World Cup: Like Sachin Tendulkar in 2011, Virat Kohli carries Team India on his shoulders
Virat Kohli was just a few metres away from equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 centuries in ODI cricket. On 95, with only five runs required to chase down New Zealand’s 274, he flicked Matt Henry straight to Glenn Phillips. As he saw the catch, Kohli smiled sheepishly and walked back to the dugout, soaking in the applause of the crowd and waving his bat at them, acknowledging their support.
Though he missed the three-figure on Sunday, it could not be too long before he equals and then breaks the record of his idol. But more importantly for his team, he is playing the Tendulkar role in the 2011 World Cup. He, like Tendulkar, has been their talisman and the nucleus. The little master was India’s highest run-getter in the 2011 edition—482 runs at 53.55 including two hundreds and as...