Paarl, Jan. 10 -- South Africa legend Allan Donald has heaped praise on Indian batting great Virat Kohli, saying that he is the only batter who could get close to Sachin Tendulkar's 100-century tally in international cricket.

Ahead of the first ODI against New Zealand on Sunday, Kohli is just 25 runs away from becoming the third player to score 28,000 international runs after Sachin Tendulkar and former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara.

Additionally, Kohli needs 42 more runs to topple Sangakkara (28,016 runs) to become the second-highest run-getter of all time across all formats.

Kohli has amassed 27,975 runs in 556 matches and 623 innings in international cricket. The right-handed batter has a superb average of 52.58 along with 84 c...