Virat Kohli Is Not A Person To Mess With: David Warner

Updated - 21 Jun 2020, 01:37 PM

Virat Kohli and Tim Paine [Photo-Reuters]

Virat Kohli has made record-breaking look easy. He has taken bowlers of any stature to the cleaners and added runs in abundance. Already, a modern day great, if Virat Kohli continues to pile up runs in similar fashion he might well end up as the greatest of the game. He will be an important wicket for Australia when India tour Down Under but the home side are not ready to mess with him.

Dean Jones had earlier cited the example of Viv Richards and Javed Miandad, saying that when they stepped on the field, we went quiet. Jones, similarly suggested that, no one should upset a ‘bear’ referring to Virat Kohli or MS Dhoni as they don’t like confrontation.

Virat Kohli [Photo-Twitter]

Virat Kohli Is Not A Person To Be Poked: David Warner

Kohli will be leading India to the four-match series Down Under in December. Premier Australia opener David Warner has opened up on his side sledging Kohli in the forthcoming Test. He came up with similar analysis for Kohli and said he is not a person to be poked with as he is like a ‘bear’.

“Virat Kohli is not a person to be poked and no point poking the bear,” David Warner said in an episode of India Today’s Inspiration.

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Virat Kohli was charged alongside Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner after Adelaide verbal exchange. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

At the 2019 World Cup, Virat Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record to become the quickest to reach 11000 ODI runs. He took 222 innings to achieve the feat while Tendulkar made it in 276 innings.

Kohli has broken record for fun in the modern-era which makes him a close contender to surpass Tendulkar’s tally of a century of centuries. Tendulkar made it possible to achieve the distinction in a long and successful career of 24 years.

Kohli has scored 43 centuries in the ODIs, standing six short to equal Tendulkar’s tally.

 

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