Virat Kohli vs Shubman Gill: Virat Kohli has been a standout player in the world for the last 10 years. He has grown into a legend by dominating the batting charts in all three formats in the last decade. Kohli has scored run all around the world consistently and has 80 international centuries on his name. He also went on to surpass Sachin Tendulkar to become the only batter to have scored 50 ODI centuries. He reached his peak in very young age and has single-handedly won matches for his team in all conditions.
Now, the next generation of Indian players are coming up and the peak of all of them is the youngster Shubman Gill. He is touted as the one who will replace Kohli in the days to come. Gill has shown a lot of promise from the U-19 stage and has become a regular for the Indian team in all three formats. He is always under the spotlight as he has already shown promise in his young career. Gill is 24 years old right now. In this article we will see who is better at 25 years age, Gill or Kohli?
Virat Kohli vs Shubman Gill: Who Is Better At 25 Years Age?
Before becoming 25 years old, Kohli had scored 6681 international runs at an average of 47.72 at a strike rate of 78.48. On the other hand, Gill has scored 4398 runs at an average of 43.54 and a strike rate of 84.31. So, we can clearly see that Kohli was better at 25 years age.
Now, we will take a look at the stats format wise at the age of 25. In test cricket, Kohli had scored 1175 runs at an average of 41.96 while Gill has scored 1492 runs at an average of 35.52.
In ODIs, Kohli had scored 4919 runs at an average of 51.77 and strike-rate of 88.48, while Gill has scored 2328 runs at an average of 58.20 and strike rate of 101.74.
In T20Is, Kohli had scored 587 runs at an average of 34.52, and strike-rate of 130.44, while Gill has scored 578 runs at an average of 30.42, and a strike rate 139.27.
The stats show that Kohli was better than Gill in Test cricket. On the other hand, Gill has better stats in ODIs but Kohli has played most of his ODI career in one new ball era and had played some of the most influential ODI knocks before turning.
While in T20Is, Gill’s strike rate is better but a 35 year old Kohli strike-rate as Gill’s. So, all in all, Kohli was better that Gill at 25 years old.
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