Former legendary batsman Gundappa Viswanath reckons that current India captain Virat Kohli can go past Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 100 international centuries. Kohli has been in an exceptional run of form and recently scored his 35th ODI century in the recently concluded one-day international series against South Africa.

In Tests Kohli has smashed 21 centuries till date. Virat Kohli has so far managed to smash 56 international centuries while Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of the maximum tons with 100 to his name.

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Speaking at the sidelines of an event, Viswanath said, “Kohli has shown consistency, performance and is getting hundreds regularly, he has got every chance to break that record, but it’s a tall order. Records are eventually meant to be broken. I am happy for that and I think even Sachin will be happy. But it is still a long way to go.”

Hoping that the Virat Kohli continues to perform at the same level, the legendary cricketer said, “Everyone knows what Kohli is doing, he has been absolutely brilliant. Consistency is amazing and his hunger for runs, aggressiveness, he is at another level and I hope he continues and stays there. The confidence is showing on his team, it is doing very well, their performance augurs well for the Indian team.”

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Vishwanath refrained from comparing Kohli with other Indian skippers. As quoted in PTI, he said, “I do not wish to compare but certainly the result is showing what Virat is doing. They beat most of the teams in India in recent times and in South Africa they came very close to beating them, especially in the first Test. They came back and won the third Test. I have confidence in this team that they will do well against other teams in their own countries.”

Praising the performance of the Indian wrist-spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, Vishwanath said, “Wrist spinners always come in handy because they can get turn on any wicket. Kuldeep is showing amazing consistency, I don’t think they picked up his wrong uns.”