Akhtar additionally feels Kohli can fracture Tendulkar’s document and will have to play games for no less than 6 extra years.“Kohli should focus on Test cricket and aim to equal Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 100 international 100s.I think he should play for at least 6 more years. Kohli has it in him to break the record. He should focus on Test cricket after this World Cup,” mentioned Akhtar on Behind the curtain With Boria Global Cup Particular on Revsportz.
Akhtar couldn’t comprise his fondness over Kohli’s efficiency in opposition to Pakistan all through the former T20 Global Cup held in Australia.
“That match was all about Kohli. The cricket gods wanted to do it for him. He wasn’t in the best of form and was facing a lot of heat from you guys in India. The media was after him. It was God’s way of telling him – this is your stage, come and become king again. If you see all that transpired, rain and a lot of it, 100,000 people, 1.3 billion Indians watching, 30 crore Pakistanis watching, the whole world in awe – the stage was set for Kohli. It was the greatest stage of all. When you add the two sixes he hit off Haris Rauf, that match gave him back his kingdom. I think it was all destined for him on that day at the MCG.”
Modern day superior Kohli on Friday reached a momentous milestone in his occupation, marking a whole 15 years in global cricket. His important advance commenced in 2008 when he entered the global enviornment, making his debut for Bharat in an ODI in opposition to Sri Lanka in Dambulla.
(With ANI inputs)
