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Fantasy Cricket – Number Game between Virat and Tendulkar

There was a time for the Indian cricket fans, when they screamed from the stadium “Tendulkar, Tendulkar.” And now these fans scream, “Virat, Virat.” Imagine an online fantasy cricket team for fantasy matches having Virat Kohli and the team winning match.

Virat Kohli has become the fastest batsman to reach 10,000-run mark, hiding Sachin Tendulkar’s record by 54 innings. Here’s a look at the comparison between Kohli and Tendulkar in ODI cricket. We are guessing, with kind of performance, you can win a number of fantasy cricket matches at brand new fantasy cricket app 11wickets app by having Kohli in your daily fantasy cricket team.

Both of these players are the only batsman to score centuries and finish 10000 ODI runs. Tendulkar completed this milestone in 2001 against Australia at Indore while Kohli reached this landmark in the 2nd ODI against West Indies at Visakhapatnam.

Kohli vs. Tendulkar in ODIs

Kohli took 54 innings less than Tendulkar to hit 10,000 ODI runs in career’s first 205 ODI innings, there’s an average difference of 17.31 and a strike rate difference of 6.33 in Kohli’s favour. Furthermore, in as many innings as Kohli, Tendulkar hit 16 lesser ODI centuries, which puts Kohli above him in every sense in first 205 ODI innings.

Sachin Tendulkar Virat Kohli
Innings 205 205
Runs 7829 10076
Average 42.31 59.62
SR 86.52 92.85
50s/100s 43/21 48/37

Kohli vs. Tendulkar in ODIs chases

Kohli is a modern day master of run chase. A massive average difference of 22.38 between him and Tendulkar in career’s first 116 ODI innings while chasing validates that Kohli is a force when it comes to chasing in ODIs.

Sachin Tendulkar Virat Kohli
Innings 116 116
Runs 4663 6032
Average 46.16 68.54
SR 92.30 94.51
50s/100s 25/13 28/22

Average strike rate comparison in ODIs (Till 10K runs)

A positive average difference in the following table shows Kohli’s constancy power among his peers in ODI cricket. Tendulkar presented power domination among his peers during his time in ODI cricket with a difference of 15.01.

Average Others Difference SR Others Difference
Sachin Tendulkar 42.63 27.90 14.73 86.52 71.51 15.01
Virat Kohli 59.62 31.73 27.83 92.85 85.99 6.86

Sachin Tendulkar amassed 1,000-plus runs in 4 calendar years in ODIs from his 1st 11 calendar years while Kohli achieved the same in 6 calendar years during the same period.

Virat Kohli is the only batsman to have an average more than 75-plus although winning the matches in ODIs amongst batsmen who have made at least 1,500 runs in ODIs in winning causes. Instead, Tendulkar scored 11157 runs at an average of 56.63 in winning matches for the Indian cricket team in the 50 over format.

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