Bhubaneswar, March 20 -- Ahead of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), former India batsman Navjot Singh Sidhu terms star batsman Virat Kohli better than legendry cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni.

As per Sidhu, he rates Kohli as the best because of this quality to boss three formats which none of the Tendulkars and Gavaskars had to.

"I have rated him as the best Indian batter ever. There are eras where I would put up my transistor and listen to Gavaskar bat against the West Indies, those are the 70s. The great West Indies fast bowlers, bunking school and just going out one period and listening to how he was batting and without a helmet, that was his era. He dominated for almost 15-20 years. Th...