Asked about being contrasted to Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly said, “At the moment, I have played more than he has…”
Asked about being contrasted to Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly said, “At the moment, I have played more than he has…” Sourav Ganguly, the president of the BCCI and the former captain of India, has said that Virat Kohli is a better player than him. Kohli lost his form for a while. But he found it again at the Asia Cup 2022, where he scored his first international century since November 2019. His hundred against Afghanistan was his first in the 20-over format. It had been almost three years since his last hundred, which he got against Bangladesh in a Test match.
Ganguly talked about Kohli’s skills on the YouTube channel TRS Clips and said nice things about him. He thought that by the end of his career, the 33-year-old would have made more appearances than he had.
“The comparison should be in terms of skill as a player. I think he is more skillful than I’m. We played in different generations, and we played a lot of cricket. I played in my generation, and he will continue playing, probably playing more games than I did. At present moment, I have played more than what he has but he’ll get past that. He is tremendous,” said Ganguly.
Ganguly’s Confidence in Kohli
Ganguly said before the Asia Cup started that Kohli would get back on track because a player of his caliber wouldn’t go through such a prolonged slump.
“He’s a very big player, there for a long time. I know he has his own formula to score runs. It’s not possible that players of his stature can’t have such a long lean patch, I know he will definitely score runs. If he was not a great player, he would not have scored so many runs for so long,” Ganguly had said on the sidelines of a media event in Kolkata.
During his time on TRS Clips, Ganguly also talked about how the new generation of cricket players is more aggressive than the old one. In addition, he spoke about how the game has changed through the years.
“Yeah, the game is different, the game is faster… shorter and faster, more sixes, more boundaries, not many deliveries left outside the off stump. So the game has changed,” said the 50-year-old.
When asked how younger cricketers should deal with the glitz and glamour of modern cricket, the veteran left-handed batter told them to focus on the game and give it their full attention. The rest will take care of itself, he stated.