Sachin Tendulkar hails Virat Kohli after sweeping ICC Awards

Virat Kohli is in phenomenal form with the bat in over the last two years. He is amassing runs in huge piles and also breaking many records in the process. The Indian skipper is also scoring centuries at will and has 53 international centuries under his belt already. He has been the biggest scare for the opposition bowlers. He had been so terrific that you can hardly count his failures with the bat on your fingers.

Oppositions in the recent times are spending a lot of time in sketching Virat’s dismissals. Most of the teams would definitely accept the fact that getting Virat’s wicket will help them win half of the match. Such has been the dominance of this man lately. He is just a nightmare for any bowler and it is just a dream come true for any bowler to pick his wicket. Earlier today, Virat was rewarded for his champion performances in 2017. He received plenty of awards from the ICC. He has swept off all the ICC awards just like he does with the oppositions.

The Master Blaster congratulates the champion

After a phenomenal season, Virat bagged the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobbers award for being the ICC cricketer of the year. Apart from being named the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year, he was also named the captain of both ICC Test and ODI teams. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only other Indian skipper who was named the captain of both the ICC sides. He achieved this rare feat back in 2009.

In the qualification period, Kohli amassed 2,203 Test runs at an average of 77.80 including eight tons. He also became the only batsman from India to reach the 900-point mark in test ranking after Sunil Gavaskar. Virat received praise from all across the globe for this mammoth achievement.

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar also expressed his happiness. In a tweet, he said that there weren’t any surprises at all. He added that Virat deserved it and congratulated him. Yes, indeed! Virat has worked so hard and truly deserves appreciation from the greatest batsman to have ever played the game.

No surprises there at all. You deserved it. Many congratulations, @imVkohli! #ICCAwards @ICC

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 18, 2018