IPL 2023I feel embarrassed when I am compared to Sachin Tendulkar, says Virat Kohli

By India Today Sports DeskIndian star batter Virat Kohli has admitted that he feels embarrassed when he is compared to cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, despite knowing why people does draw parallels between both of them.

Kohli has been compared to Tendulkar for most of his playing career with many tipping the current Indian star to go past the Master Blaster’s tally of 100 international hundreds.

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Kohli is close to beating Tendulkar when it comes to his ODI century tally.

Speaking on Jio Cinema to Robin Uthappa, as quoted by Hindustan Times, Kohli said that he wasn’t the most gifted guy at taking things by storm or making things happen.

“I say this to people all the time that I had talent but the most complete or wasn’t someone who you make you go like ‘oh my god, that’s unbelievable’. I was good and was able to do little bit with my talent, but I know I wasn’t the most gifted guy around in terms of taking things by storm or making things happen. I was determined from a very young age, but I have no issues in admitting that I never ever in my wildest dream did I think sitting here at 34 in this situation,” said Kohli.

Kohli then admitted that he did feel embarrassed being compared to the great Tendulkar and said he just laughs it off. The Indian star went on to say that Tendulkar is an emotion for him.

Kohli went on to say no one should be compared to Tendulkar or Sir Vivian Richards as they revolutionalized the game.

“I feel embarrassed when I am compared to Sachin though I get where these people are coming from with all those statistics and stuff. But these stats tell you a different story. The impact a player leaves on you as a child growing up is very different. I just laugh it off every time. These people have no idea about the game,” said Kohli.

“Sachin Tendulkar always has been emotion for me, if you speak to anyone, they look at him as their own because everyone has faith and trust in him, he was the source of inspiration and comfort, when he scored runs, life was good,” Kohli added. “Nobody should be compared with Sachin and Viv Richards because they revolutionised the game in their era and the belief people had in them was rare, it rare to have that belief in one player.”