In the ESPN write-up, Rahul Dravid defined Kallis perfectly.
โ๐พ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ. ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐จ. ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ. ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค. 3, ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง. ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐จ; ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ข. ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ข๐, ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐ฎ 300 ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ. ๐๐ฃ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ก-๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฅ.โ
๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ 2000:
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด: 11,440 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ท๐จ 58.66, ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด 239, ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด 172
๐๐๐๐ด: 9,029 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ท๐จ 45.6, ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด 217, ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด 102
Leave these records aside, but have we seen a cricketer who was fit enough to do all these things?
Punter once rightly said, โEither of those careers is outstanding.โ
Kallis is a different breed ๐