Could Virat Kohli be the GOAT? Rudraneil Sengupta breaks it down

He could soon surpass Tendulkar’s 49 ODI centuries. But it’s not the stats. Kohli plays the field in a way that belongs in chess, and is rarely seen in cricket.

To witness a Virat Kohli chase unfold is one of the great pleasures and privileges of being a sports fan.

There is perhaps nothing in contemporary sport quite like it, so the comparisons need to be drawn from history: Roger Federer gliding through the Wimbledon grass; Rafael Nadal screeching through the red dust of Roland Garros; Xavi, Iniesta and Messi weaving tiki-taka magic at peak Barcelona; the late great Jonah Lomu’s balletic bulldozing acts for the All Blacks rugby team;