Brett Lee reveals 3 'conditions' on which Virat Kohli can break Sachin Tendulkar's records

Team India captain Virat Kohli is widely considered as one of greatest modern-day batsmen in world. With a remarkable consistency in all three formats, cricketer has already raced to 70 international centuries. Meanwhile, former Indian captain and one of all-time greats of game, Sachin Tendulkar retired in 2013 after claiming almost every major batting record in Tests and ODIs. Retired Australian speedster Brett Lee recently gave his opinion on what would it take for Virat Kohli to break a certain Sachin Tendulkar record.

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Brett Lee praises Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar

During his 24-year journey with Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar slammed 100 international centuries (51 in Tests, 49 in ODIs). Meanwhile, with 70 centuries, Virat Kohli is currently placed third on list of most century-makers in international cricket. While speaking on Star Sports’ Cricket Connected show, Brett Lee lauded Virat Kohli and backed Indian captain to “definitely kck” off 100-century record after considering rate at which he is going.

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Brett Lee n listed down three factors that could help Virat Kohli scale 100 international tons. 2003 World Cup-winning cricketer stated that someone would need “talent, fitness and mental strength” to achieve such a massive record. Brett Lee also added that one could eliminate talent factor here because Virat Kohli already has heaps of it. Lee n expressed confidence that if Kohli mand to stay mentally strong and fit eugh for next few years, Indian skipper will have all three components to go past Sachin Tendulkar’s century tally.

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Sachin Tendulkar records

Having debuted in 1989 as a 16-year old, Sachin Tendulkar remained a mainstay of Indian batting order for next 24 years. Apart from topping list of century makers, Sachin Tendulkar is also highest run-aggregator in Tests as well as ODIs and has 34,357 international runs combined to top all-time run-scoring charts. Throughout his career, batting icon was involved in some famous rivalries with bowlers like Brett Lee, Shoaib Akhtar, James Anderson, Dale Steyn, Muttiah Muralitharan among several ors.

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