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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Bengaluru, May 19 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong> Former Australia batsman Michael Hussey believes that Indian run-machine Virat Kohli&rsquo;s recent form has put him on track to equal or even exceed the feats of batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 27-year-old Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Kohli, has set a new record for the most runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli&#39;s 2016 tally of 865 runs -- boosted by four hundreds and five fifties in his 13 innings -- surpasses the 733 amassed by his Bangalore team-mate Chris Gayle in 2012 and Hussey in 2013.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before the IPL the Delhi-born also won the Man of the Tournament award in the World Twenty20 tournament after an impressive run with the willow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;One of Tendulkar&#39;s greatest strengths was his longevity and if Kohli can stay fit, he could be well on his way to emulate Tendulkar as a player,&quot; Hussey was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli&rsquo;s idol Tendulkar has scored 18,426 runs and 49 hundreds in his 463 One-Day-Internationals and 15,921 runs with 51 centuries in 200 Test matches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli has notched up 7,212 runs and 25 centuries in his 171 ODI games and 2,994 runs and 11 hundreds in 41 Tests till date.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;He (Kohli) has evolved into an amazing player,&quot; added Hussey, who said AB de Villiers and Steve Smith were his contemporaries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;These three are all probably at a stage now where they know their game inside and out and they stick to it as it has given them so much success over the years. I simply love watching them bat,&quot; the left-handed batsman added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Agency.<\/p>\r\n",
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