'Brilliant Chaser' Virat Kohli Exceeds Sachin Tendulkar: Graeme Smith

Former South Africa captain and SA20 league commissioner, Graeme Smith, hailed Virat Kohli as a brilliant chaser saying that he believes that India's batting talisman even exceeds the legend Sachin Tendulkar with the quality that he has produced right through his international career. Kohli is just one century away from equalling Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 ODI tons.

"Virat's career has been incredible. But I think when you dig into his one-day stats and record, it is mindblowing. I think the quality that he has produced right through his international career, in my opinion, he exceeds Sachin. He is brilliant, in particular with Chase. The way he controls chases. His ability to play one day game no matter what the situation is around him and he is a key figure alongwith Rohit Sharma at the top of the order in terms of managing pressure as the tournament goes on and how well they play with the bat and just a superstar. I mean there is so much said about Virat Kohli but I don't think that enough gets made about on how insane is Virat Kohli's ODI record. His one-day record is mind-blowing," Graeme Smith said in an interview with ANI.

The Indian team is in sensational form in the World Cup so far, winning all six matches convincingly to remain unbeaten in the tournament. The entire team is gelling and performing as a unit, firing a billion hopes of a third ODI World Cup.

"They have not found themselves under pressure at all they have played such good cricket. India are always strong at home but in a big event like the World Cup there is extra pressure but it doesn't seem to be impacting them. The big players are performing with both bat and ball. The only blip they have is injury to Hardik Pandya on how to balance their