Former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq feels Sachin Tendulkar will all the time be forward of Virat Kohli by way of greatness as he has performed harder bowlers throughout his taking part in days.
“If there’s one batsman – and it is not simply me, the entire world agrees – there is no one greater than Sachin Tendulkar. If you need to give a copybook instance of a shot, folks give Sachin’s instance. Virat Kohli at present’s legend But Sachin has confronted very tough bowlers.
Saqlain Mushtaq, who performed 49 Tests and 169 ODIs for Pakistan, defined why Sachin has all the time been thought of an excellent batsman due to the bowlers he confronted throughout his taking part in days.
“Has Kohli confronted Wasim Akram? Has he confronted Walsh, Ambrose, McGrath, Shane Warne, Muralitharan? They have been huge names and so they have been all very intelligent bowlers. They knew methods to entice you. Today there are two kinds of bowlers – one who will cease you and the opposite who will entice you. Those guys knew methods to do each of these – particularly the entice batsmen,” he mentioned.
On the Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli debate, the previous off-spinner mentioned that Babar has an extended method to go compared to Kohli however gave the Pakistan captain a slight benefit.
“Kohli and Babar are completely different gamers however each have their very own class. But should you take a look at magnificence, perfection or technical facets, Babar’s cowl drives are significantly better.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
