Former India player Mohammad Kaif opined on the comparison between Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar amid the ongoing ODI series between India and West Indies. Both Kohli and Tendulkar have been absolute legends of the game as well. Rather than immediately comparing and picking one, Mohammad Kaif first shared a couple of similarities he felt Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar shared. He shared that both batters never had ego about their success and had one goal: to play and win matches for the country.

“He already visualises what he wants to do. This comes only with experience. I will tell you two similarities between Kohli and Sachin. Both never had any ego about their performances. Kohli had to work on his nature and control, Sachin was like that from the beginning. But if you look at both now, they have no ego about their records. They just play, do their work, win games for the country, and move forward,” he said in a video on his YouTube channel.

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Talking again about the comparison, Mohammad Kaif shared that it was difficult to compare the two veterans. Praising each for their skills and qualities, he added one strong area of both batters, where they are better than the other as well.

“It is very difficult to compare Kohli and Sachin as they have played in different generations. Sachin had a different pressure in his era. India was dependent on him. It took a long time before there were other batters to take responsibility. There was tremendous pressure. Also look at the bowlers he faced. All those were great bowlers. Kohli had to work on his technique. But he also worked on it and got his career to this level despite having limitations initially. When it comes to chase, there is no one bigger than him. Maybe even Sachin could not have chased like this and Kohli is ahead there,” he said.

“A slight advantage Kohli has is support. Take yesterday’s game, there was a hundred from Gill as well. Rohit also gave good start. He had good support from Shreyas at number four in the World Cup. Sachin did not have this luxury as much. Given the pressure Sachin played under, he is slightly ahead here. Both are great players and we are lucky both played for India,” Mohammad Kaif concluded.