"Mark my words, Virat Kohli will make 400 runs in a Test match" : Kapil Dev

[Bewal Express]

Not happening, extremely difficult on pitches we play in.

Even if we do get a patta, to get to 400 you need 1 of these 2 things.

1) Be a maniac like Veeru pa and go berserk

2) Be selfish like Lara

And Kohli is neither.


Maybe what can be drawn from Kapil's comments though is that we can expect a lot of daddy 200s from Kohli unlike Tendulkar. Kohli much like Ponting can be even more devastating after crossing 3 figures rather than otherway around. And now that his mental block is shattered in tests, expect him to make big tons a norm.

There are 3 players that score quick enough to score 400 and have the hunger: Kohli, Root and Warner.

 

[Cricfan4eva]

There are 3 players that score quick enough to score 400 and have the hunger: Kohli, Root and Warner.

Root scores quicker than Kohli, bats at 3. Definitely has a shot but then again England hardly have a history (recent) of scoring unnecessarily big. Expect him to be the first one of the 4 to get to 300+ though.

Warner is always a shot but he opens, so its a long shot. Maybe like Haydos, he gets Zimbabwe touring and they have plenty of time for him to have a crack at it.

Smith, Kohli bat at 4 and they usually are aggressive with their declaration. Hunger is there, but odds are next to none imo for these 2.

 

[Chrish]

Not a chance to cross 250