Virat Kohli has turned 34. At this age, most cricketers start thinking about retirement. But after a bad time, the former captain of India is leaving the run-scoring streak with the bat. Chasing India’s batting ‘God’ Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 100 centuries. Pakistan’s legendary fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar feels that if he continues to play for another 6-8 years, he can break Sachin’s record. Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 100 centuries was considered unbreakable. But with the speed at which Virat Kohli is running, this record of the god of cricket is no longer safe, according to many. As Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar believes, Virat Kohli’s cricket still has a lot to offer.

However, if he wants to prolong his career, he advises him to retire from T20 and focus more on ODI and Test cricket. He told Sports Talk, ‘As a cricketer, I would ask Kohli to leave T20 and focus more on Tests and ODIs. He is a great player at the crease and I think T20s absorb a lot of energy and he needs to store it now. If he can do that, he is now 34 and could easily play another 6 to eight years from now. If he can play 50 more Tests now, he can easily score 25 centuries.’On the fourth day of the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Ahmedabad, Kohli broke a nearly 40-month Test century drought with brilliant innings of 186, the 28th century of his Test career. Shoaib advises him to focus more on the game.

He is asking to focus on his game instead of listening to the criticisms that are going around him. He said, ‘Kohli should continue to play and stop listening to the criticism he has to face. Both Virat and Babar are outstanding players of our continent.’Kohli has the second-highest 75 centuries after Sachin Tendulkar’s 100 centuries. The next ODI World Cup is going to be held in India this year. So the expectations will be a bit higher for Kohli and he will have a chance to get closer to Sachin’s record. On 8 September 2022, Kohli scored 1,210 centuries against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup. He played a destructive inning of 122 runs off 61 balls. Before this, his last century was against Bangladesh in November 2018. Then on December 10 of the same year in the third ODI of the series against Bangladesh, he broke the century drought of 1116 days in ODI cricket by playing an inning of 113 runs off 91 balls.