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I have seen Tendulkar, Dravid and Dhoni, but Kohli is genuinely great: Sourav Ganguly

Virat scored 558 runs and became the first ever player to score more than 500 runs in a bilateral ODI series.

I have seen Tendulkar, Dravid and Dhoni, but Kohli is genuinely great: Sourav Ganguly

Virat Kohli (R) with Sourav Ganguly (PHOTO: Facebook)

Every time Virat Kohli goes on the ground, cricket lovers are already convinced that he is ‘the man on a mission’. From guiding Indian Under-19 cricket team to International Cricket Council (ICC) U-19 World Cup to leading one the strongest cricket teams, Virat had come a long way to register himself among the greatest players ever.

While talking to India Today, former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly hailed Virat’s performance, saying: “Kohli is the flag bearer of Indian cricket. I have seen a lot of purple patches including mine, Dravid’s and Sachin Tendulkar’s. I genuinely believe that this is not just a purple patch for Kohli, this is genuine greatness,” Ganguly said.

In the recently concluded three-match One Day International (ODI) series, Virat scored 558 runs and became the first ever player to score more than 500 runs in a bilateral ODI series.

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Ganguly also lauded Kohli’s consistency with his bat and said, “I have seen MS Dhoni captain, I have seen Rahul Dravid captain but I have never seen anyone perform this consistently with the bat as captain as Kohli has.”

Though Sourav Ganguly is impressed with Virat’s leading skills and performance yet he believes India’s tour to Australia and England will define him as a skipper.

“Kohli has done brilliantly. Overseas Test series wins will come – the only places he has captained India in full series are West Indies and South Africa,” the former skipper said.

“The next two series in Australia and England will define him as a captain. He has got the ability. The best thing he does as a captain is that he leads by example. Look at the hundreds he got against South Africa. For the two series against England and Australia, Kohli and the team needs to go early. Play a couple of side games before getting into the series,” Ganguly further added.

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