Champions Trophy: Kohli vs Tendulkar- Who Big Match Winner, whose performance is better?

Last update:14 February, 2025, 07:26 IST

Champions Trophy Virat Kohli vs Sachin Tendulkar: When it comes to India’s all-time white ball format batsmen, Virat Kohli’s name will come after Sachin Tendulkar.

New Delhi. Virat Kohli is ready to spread his/her fire in the Champions Trophy, which starts on February 19. This 36 -year -old star batsman was craving for runs since last month. A few days ago, the half -century he/she scored in the last ODI played against England in Ahmedabad must have come to confidence. Kohli also hit seven fours and a six in an innings of 52 runs off 55 balls. Kohli, who reached the last stop of his/her career, was also part of Dhoni’s Champions Trophy Champion team in 2013.

Virat Kohli comes at number three among the batsmen who have scored the most runs in ODI International. he/she has 13,963 runs in 297 matches at an average of 57.93. Only Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 runs in 463 matches) and Kumar Sangakkara (14.234 runs in 404 matches) are ahead of him/her. Kohli and Tendulkar have also been often compared. Especially in ODI cricket, when only a few days are left for the start of the Champions Trophy, let’s take a look at the performance of both the veterans in this ICC event.

Champions Trophy: Whose strike rate and average better
Virat Kohli has played a total of 13 matches of the Champions Trophy throughout his/her career. Where he/she scored 529 runs in 12 innings at a fierce strike rate of 88.16 and a strike rate of 92.32. he/she was not out six times. Once, he/she has been out without opening an account. Out of 529 runs, he/she has scored 124 runs against arch -rivals Pakistan, in these innings, Virat’s average has been 62 and the strike rate is 96.87.

Champions Trophy: Sachin plays better bowlers
Sachin Tendulkar has played a total of 16 matches in the Champions Trophy, in which he/she got a chance to bat 14 times. In these 14 innings, Tendulkar has scored 441 runs at an average of 36.75 and a strike rate of 78.75. On two occasions, he/she has returned notout. On comparing Sachin’s record to Kohli, it will also have to be accepted that Tendulkar has faced a better bowlers in his/her career. In these 441 runs of the tournament, 189 runs against Australia have also come with 189 runs against Australia.