Published: May 29, 2016, 04:25 PM (IST)
Edited: May 29, 2016, 07:13 PM (IST)
Brett Lee, former Australian fast bowler, who was one of the quickest of all-time, believes it is not right to compare batting legend Sachin Tendulkar to the extremely gifted Virat Kohli. According to Lee, it’s pretty difficult to compare players from different generations. Lee added Don Bradman cannot be compared to Tendulkar or Steve Waugh. On the same lines, Kohli cannot be compared to Tendulkar. Lee also said that Tendulkar did not play T20 cricket to the extent that Kohli did. Lee said with 200 Test caps to his name, Tendulkar is the very best, but in modern-day cricket, Kohli is certainly the world’s best batter. Full Cricket Scorecard: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2016 Final
Lee was quoted by Sportskeeda saying, “They’re different players, and it’s too hard to compare eras. We can’t compare Don Bradman to Steve Waugh or Bradman to Sachin. We can’t compare Sachin to Kohli. Sachin didn’t play a lot of T20 cricket. You know, with 200 Test matches to his name, Sachin to me is obviously No. 1. In terms of what Kohli is doing, he’s certainly the world’s best batsman right now in my opinion.And he’s hungry, hungry for runs. When we talk again in 10 years’ time, we might say that yes Kohli is sitting on 108 Tests or 150 Tests, and he is certainly making his way towards Sachin. We don’t know. Time will tell, but it’s too hard to compare eras.” READ: Sachin Tendulkar,Virat Kohli: Two men of different eras
“Kohli, he’s at a different level. Just at a different level. And yes, he missed out the other night, but that just proves that he is human, which is great. Even then, a lot of people think he’s not human with what he has done this year. I mean he’ll pass 1,000 runs for the first time ever in IPL history. But what Kohli has done over the last two years is that he has tightened up his technique, where he used to feel for the ball outside off stump and get nicked off.” Brett Lee: My primary focus is to bring out the next fast bowler for India
“He’s so good with the short ball, so powerful in the ‘V’, so powerful down the crease. He plays traditional cricket shots in an IPL set-up. He is the classic, beautiful, perfect technique player. I’ve been so impressed with what I’ve seen of Kohli. He’s a terrific fit person. He’s a great guy. He’s one of the hardest workers in world cricket. He’s mentally strong. He doesn’t like losing, and I mean that in a nice way. He goes out and gives it his best shot. So you’ve got to give the guy credit.”
