Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli is currently in prolific form in the ongoing ICC ODI World Cup 2023. In just five games, Kohli has garnered a total of 354 runs at an impressive average of 118, with three fifties and a century.
Meanwhile, former England captain Michael Vaughan is not surprised with Kohli’s brilliant show. The former great has compared Kohli’s impact with that of Argentinian football superstar and World Cup winner Lionel Messi.
As per Vaughan, these great players always come into their own on the big stage.
“Virat Kohli in the chase, there is no one better. It wouldn’t surprise me if he gets a 49th century before the final, and his 50th in the final. It’s written in the stars,” said Vaughan during an interview.
“I actually put it on social media – great, great players always arrive in World Cups. It defines their legacies. Look at the footballers, Lionel Messi had to win the World Cup for Argentina, and he did it. Virat has already won a World Cup but you just feel he is going to drive the Indian team all the way,” he added.
Vaughan feels that the Men in Blue are head and shoulders above the rest in the 2023 World Cup and are the firm favorites to win the title. The former cricketer believes it will be tough for any team to trigger a collapse of the strong Indian batting line-up.