After the Indian skipper Virat Kohli becomes the fastest batsman to score 10,000 ODI runs and also hit his consecutive second ODI century, the former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly felt the loss of words to describe Kohli’s performance.

Kohli is running in a very dangerous batting form in recent cricket. On this Wednesday (October 24) during the second ODI of the five-match home ODI series against Windies at Visakhapatnam, Kohli continued his brilliant batting form and completed his 10,000 ODI runs in just 205 ODI innings and also becomes the fastest batsman to achieve this feat.

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Soon after that achievement, Kohli completed his 37th ODI century as the Player of the Match award winner played a long innings of unbeaten 157 runs off 129 balls (13 fours and 4 sixes).

After watching that innings, Ganguly told IndiaTV, “I am at a loss of words to describe Virat Kohli’s performance. The wicket was different today, conditions were different, but he changed the entire game. It was a fantastic knock. I don’t have enough words.”

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To become the fastest batsman to score 10,000 ODI runs, Kohli broke the record of Indian legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar who had achieved this feat in 259 ODI innings. As Ganguly had a long international career with Tendulkar, he feels Kohli is not less than the legend.

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Ganguly said, “I have closely seen Sachin Tendulkar play and he has scored 49 ODI hundreds and 100 tons overall but this man is no less than anybody. Kohli has now scored 37 ODI hundreds and he is not too far behind Tendulkar’s record. It is important to see that Kohli can play in all conditions and to change the game in all conditions. He carries the entire team on his shoulders.

“We saw that in England too where he scored hundreds when all the other batsmen were failing to score runs. India were at a difficult position in Guwahati, but Kohli led the team out of troubled waters. He is an all-time great in Indian cricket and in world cricket. He is not even 30 and has a lot of time left in his career. Since that 2014 England tour, Kohli has completely changed himself as a batsman and has scored 39 international hundreds. This is just unbelievable. Kohli is an example for every cricketer.”

Ganguly doesn’t want to compare Kohli with Tendulkar as he believes both are very big players. But Ganguly also added that Kohli has taken this generation of cricket to a different level.

The former Indian captain quoted about the present Indian captain, “He [Kohli] is a master. There’s no doubt now that Kohli is on par with Sachin Tendulkar in ODI cricket. I will not compare Kohli with Tendulkar… both are very big players. However, Kohli has certainly taken this generation of cricket to a different level. His consistency and intensity is remarkable. There’s no stopping him. Whenever he comes on to the field, it feels as if it’s his first time.”