India, Aug. 20 -- South Africa batting great AB de Villiers claimed that his former Royal Challengers Bengaluru teammate Virat Kohli did more than establish himself as one of India's greatest Test batters overseas. De Villiers reckoned Sachin Tendulkar was the pioneer who showed Indian batters they could succeed in seaming and bouncy conditions away from home, but Kohli took that belief to another level.

De Villiers made the comments in the wake of India's 165-run win over Sri Lanka in Galle on Wednesday. "I think of someone like Sachin Tendulkar way back, who started that trend for India. Yet, he wasn't as strong as someone like Virat Kohli, who was even better. But Sachin was the first guy to show that as a subcontinent batter, you can...