohli is hungry for achievement and might nonetheless break Sachin Tendulkar’s file of 100 worldwide a whole bunch. Ponting admitted that 30 worldwide a whole bunch are loads however added you could by no means say by no means Virat, contemplating his starvation for achievement in worldwide cricket.

Virat Kohli, who returned to kind within the Asia Cup, ultimately broke his century drought when he hit his 71st worldwide hundred in opposition to Afghanistan within the Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 match.

Kohli now solely trails Sachin Tendulkar by way of worldwide a whole bunch, having tied the file held by former Australian captain Ricky Ponting. Notably, Sachin Tendulkar has scored 100 worldwide a whole bunch.

“If you would have asked me three years ago, I’d have said yes,” Ponting mentioned on the ICC Review when requested if he may attain Tendulkar’s tally. “But the truth that it has slowed down as a lot because it did yeah, I nonetheless assume that it’s doable for him, there’s little doubt.

“I still think he has got a number of years ahead of him, but I guess to still be 30 international hundreds behind, that’s a lot. That’s five or six Test hundreds a year maybe for the next three or four years. If you throw a couple of one-day ones, maybe the odd T20 ones on top of it.

“Look, I’ll by no means say by no means with Virat as a result of you already know as soon as he will get on a little bit of a roll, you know the way hungry he’s and the way eager for achievement he’s. I’ll by no means say by no means that’s for positive.”

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