'He Is 35, It Seems Like He Can Play For Four More Years..', Aakash Chopra Lauds Virat Kohli's Longevity

india vs england, 1st test: virat kohli wins matches and has made an entire generation fit: aakash chopra

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has said that Virat Kohli wins matches and has made an entire generation fit. India are all set to take on England in a five-match Test series. Kohli has been named in the 16-member squad set to face England in the first two matches of the series. India will be taking on England in the first match of the series at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on January 25.

Chopra said that Kohli has had a huge impact on cricket, winning games for India and getting an entire generation fit. Kohli made his T20I comeback for India, playing the shortest format of cricket on the international level after a gap of 14 months.

“If you have to judge a player’s greatness, there are three or four parameters. One is longevity. He is 35 and it seems like he can play for four more years. Then you see his impact on the game. He wins matches and has made an entire generation fit,” Chopra said while speaking on his YouTube channel.

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Chopra said that Kohli has been dominant across formats, insisting that his numbers do not lie. Kohli has amassed 26,733 runs in 522 international games across formats, averaging a stunning 54.11.

“Another important aspect is how you adapt across three formats, he does that. Then, of course, the sheer records, the numbers. The numbers don’t lie about him, 50 ODI centuries, four double centuries in a year in Tests, nearly 1000 runs in an IPL season,” Chopra added.

Kohli is just 152 runs short of becoming just the fourth India batter to amass more than 9000 runs in Tests, following in the footsteps of Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. He currently has 8848 runs in 113 matches, with 29 hundreds to his name.