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Will Virat Kohli be able to break Sachin Tendulkar's record for most Test tons?

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While SRT has 51 Test Tons, Virat currently stands at Number 4 in all time Test Tons for India with 27 Tons.

Considering that Kohli is almost 33 Years old , does he have enough time to surpass Sachin Tendulkar in Number of Tons ? Or how many tons do you think he will reach by end of his Test Career ?

Since VK is almost 33 years old, it's interesting to see how International batsmen in the past have fared after they reached the same age untill the end of their Careers.



As the records suggest, Younis Khan has the highest number of Centuries after the age of 33 which goes to show how well he performed as he got older. Virat Kohli needs 25 Tons to go past SRT so he would have to preform better than any batsmen in the age range of 33-40 has done in the past.
 
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I don't see Kohli getting to 51 centuries. But he can get close to 40 centuries and that would be an outstanding achievement for someone who people thought 4/5 years ago would struggle at test cricket lol.
 
Considering his current form , I would be surprised if he reaches anywhere around 40 centuries leave alone 51 .
 
No I don't see him even come close to 51 Test centuries. At most he'll get to like mid 40 tons
 
Virat will not reach more than 40 tons and he doesn't need to. Gone are the times when you play 150 tests.

However, these stats prove that Younis Khan is the greatest batsman of all-time, along the same lines as Tendulkar, Lara ,Viv, Bradman, Smith and Kohli.

He is better than Waugh, Ponting, Dravid, Miandad, de Villiers, Cook, Clarke, Ganguly and Jayasuriya.
 
Considering that he is missing more tests than he is playing, he'll do very well to reach 40 test tons.

Would be mightily pleased though if he eclipses Tendulkar's test tons record.
 
Ab Fan said:
Virat will not reach more than 40 tons and he doesn't need to. Gone are the times when you play 150 tests.

However, these stats prove that Younis Khan is the greatest batsman of all-time, along the same lines as Tendulkar, Lara ,Viv, Bradman, Smith and Kohli.

He is better than Waugh, Ponting, Dravid, Miandad, de Villiers, Cook, Clarke, Ganguly and Jayasuriya.
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In the age range of 33-40 , Younis Khan was among the best of the best. I was surprised when I checked for the Stats and found Younus Khan at the top with highest number of Centuries for Batsmen older than 33+.

Considering there have been claims of him fudging his age , it makes his record even more spectacular as he got better and better with age.

Might respect for the Khan.
 
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Virat will not reach more than 40 tons and he doesn't need to. Gone are the times when you play 150 tests.
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Kohli should skip some of the useless Bi-Laterals and even IPL to prolong his Test Career. He can easily play more Test matches if he prioritizes the format over IPL and Odi matches outside of WC.
 
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hafeezrocks said:
Kohli should skip some of the useless Bi-Laterals and even IPL to prolong his Test Career. He can easily play more Test matches if he prioritizes the format over IPL and Odi matches outside of WC.
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He can skip a few bilaterals. IPL is out of question, it won't even happen without Kohli.

Also, I expect that very soon Kohli will be prioritising important tests only and skip the less relevant ones lke home games vs WI or BD.
 
Perhaps he can if he steps down from captaincy soon (if he makes his mind for it as well)
 
Forget about 51 test tons.
Comparing with Sachin itself is a great achievement for any cricketer.
So many batsmen compared with Sachin but finally one and only Kohli standout.

Kohli was mediocre test players during his first few years, he changed gears after 2013/14.
I will be happy even if he end up 35 test tons.
 
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No he wont and neither he deserve to as Tendulkar was a much superior batsman.
 
Don’t think Kohli has another 25 Test tons left in him.

Unless BCCI organise a few home and away series against Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka and Kohli decides to play through all of them.
 
He will eclipse Tendulkar's tons tally in ODIs..probably runs tally too.

In tests, it's going to be very very difficult. But it's not impossible still. Tendulkar played till 40. Kohli has 7 years with him if he also plans to play till 40. 3 centuries per year sounds doable but we all know the mental and physical toll of playing till 40 at the highest level is some thing else which is precisely why Tendulkar is the greatest ever after Bradman. His achievements are gigantic considering he did it across both formats and he did not miss out in the world cups. He dominated 3 of them as the best batsman. No batsman has dominated even 2 World cups
 
Only Sachin and his fans had the "greed" for personal records.

Be it like Dhoni, Kohli will eventually be sidelined. He won't play just for the sake of it.
 
No, I doubt that Kohli will reach 51 Test Centuries primarily because a lot of focus will be on the white ball formats in the coming years, and since India is playing them at home, they will shift almost all their focus there to make sure that they win.
 
Kohli will play only 100 more innings at most. He would need to score a century every 4th innings. He hasnt done it till now and i wont think he will acheive that consistency as he gets older. Btw be on the lookoit for joe root he is in line to break tendulkars test runs record.
 
MHN1293 said:
Kohli will play only 100 more innings at most. He would need to score a century every 4th innings. He hasnt done it till now and i wont think he will acheive that consistency as he gets older. Btw be on the lookoit for joe root he is in line to break tendulkars test runs record.
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Joe root is already 30 and only got halfway of Sachin’s Test runs. He has to maintain his form for some 6-7 years to breach Sachin’s record which I am not sure he is capable of.
 
MHN1293 said:
Kohli will play only 100 more innings at most. He would need to score a century every 4th innings. He hasnt done it till now and i wont think he will acheive that consistency as he gets older. Btw be on the lookoit for joe root he is in line to break tendulkars test runs record.
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Heard the same about Cook too and at that time also I said Cook will retire before he has any chance of breaking Sachin's records. Sachin was consistent throughout his career and if some fans think that it was because of his greed then I can only laugh at those delusional fans. :inti
 
I hope he wont got for that and graciously retire once his time is up. All our Fab five stayed beyond their validity and Dhoni should have retired after the 2015 world cup. This individual glory-chasing subcontinental culture should die soon. Hope Kohli could do that by example once he reaches his end.
 
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I hope he wont got for that and graciously retire once his time is up. All our Fab five stayed beyond their validity and Dhoni should have retired after the 2015 world cup. This individual glory-chasing subcontinental culture should die soon. Hope Kohli could do that by example once he reaches his end.
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He won't. :inti
 
Lol at people portraying Kohli as if he is some kind of Saint and a selfless soul.
 
[MENTION=146232]jeeteshssaxena[/MENTION] What's wrong in saying that Kohli hasn't achieved even half of Sachin in tests based on stats? At least look at their stats, the kind of teams they faced and not to mention the kind of bowling attacks they faced. Kohli had it easy but still he has underachieved in test format. Kohli's average is going down. 2-3 years ago I posted a statement on this forum that Kohli should stop playing in IPL to prolong his test career and keep himself mentally fit. That still stays true. He has been wasting his precious performances in pyjama leagues and thinks he has achieved everything as a leader. Sachin never had that thinking. He was hungry for runs throughout his career. You think longevity is a joke and if Kohli plays the same amount of matches as Sachin did he will outperform him but that is not how this world works lol. Relax Sachin is an Indian player too. :inti
 
Officially it’s 2+ years now since his last century. A real shame for a player of his caliber.

I don’t think at this rate he’s gonna get there.

27 centuries in 9 years (including Peak Kohli)

It’s difficult to get 24 in 4 years (considering his current form and age)

But I’d expect him to reach 40 centuries
 
If you asked me that question 5 years ago, I might have said yes.

But, I am not sure about now. His form seems to have declined. Also, age is perhaps catching up.

So, the answer is no.
 
No reason why he can't play until he is 40+ like Younis Khan, if he wants to.

Plenty more to come from Kohli, for sure.
 
Kohli needs to hit another purple patch like SRT (2009-11).
Most probably he will reach close to 40 test hundreds.
Sachin's records are proving too big mountain to climb for everyone.
 
Ross Taylor is 37 years and he is in the form of his life. Kohli will be scoring plenty in next 5 years. Last 2 years covid and bio bubble as well as life events had its toll on kohli
 
Kohli won't score even a single century more in any of the formats....his career is done and dusted.
 
Who cares? I want him to play clutch knocks in knockouts. That's enough. Subcontinent fans are obsessed with centuries.
 
I don't think anyone from the current lot can break Sachin's record. Especially now, when world cricket is being dominated by T20Is and franchise cricket.
 
With 26,942 runs accumulated across all formats of international cricket over 591 innings in his career so far, Kohli remains 58 runs away from the pinnacle of 27,000 runs.

Tendulkar is currently the fastest to reach the milestone, which he did so in 623 innings (226 Test innings, 396 ODI innings, 1 T20I innings). So, if Kohli could score 58 runs within his next 8 innings, he shall become the fastest to reach the milestone and most importantly, the first cricketer in the 147-year history of international cricket to reach 27,000 runs in less than 600 innings.

Kumar Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting are the two other batters in the history of international cricket to even score 27,000 runs.
 
Tendulkar has 51 Test centuries. Kohli has 29.

So, I say it is highly unlikely Kohli would break Tendulkar's record.

I would be surprised if he reaches even 40 Test tons (considering he is probably close to retirement).
 
I don't think this record will ever be broken.

Modern players don't play enough tests and are less inclined to start pad.
 
Total runs is not that meanigful record to be honest. Total tons is more meanigful. Total away tons are even more meanigful. Total away tons out side of Asia is harderst for Asian batsmen.
 
27000 runs is a dream for today's batters. Kohli is a legend already and has nothing left to prove. Not gonna break SRT's record of centuries but he achieved some thing that even SRT could not.
 
BouncerGuy said:
27000 runs is a dream for today's batters. Kohli is a legend already and has nothing left to prove. Not gonna break SRT's record of centuries but he achieved some thing that even SRT could not.
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VK's biggest achievement is his temperament & fitness - tough guy (y)
 
Star batter Virat Kohli on Friday, joined batting great Sachin Tendulkar in an elusive list of India batters with more than 12,000 international runs on home soil.

Batters with more than 12000 runs on home soils

Sachin Tendulkar: 14,192 runs
Ricky Ponting: 13,117 runs
Jacques Kallis: 12,305
Kumar Sangakkara: 12,043 runs
Virat Kohli: 12,011 runs
 
It would be a miracle if he gets past Root let alone Sachin.

Kohli has been an ordinary Test batsman outside his 2015-2018 purple patch.

Can you really be considered a legendary Test batsman when you have been nothing special for 75% of your career?

Kohli from 2011 to 2014 and 2019 to 2024 has been nowhere near great by any measure.
 
Kohli has been riding on his past. I dont see his place in Indian test side any more. India always do value and respect their greats. In this case also they are just dragging Kohli with the team.

This thread lost its context in last few years due to regression of Kohli. Only Root of this generation has the ability to break SRT record.
 
Seeing Kohli of today, there is no chance for any record to be broken by him. He looked pretty ordinary in the first test match that too at home. Nothing special about him anymore.
 
There's a daylight difference between Kohli and Sachin in Test Cricket now.

Sachin once scored double hundred in Australia with no cover drives. Kohli cannot stop himself on 4th stump alone.

 
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