The South African all rounder and one of the greatest players of all time, Jacques Kallis, believes that Virat Kohli has got a lot of talent, but, it’s not going to be that easy for him to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 100 hundreds in international cricket.
Kohli has been playing international cricket only for about 5-6 years and he has already got 25 hundreds (19 in ODIs and 6 in tests) under his belt. He can easily play for another 10-12 years and the rate at which he has been scoring centuries in the recent times; it doesn’t seem that difficult for him to go past Tendulkar’s tally.
But, according to Kallis, it would be a challenge for Virat to maintain this sort of consistency right through his career.
In one of his interviews recently, when Kallis was asked if Virat is talented enough to leave Tendulkar behind as far as scoring hundreds is concerned, he said, “Look, Virat is blessed with a lot of talent; there is no doubt about that. But, to go past Tendulkar will be one hell of a task for him and I don’t think we should even start the comparisons so early. Virat is a young lad who is going pretty well and he should just be left on his own. These types of comparisons might distract him.”
Kallis announced his retirement from test match cricket after the series against India last year. When asked how his life has been post retirement, he said, “Well, I am still an active player. I haven’t fully retired. So, it’s a bit difficult for me to answer this question, but, yes, I haven’t been playing regularly and I miss that to be honest.”
Kallis still plays ODIs and T20s for South Africa.