Who is good at chasing: Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar

In the world of cricket, there have been two players who have been at the top of their game for a very long time. Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar are two cricketers who have played for over 20 years.

Virat Kohli has broken many records in his career, including being the youngest captain to win an ICC tournament and leading India to its first-ever Test series victory in Australia. He is also the fastest batsman to score a hundred international centuries in all formats of cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar has not only set numerous world records but he is also the highest run-scorer in both Test and one-day international cricket as well as having scored more runs than any other player in Twenty20 Internationals.

Who is good at chasing, Virat Kohli Or Sachin Tendulkar?

Let’s compare both players chasing stats and understand who is better.

Averages when India batted second:

PLAYER	AVERAGE WHEN INDIA BATTED SECOND
Tendulkar	42.33
Kohli	61.22

This stat clearly shows, Virat’s good average than Sachin, When India bats second i.e while chasing Virat seems to be a very good scorer.

Averages when India batted second and won:

PLAYER	AVERAGE WHEN INDIA WON BATTING 2nd
Tendulkar	55.45
Kohli	83.97

Here both Sachin and Virat seem to be very good performers as above 50 is very good on average, but when we see Virat’s stats it seems outstanding and again in this stat Virat takes a leap.

Number of 100 when India was chasing:

PLAYER	NO. of 100s WHEN INDIA BATTED SECOND
Tendulkar	17
Kohli	15

When you first look at this data you may say Sachin is far better than Virat to make 100, but that’s a half-truth. When we look at the number of matches played by both players then Virat seems to be a good performer, in this stat too Virat is the winner.

50+ when India was chasing:

PLAYER	50+ SCORES IN CHASES	50+ SCORES IN WINNING CHASES
Tendulkar	69	45
Kohli	37	27

In this data, Sachin seems to be a very good performer and he is good at making Fifties. In this case, Virat is a little low compared to Sachin but Virat is still in the game and has a very bright future while playing for India. And we hope he plays very good to make more fifties.

Conclusion

Well, this comparison was requested by one of our viewers, otherwise, there is no sense in comparing legends who play cricket. No matter who is better at making 100 and 50 for themselves, they both play for India and try to win every game and that’s why they are Legends, and legends are not compared they are celebrated.

Source of data: Sportskeeda

FAQ

Who scored the fastest double century in Test cricket?

Balls	Player	Match	Location	Year
153	NJ Astle	New Zealand v England	Christchurch	2002
163	BA Stokes	England v South Africa	Cape Town	2016
168	V Sehwag	India v Sri Lanka	Mumbai	2009
182	V Sehwag	India v Pakistan	Lahore	2006
186	BB McCullum	New Zealand v Pakistan	Sharjah	2014
194	V Sehwag	India v South Africa	Chennai	2008
211	HH Gibbs	South Africa v Pakistan	Cape Town	2003
212	AC Gilchrist	Australia v South Africa	Johannesburg	2002
220	IT Botham	England v India	The Oval	1982
221	CH Gayle	Sri Lanka v West Indies	Galle	2010
222	V Sehwag	India v Pakistan	Multan	2004
227	V Sehwag	India v Sri Lanka	Galle	2008
229	PA de Silva	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	2002
229	JO Holder	West Indies v England	Barbados	2019
231	GP Thorpe	England v New Zealand	Christchurch	2002
231	MS Dhoni	India v Australia	Chennai	2013
232	CG Greenidge	West Indies v England	Lord’s	1984

Source: ESPN Cric Info

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Sachin Tendulkar While playing the 182nd test match with West Indies on 6 Nov 1989 created history to be the first and the only person to score 15000 runs in International test cricket.