Don't compare Virat with Sachin, says Ganguly

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday did not want to compare Virat Kohli with batting great Sachin Tendulkar, saying the current team captain will score many more hundreds like the one at Eden Gardens against Sri Lanka on Monday.

"It's too early to compare him with Sachin. He still has to make 50 more centuries. But the way he is going, he will make many more such hundreds," Ganguly told reporters. Kohli is also the joint-fastest to reach 50 international hundreds. Asked if India could have declared a little early, Ganguly said: "India needed to be in a comfortable position to declare. They did the right thing."

Indian pacers took all 17 wickets, the most by quicks in a Test match, and Ganguly lauded their efforts. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who was adjudged Man-of-the-Match, took career-best 8/96 while Mohammed Shami returned match figures of 6/134. "The bowlers bowled well. They got help from the wicket and made the mot of it. Bhuvi and Shami were brilliant," Ganguly added.

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