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Kohli can surpass Tendulkar and Gavaskar, opines Farokh Engineer

With every passing season, Kohli is inching closer to Tendulkar's league

Former Indian wicket-keeper batsman Farokh Engineer has exuded high praise on current captain Virat Kohli. The veteran feels that the 29-year old from Delhi has the potential to eventually surpass the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar by the time he completes his career.

However, the 80-year old also cautions against getting carried away and urges the present-day cricket aficionados to allow Kohli to continue surging towards greatness before elevating him to the top of the list.

Engineer asserted, "I see him (Kohli) going all the way. I see him as one of the greatest batsmen India has produced. In every generation, there is someone. There was a (Sachin) Tendulkar or a (Sunil) Gavaskar. And this is Kohli's era. And he (Kohli) has all the penitential to be the greatest. He has got the potential to be greater than Sachin and Sunil. But lets not call him now, let him get to that milestone, break those records and then we will call him that."