Virat Kohli Batting Record: Legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting believes that Virat Kohli will now break more batting records without the burden of captaincy on his shoulders. With Rohit Sharma set to take over the reins as India’s skipper across all the formats, Kohli will now be playing as a pure batsman. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates
Virat Kohli Batting Record: Ricky Ponting predicts, ‘Kohli will break more BATTING RECORDS without captaincy pressure
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Virat Kohli Batting Record: Ricky Ponting predicts, ‘Kohli will break more BATTING RECORDS without captaincy pressure
“He is 33 years of age now and he will want to continue playing for a few more years and I am sure and have a crack at breaking some records that he is not far off breaking. Maybe if he does that as a batter and without the extra responsibility of captaincy, it might make it a bit easier for him,” said Ponting.
Some of the records that Kohli can break
- Virat Kohli is currently placed third in the list of most international centuries by a batsman.
- He has scored 70 tons across all formats and is just one shy of equalling Ricky Ponting’s century tally.
- With an international century, eluding the former Indian captain for two years now, he will be eager to score one in the upcoming series and reach the second spot.
- If he manages to score two tons in this three-match ODI series, he will surpass Ricky Ponting and will only be behind Sachin Tendulkar, who has 100 tons to his name.
- Kohli is just 38 runs away from scoring 8000 runs in Test cricket. Once he reaches the landmark, he will become the sixth Indian batsman to reach the milestone.
- If he scores one more Test ton, he will equal Hasim Amla and Michael Clarke’s record of 28 Test centuries.
Virat Kohli Batting Record: Ricky Ponting predicts, ‘Kohli will break more BATTING RECORDS without captaincy pressure
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