'Pass On The Weed': South Africa Great Mocked For Stunning Sachin Tendulkar-Virat Kohli Comparison

File photograph of Sachin Tendulkar (L) and Virat Kohli© X (Twitter)

Former Indian cricket staff quick bowler Dodda Ganesh mocked South Africa nice AB de Villiers for his current feedback on Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar. De Villiers mentioned that in his opinion, Kohli was higher than Tendulkar when it got here to seam-friendly abroad situations. The previous South Africa batter went on to counsel that Tendulkar was a pioneer for subcontinent batters however Kohli surpassed him. “I consider somebody like Sachin Tendulkar method again, who began that pattern for India. But, he wasn’t as sturdy as somebody like Virat Kohli, who was even higher. However Sachin was the primary man to indicate that as a subcontinent batter, you are able to do properly in bouncy and seaming situations. Virat took that ahead and raised the bar,” he mentioned.

Ganesh didn’t agree with the remark from De Villiers and got here up with a cheeky touch upon social media.

“Move on the weed, brother,” he wrote on X (previously Twitter).

Move on the weed, brother. https://t.co/3XOy6o6x9t

— Dodda Ganesh | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗಣೇಶ್ (@doddaganesha) August 20, 2026

Earlier, De Villiers identified that Kohli and Tendulkar’s success away from residence has impressed the present crop of Indian gamers, together with KL Rahul and Devdutt Padikkal, to lift their sport on abroad excursions.

“Due to that, there are fairly just a few gamers now like [KL] Rahul and [Devdutt] Padikkal, who’ve began to up that pattern and observe within the footsteps of a Virat and a Sachin,” he added.

De Villiers additionally recommended that Rahul nonetheless has room for enchancment by way of his returns away from residence, regardless of showcasing the approach required to reach difficult situations.

“KL is a man with a sound approach and is an enormous asset in that Indian lineup. However he averages solely 34 away from residence. So you will count on extra and that’s one space the place he has to work on. He has to get larger 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 all the time across the nook. So for him, the secret will likely be to make the large scores even larger,” mentioned