{"id":347560,"date":"2023-11-18T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T12:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=347560"},"modified":"2023-11-18T21:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T21:01:33","slug":"kohli-labelled-best-batsman-of-this-era-ahead-of-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=347560","title":{"rendered":"Kohli labelled 'best batsman of this era' ahead of final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ian Chappell<\/a> has heaped praise and labelled India's Virat Kohli<\/a> as the "best of this era", after the 36-year-old's record-breaking 50th ODI century in his side's semi-final win over New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chappell believes it is Kohli alone that can win India its third World Cup trophy against Australia on Sunday at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n

"I think Kohli is probably the best batsman of this era. I like his attitude," Chappell said on Wide World of Sports' Outside the Rope<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kohli notched up his 50th century earlier in the week, helping him surpass one of the greatest batters of all time, India's Sachin Tendulkar, who chalked up 49 ODI centuries.<\/p>\n

Chappell believes it is Kohli's "approach" to not only his craft but his fitness that has gotten him to this milestone.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Kohli\u00a0bows\u00a0down\u00a0to\u00a0Tendulkar<\/p>\n

"I heard him interviewed about batting and I think he's got a terrific approach to batting," he said.<\/p>\n

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The cricketing great\ufeff lauded Kohli's longevity, explaining how he has prioritised his health to ensure he can continue to perform at the top level for a long time.<\/p>\n

"The other thing to look at is his fitness. He's 36 years of age. Have a look at how he was running between wickets\ufeff. He's obviously put fitness right up there," Chappell said.<\/p>\n

\"Aussies<\/p>\n

Kohli now holds the key to India's success come Sunday's final, but beyond this World Cup, he doesn't look to be slowing down any time soon.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\ufeff"There was a point well into his career where he averaged over 50 [runs] in all three formats. Now that's remarkable," Chappell said.<\/p>\n

Australia\ufeff will face India in the Cricket World Cup final at\ufeff Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday from 7.30pm (AEDT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ian Chappell has heaped praise and labelled India's Virat Kohli as the "best of this era", after the 36-year-old's record-breaking 50th ODI century in his […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":347562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347566,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347560\/revisions\/347566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/347562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}