Kohli is a run-machine, Tendulkar my all-time favourite: Lara

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West Indies legend Brian Lara on Thursday (July 4) likened Virat Kohli to a run machine, saying that the Indian skipper is way ahead of rest of the world when it comes to batting across formats. Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar remains Lara’s all-time favourite but in today’s era, he said it is Kohli, who is the best. “He (Virat Kohli) is a (run) machine. But sorry to say Sachin Tendulkar is my (choice),” he said after being conferred the Doctorate in Science (Honours Causa) by the DY Patil University in Nerul here. “But getting back to your question, no doubt there is a huge gap between Virat Kohli and the rest of the world in all forms of the game.

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