In awe of Virat Kohli’s formidable ODI statistics, former England captains Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain believe that the Indian mainstay is probably the best batsman in the history of the format. Kohli played a master-class innings of unbeaten 100, his 51st century in ODIs, to steer India to a comfortable six-wicket win in Dubai on Sunday. “Virat Kohli in a run-chase in 50-over cricket, there’s been nobody better in the history of the game, really. 51 centuries is an unbelievable number,” said the 56-year-old Atherton, who captained England in 54 Test matches, on Sky Sports Cricket Podcast.

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