Tendulkar's three records that Kohli may never break

Virat Kohli recently won the hat-trick of awards at the ICC Awards for the year 2018. The Indian captain is the best in the business at the moment. He has scored tons of runs in all the formats and hasn't left any stone unturned in the past few years.

The right-handed batsman is the only Asian captain to win a Test series against the Aussies in their backyard. He has captained the national side in both the 50-over World Cup and the u-19 World Cup. In the ICC Awards held recently, he was also named the captain of the ICC Men's ODI and Test team of the year.

He was achieved more than he would have dreamt of, but the debate has always been about him and Sachin for the best ever player produced by India. He has left behind Sachin in a few records already, but it looks unlikely that he would ever be able to break these 3 records of 'The God Cricket.'

#1 Most runs in one-day cricket

Sachin Tendulkar has scored 18,426 including 49 centuries and 96 half-centuries in 463 matches at an average of 45. On the other hand, Kohli has 10,473 runs with 39 centuries and 48 half-centuries in 221 matches at an average of 60.

Kohli made his ODI debut in the year 2008 and already played over a decade for ten thousand runs. So, he will have to play another 8-10 years to break Sachin's record which does not seem likely at the moment.

Sachin also holds the record for most number of MoM awards. He has won a spectacular 62 MoM awards in 463 ODI matches whereas Kohli has 31 in his kitty and is 6th in the line for the most number of MoM awards in ODI cricket.

Tendulkar is miles ahead of everyone else in the list, the second in the list is Jayasuriya with 48 MoM awards.

When Sachin and Kohli used to play together

#2 Most runs in Tests

The master-blaster is the only player in the history of cricket to play 200 matches and has 15,921 runs including 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries at an average of 54 whereas the current Indian skipper has 6613 in 77 Tests for India.

Kohli will need another 10,000 runs to surpass Sachin but given the workload of all the three-formats and the captaincy to add to it, seems impossible.

#3 Most Test matches

Sachin has played 200 international matches in his entire career while Kohli has played 77 matches till now. He is the only player in the history of cricket to play 200 Test matches.

Tendulkar also has the most test tons in the history of world cricket. He became the first person and the only batsman to score a hundred centuries in international cricket on 16th March 2012, while Kohli only has 25 centuries in Tests as of now.

It certainly looks a tough task for the present Indian captain to break Tendulkar's record of 200 Test matches.