Virat Kohli paid tribute to West Indies great Sir Garfield Sobers after his death, calling him one of the greatest players the game has ever seen.Sobers retires from a career that shaped cricket for two decades. He excelled in ball to ball and set a benchmark for all players that few equaled.Kohli went to X to express his grief and praise Sobers’ performance in the match.“Cricket has lost one of its greatest. Rest in peace, Sir Garfield Sobers. Your legacy will inspire generations,” Kohli wrote.Sobers represented the West Indies in 93 Test matches between 1954 and 1974. He scored 8,032 runs at an average of 57.78, including 26 centuries, and took 235 wickets in his career.He is known as a left-arm batsman, a left-arm bowler who can seam, orthodox spin and arm-spinner, and a very good all-rounder. His all-around ability earned him recognition as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.One of his most memorable feats came in 1958 when he scored an unbeaten 365 against Pakistan. At the time it was the highest score in Test cricket, a record that stood unbeaten for 36 years.Sobers also made history in county cricket in 1968 playing for Nottinghamshire. He became the first player to hit sixes in an hour in first-class cricket, beating Malcolm Nash of Glamorgan.He was nominated by Queen Elizabeth II in 1975 for his services to cricket. In 2000, he was named one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the 20th Century.His name lives on through the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, an annual ICC award given to the best men’s international cricketers in all formats.Sobers’ death marks the end of one of cricket’s most iconic games, as threats continue to pour in from across the world of the game.
