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Difficult but possible: Ricky Ponting on Virat Kohli breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record

CricketDifficult but possible: Ricky Ponting on Virat Kohli breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record

Srinagar: Former Australia World Cup winning captain Ricky Ponting has said that it is going to difficult for Virat Kohli to break Sachin Tendulkar’s century record but it is possible.

Ponting in the latest episode of The ICC Review, shared his reaction to Virat Kohli equalling his tally of 71 international centuries before looking at if the India star can now surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s daunting record of 100 centuries.

After 1,020 days, the wait for Kohli’s 71st century finally came to an end during the Asia Cup. When he smashed a stunning 122* off 61 balls against Afghanistan, and in doing so equalled Ponting’s record of 71 international tons.

“If you would have asked me three years ago, I’d have said yes,” said Ponting when asked if he could reach Tendulkar’s tally. “But the fact that it has slowed down as much as it did… yeah, I still think that it is possible for him, there’s no doubt,” Ponting said.

“I still think he has got a number of years ahead of him, but I guess to still be 30 international hundreds behind, that’s a lot. That’s five or six Test hundreds a year maybe for the next three or four years. If you throw a couple of one-day ones, maybe the odd T20 ones on top of it,” he said.

“Look, I’ll never say never with Virat, because you know once he gets on a bit of a roll, you know how hungry he is and how keen for success he is. I’ll never say never that’s for sure,” he added.

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