Virat Kohli has the ability to break Sachin Tendulkar's records: Virender Sehwag

After having a dream run in Sri Lanka, the Virat Kohli-led Indian side is ready for the upcoming home series against Australia. The whole team is quite charged for the challenging series and the Men in Blue will continue to show their dominance against the Aussies. As a batsman, the Indian skipper has certainly taken his game to some different level. He is breaking records with almost every passing fixture and there is no stopping him.

Amidst all the discussions, former Indian opener Virender Sehwag stated that the current Indian captain has the ability to break the records of the master Sachin Tendulkar. Sehwag who is the first Indian batsman to score a triple hundred twice in his Test career and has many other great records to his name.

He has also been very close to the God of cricket as he likes to call Sachin during their playing days, as they opened the innings for India in ODIs. Sehwag said that Virat is still young and has a long cricketing career ahead to overhaul the landmarks set by Tendulkar.

Virat can be next Tendulkar

The Nawab of Najafgarh feels that Kohli has both the ability and hunger to break the all-time records Sachin set. “We never thought that there would be another Sachin Tendulkar. But Virat Kohli has changed this mindset. I think Virat can surpass Tendulkar’s records,” said Sehwag in a conversation with IndiaTV.

The 38-year-old aggressive opener also stated that with age by his side and his aggressive mindset, Kohli certainly will play a lot of cricket.”Virat is just 28-year-old and he will play at least for 10 more years and I think he will create some mega records and can surpass Tendulkar,” Sehwag added.

It’s going to take hell of an effort

Recently on the Lanka tour, Kohli scored his 30th ODI hundred in just 194 matches and is now only behind Sachin Tendulkar for most number of ODI centuries. The Indian skipper stated that his prime focus is to win matches for his team whenever he gets the opportunity.

“The great man (Sachin Tendulkar) is quite a bit away. That’s going to take a hell of an effort. Again, I am not thinking about that. It’s only about the team where even if I score a 90 not out and the team goes across the line, it’s good enough for me,” said Kohli.