Brett Lee feels Virat Kohli has got talent, fitness, mental capacity to surpass Sachin Tendulkar

Former Australia cricketer Brett Lee is of the opinion that Virat Kohli has got the talant, fitness and mental capacity to go past the sensational cricketing records of Sachin Tendulkar.

Sachin Tendukar played his first game fot India at the age of 16 against Pakistan and went on to become one of the legends of the game. Sachin ended his career as the leading run scorer in international cricket, with 34,357 runs across all formats, he scored 15,921 in 200 Tests, 18, 426 in 463 ODIs and 10 in one T20I.

"We are talking about phenomenal numbers here, so you mentioned seven to eight years of cricket and at the rate he (Virat Kohli) is going, yes, he can definitely knock it off," Brett Lee said.

Brett Lee further went on to enumerate three elements which may help Virat Kohli in accomplishing this record. "It comes down to three things, there is one thing I would like to eliminate - so, you talk about talent as a batsman, he's definitely got that talent, eliminate that first and foremost. Then fitness - Virat Kohli has got that fitness, so for me it is all about fitness at the age of 30 and also that mental strength, the mental capacity to get through those hard times, being away from home, from his wife, or when they will have children," Lee said.

"He will do it easily with his talent, it comes down to his mental strength and if he stays fit enough and I believe he has got all those three components to go past Sachin," Lee added.

Brett Lee, who featured for Australia in 76 Tests, 221 ODIs and 25 T20Is, however, added that it will not be eaasy to shatter Sachin’s extraordinary feat.

"But, how can you say someone can go past Sachin Tendulkar- this is God here, can someone go better than God, we will wait and see."

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