While football and cricket might be two different sports entirely, there are often some similarities drawn between them. One of them is drawing parallels between the best of each sport.

Currently, Cristiano Ronaldo is the reigning Ballon d’Or holder, he won his fifth title earlier this year, and is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli leads the ICC ODI rankings and is among the finest batsmen to grace the game.

It is perhaps for this reason that West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo sees similarities between the two. Bravo stated that he constantly asks his younger brother Darren Bravo to see Kohli as a role model and also asked the Indian captain to talk to the younger Bravo about the game.  

"It's (the equation with Virat is) good. Virat actually played under-19 (cricket) with my younger brother Darren and I always tell my brother that Virat is a person he shall look up to, I am not saying that because I am here," 34-year-old Bravo, who plays for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL, said.

"I actually asked Virat to talk to my brother personally about batting, about cricket.”

He then equated the Indian captain to the Portugal captain: “When I see Virat, I see Cristiano Ronaldo of cricket.

"For me as a cricket player to play against him and to watch him play when he represents India, even RCB, I admire the talent that he has, the passion he has for the game, for the sport when he plays. So hats off to him and he deserve all the achievement," he added.

With an average of over 50 in all three forms of international cricket, it is easy to see where Dwayne Bravo comes from. Cristiano Ronaldo, too, is dominating proceeds in European football even at the age of 33, putting him on the pedestal of the top echelons of sporting society.