That Virat Kohli is by far among the most respected batters ever to have played the video game is clear.

The batting master has as soon as again strike a purple spot, after going through a long lean phase, throughout which many had actually composed him off.Virat 2.0 looks hungrier than ever in the past.

When he scored the mammoth 166 vs Sri Lanka on Sunday in the 3rd and last ODI, he went past Sachin Tendulkar for a lot of centuries on house soil.

Sachin had scored 20.

He likewise overtook Mahela Jayawardene to climb to 5th place on the ODIs all-time run-getters list.There was a time when most professionals felt that Virat would break Sachins record of 49 ODI centuries.

Now, that is just a matter of time, with Virat standing at just 3 lots away from Sachins world record tally of 49.

Needless to say, the Virat vs Sachin comparisons have started again.With Virat registering his 46th ODI load and the 74th century of his global career, TimesofIndia.com here has a look at some statistical comparisons in between the two Indian batting greats - Virat Kohli and the guy he has always idolised - Sachin Tendulkar.

Innings required to sign up the first 10, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45 and 46th ODI centuries: Virat is easily ahead of Sachin in this conversion race.

While Sachin took 131 innings to get to his 10th ODI century, Virat took 80.

That trend continued across all the landmark heaps Virat has actually scored up until now.

His 46th ODI century was scored in his 259th innings.

Sachin had actually taken 431 innings to get to 46 ODI tons.100 sInnings taken by SachinInnings taken by Virat1013180151821062019713325234162302671863530720040355216454242574643125949451Sachin vs Virat - Centuries scored in winning causesOut of the 259 ODI innings that Virat has played up until now, he has included in India wins in 157 of them.

In these, he has scored as lots of as 38 centuries.

A comparison with Sachins numbers shows that out of the 452 ODI innings that the Master Blaster played, 231 innings were played in India wins.

In a winning cause, Sachin had actually scored 33 ODI centuries overall.

Virat is currently 5 ahead.MIRunsHSAve.100 s50sSachin23423111157200 * 56.633359 Virat161157915418375.653838 Overall in his profession, Sachin played 231 innings in a winning cause, 200 ODI innings in a losing cause, 5 innings in tied matches and 16 in no-result matches.Overall, up until now in his profession, Virat has played 157 innings in a winning cause, 94 in a losing cause, 5 in tied games and 3 in No Result matchesSachin vs Virat - In effective chases after in ODIs: This one is constantly spoken about a fair bit.

Virat picked up the nickname of Chase master thanks to his amazing capability to rate his knocks, specifically in ODIs.

In general in his profession, Sachin played 124 innings in effective ODI run goes after.

Virats number stands at 89 currently.

As far as the most centuries scored in effective chases is concerned, Sachins tally stands at 14, while Virats is currently at 22.

MIRunsHSAve100s50sSachin127124549013455.451431 Virat9289541718391.812222 Sachin vs Virat - Conversion rate from half centuries to centuriesFormula used: Total variety of centuries divided by 50-plus innings increased by 100Out of the 46 ODI centuries that Virat has scored so far in his career, 4 have actually been scored at a strike rate of 150 plus.

The following is the statistical split of those four knocks: SRRunsBallsOpponentVenueYear192.30100 * 52AustraliaJaipur2013174.24115 * 66AustraliaNagpur2013154.65133 * 86SLHobart2012150.90166 * 110SLTrivandram2023Stats courtesy: Rajesh Kumar