3 min learnUp to date: Aug 20, 2026 01:50 PM IST
South Africa batting legend AB de Villiers claimed that former India skipper Virat Kohli elevated the nation’s batting abroad, pushing his contemporaries to perfom higher away from dwelling.
De Villiers claimed that although Tendulkar set the bar for India in abroad circumstances, Kohli elevated the performances to a complete new stage.
Tendulkar stays the best run-scorer in Take a look at cricket with 15,921 runs and a file 51 centuries. His away common stands tall at 55 in 176 innings. In the meantime, Kohli retired from Assessments in 2025, ending with 9230 runs in 123 Assessments averaging 46.85. Kohli’s away common stands effectively earlier than Tendulkar’s, at 41 in 68 matches.
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“I consider somebody like Sachin Tendulkar means again, who began that pattern for India. But, he wasn’t as robust as somebody like Virat Kohli, who was even higher. However Sachin was the primary man to point out that as a subcontinent batter, you are able to do effectively in bouncy and seaming circumstances. Virat took that ahead and raised the bar,” stated de Villiers on his YouTube channel.
“Due to that, there are fairly a couple of gamers now like [KL] Rahul and [Devdutt] Padikkal, who’ve began to up that pattern and comply with within the footsteps of a Virat and a Sachin.”
De Villiers, who averaged over 50 for his 8765 runs in 114 Assessments, stated that regardless of Rahul’s solidity on the high of the batting order, his away file dwindles compared.
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“KL is a man with a sound approach and is an enormous asset in that Indian lineup. However he averages solely 34 away from dwelling. So that you’ll anticipate extra and that’s one space the place he has to work on. He has to get greater scores as soon as he will get in and never simply get a 100 however make it a 180 as a result of that first-ball duck and getting out to the newish ball is at all times across the nook. So for him, the secret will probably be to make the large scores even greater,” stated de Villiers.
The 34-year-old Rahul chipped in with a invaluable 81 for India towards Sri Lanka within the Galle Take a look at this week, with Padikkal cracking his maiden Take a look at hundred at No. 3 in an eventual 165-run win.
