New Delhi, March 2 -- Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra compared Virat Kohli with Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson during the India vs New Zealand ODI cricket match in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Chopra was speaking about Kohli being the fastest to score 14,000 runs in ODI cricket. The comparison was made during his commentary on JioHotstar.

Chopra also mentioned that Kohli was the fastest batter to score previous milestones: 13K, 12K, 11K, 10K and so on. According to Chopra, Kohli is running a solo race. That was when Chopra compared Kohli with Johnson, who had a famous rivalry with another legend, Carl Lewis.

However, Sunil Gavaskar did not like the comparison. "Don't compare Kohli with Ben Johnson. Wo to pakde gaye the (He was cau...