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Australia (474 & 234) hands India (369 & 155) an 184-run defeat in the 4th Test to take a 2-1 lead in the 5-match series

Langer saying Kohli is the best cricketer he has ever seen.

Langer and his hyperboles.

Mind you, this guy has seen and played with/against the likes of McGrath, Warne, Ponting, WI pacers, Lara, Donald, Tendulkar, Dravid, the 2 Ws, Murali, the list is so long.
 
MP2011 said:
Langer saying Kohli is the best cricketer he has ever seen.

Langer and his hyperboles.

Mind you, this guy has seen and played with/against the likes of McGrath, Warne, Ponting, WI pacers, Lara, Donald, Tendulkar, Dravid, the 2 Ws, Murali, the list is so long.
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Kohli before 2020 was beast in all formats and no one came close to gave the competition. People's have very Short memory :kp
 
MP2011 said:
Come out of 2020, it's been close to 5 years now. Covid is history, so is the so-called
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Kohli legacy is already sealed. That's the point

Out of form Virat has won the world T20 final for india.

:kp
 
I have not seen Jaiswal play so slow , looks like Gambhir has had a hard talk with him.
 
Devadwal said:
Kohli before 2020 was beast in all formats and no one came close to gave the competition. People's have very Short memory :kp
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As for no one giving him competition before 2020, well Smith has been a better test batsman than him for 90% of his test career.
 
MP2011 said:
Langer saying Kohli is the best cricketer he has ever seen.

Langer and his hyperboles.

Mind you, this guy has seen and played with/against the likes of McGrath, Warne, Ponting, WI pacers, Lara, Donald, Tendulkar, Dravid, the 2 Ws, Murali, the list is so long.
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he meant best cricketer for the opponents to face. cause he gives easy wickets
 
At some point of time Marsh will be bowling a few overs , India can take advantage of that
 
MP2011 said:
As for no one giving him competition before 2020, well Smith has been a better test batsman than him for 90% of his test career.
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Read again. In all formats kohli was way ahead. Smith is nothing players apart from test cricket. :kp
 
Kohli leaving the ball has become a special event at the G lol That is how bad his reputation is
 
this is my assessment.
yes pitch is flat as.

but. indian bowlers like siraj and akashdeep dint bowl well enough. dint apply enough pressure to support bumrah. hence they scored so much
if shami and someone like prasidh rana played. yes rana cause rana can hit the deck hard here. dont judge him by that useless pink ball test. then india could have restricted aus for sub 350 score.
spinners actually bowled quite decently well.

4 wickets for like 100 something runs

lyon will be key

we have deep batting.
 
Kohli should have retired now but no one question about his legacy. He is one of the best player to play the cricket.

Some of indian fans are forget that last three ICC trophy won by india and Kohli had play important role .

Virat would have won the 2014 world T20 for india but others players ( Everyone know) didn't support him .

Kohli was single-handedly taken India to 2016 World T20 semifinals and played masterclass knock in Semifinals but other selfish players( Rahane 35 ball 40 runs) runied the match for india.

Kohli has won the most game against Pakistan( ICC tournaments/ Asia Cup) single-handedly for india.

:shh :kp
 
dangerous lyon on

rohit put spinner on around 40 th over lmao

and wow jaiswal still on 38 only lmao.
 
Devadwal said:
Kohli should have retired now but no one question about his legacy. He is one of the best player to play the cricket.

Some of indian fans are forget that last three ICC trophy won by india and Kohli had play important role .

Virat would have won the 2014 world T20 for india but others players ( Everyone know) didn't support him .

Kohli was single-handedly taken India to 2016 World T20 semifinals and played masterclass knock in Semifinals but other selfish players( Rahane 35 ball 40 runs) runied the match for india.

:shh :kp
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he is a legend in odi and t20. not for tests. sorry. he is around kane laxman level max

legends are only made in tests.
 
kron said:
he is a legend in odi and t20. not for tests. sorry. he is around kane laxman level max

legends are only made in tests.
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And VVS has played far more legendary innings in test cricket despite playing for lesser number of tests.
 
Devadwal said:
Kohli should have retired now but no one question about his legacy. He is one of the best player to play the cricket.

Some of indian fans are forget that last three ICC trophy won by india and Kohli had play important role .

Virat would have won the 2014 world T20 for india but others players ( Everyone know) didn't support him .

Kohli was single-handedly taken India to 2016 World T20 semifinals and played masterclass knock in Semifinals but other selfish players( Rahane 35 ball 40 runs) runied the match for india.

Kohli has won the most game against Pakistan( ICC tournaments/ Asia Cup) single-handedly for india.

:shh :kp
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Lol, so he should keep playing for eternity since he helped us win 3 ICC titles.
 
Kohli is a good Test batsman, I can't take it away from him. 30 Test centuries at an average of more than 47 doesn't come just like that. But please don't insult our intelligence by calling him great in the Test format.

Good? Yes! Great? Hell NO!
 
kron said:
he is a legend in odi and t20. not for tests. sorry. he is around kane laxman level max

legends are only made in tests.
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Lol . Kohli was the reason why India start winning the overseas test . ganguly started the trends but Kohli has taken to another level during his captaincy .

Because of Kohli , india was best travling team in the world for 7-8 year's in test cricket.

Kohli has changed the destiny of Indian pace battery .

As i Said lockdown kid's won't understand how has kohli performed in test cricket as an captain or player.

:kp
 
Hitman said:
Kohli is a good Test batsman, I can't take it away from him. 30 Test centuries at an average of more than 47 doesn't come just like that. But please don't insult our intelligence by calling him great in the Test format.

Good? Yes! Great? Hell NO!
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Yep, he is only a good test batsman, not a test great by any stretch of imagination.

He was averaging in mid 50s by 2019. He has only himself to blame for ruining his legacy in test cricket. One of the big reasons is not playing FC cricket at all.
 
Another is, picking and choosing the series he plays.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
In 2020, you wore a mask over your mouth and nose, now with 2025 just around the corner, you are wearing one over your eyes only. :inti
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Read the whole discussion .we are talking about kohli legacy not what is happening currently .

He should have retired after World T20 . no one wants him to include in this team. :kp
 
MP2011 said:
Yep, he is only a good test batsman, not a test great by any stretch of imagination.

He was averaging in mid 50s by 2019. He has only himself to blame for ruining his legacy in test cricket. One of the big reasons is not playing FC cricket at all.
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The guy behaves like he is the biggest star of the world. You expected him to play FC cricket?
 
Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar Rip Into Rohit Sharma's Captaincy Over 4th Test Tactics

India captain Rohit Sharma continues to court criticism over his baffling strategy and selection calls in the Melbourne Test. Since announcing the return of Washington Sundar to India's playing XI for the Boxing Day Test -- which came at the cost of Shubman Gill -- Rohit has had his decision-making questioned time and again. Be it the use of his bowlers, or match-ups used against different Australian batters, Rohit struggled to get the best out of India's bowling attack for the first two days. Some of his decisions received public criticism from legends like Suni Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri.

During his commentary stint on Day 2 of the Melbourne Test, Shastri questioned both Rohit and head coach Gambhir over the decision to add 2 spinners to the playing XI as they didn't show the required trust in them.

"Why did you take 2 spinners if you had to bowl them after 40 overs? In Melbourne, spinners should always bowl in 1 or 1 and a half overs. I didn't understand why Jadeja and Sundar bowled after 40 overs," Shastri wondered.

The former India head coach also felt that the team should've started with Bumrah on Day 2 but he came in to bowl the third over.

"India should've started with Bumrah but Siraj bowled the first over. With SIraj's confidence being low, it's important to handle him well," he asserted.

Shastri questioned not just Rohit's bowling changes but also his field placements.

He said: "You see, Mitchell Starc has come and you have long on and long off fielders. At least put one of them up."

Sunil Gavaskar was also livid upon seeing India's bowling performance in the middle. Barring Jasprit Bumrah, no India pacer managed to step up. Gavaskar said that the new ball was 'wasted' by India's pacers.

"Pretty ordinary blowing. If you have to bowl a bouncer, you get it around the helmet's badge and not around the waist. I'm very disappointed, I'm sorry. This new ball has been wasted. Aakash Deep has been all over the place. He has wasted the new ball by bowling way outside off stump. The Indians have also been sloppy in the field," the original Little Master said on commentary.

Later, Rohit also decided to open the batting for India, pushing the in-form KL Rahul down the order. But, the skipper departed after making just 3 runs.

NDTV
 
Devadwal said:
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Read the whole discussion .we are talking about kohli legacy not what is happening currently .

He should have retired after World T20 . no one wants him to include in this team. :kp
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During kohli peaks no other indian batsman scored runs otherwise india would have win the series in South Africa and England instead drawn series .
:kp
 
BouncerGuy said:
Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar Rip Into Rohit Sharma's Captaincy Over 4th Test Tactics

India captain Rohit Sharma continues to court criticism over his baffling strategy and selection calls in the Melbourne Test. Since announcing the return of Washington Sundar to India's playing XI for the Boxing Day Test -- which came at the cost of Shubman Gill -- Rohit has had his decision-making questioned time and again. Be it the use of his bowlers, or match-ups used against different Australian batters, Rohit struggled to get the best out of India's bowling attack for the first two days. Some of his decisions received public criticism from legends like Suni Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri.

During his commentary stint on Day 2 of the Melbourne Test, Shastri questioned both Rohit and head coach Gambhir over the decision to add 2 spinners to the playing XI as they didn't show the required trust in them.

"Why did you take 2 spinners if you had to bowl them after 40 overs? In Melbourne, spinners should always bowl in 1 or 1 and a half overs. I didn't understand why Jadeja and Sundar bowled after 40 overs," Shastri wondered.

The former India head coach also felt that the team should've started with Bumrah on Day 2 but he came in to bowl the third over.

"India should've started with Bumrah but Siraj bowled the first over. With SIraj's confidence being low, it's important to handle him well," he asserted.

Shastri questioned not just Rohit's bowling changes but also his field placements.

He said: "You see, Mitchell Starc has come and you have long on and long off fielders. At least put one of them up."

Sunil Gavaskar was also livid upon seeing India's bowling performance in the middle. Barring Jasprit Bumrah, no India pacer managed to step up. Gavaskar said that the new ball was 'wasted' by India's pacers.

"Pretty ordinary blowing. If you have to bowl a bouncer, you get it around the helmet's badge and not around the waist. I'm very disappointed, I'm sorry. This new ball has been wasted. Aakash Deep has been all over the place. He has wasted the new ball by bowling way outside off stump. The Indians have also been sloppy in the field," the original Little Master said on commentary.

Later, Rohit also decided to open the batting for India, pushing the in-form KL Rahul down the order. But, the skipper departed after making just 3 runs.

NDTV
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Rohit Sharma is pathetic in whatever he has done on this tour. Wonder why did he bother to come here
 
If you want to nurture further talents like Jaiswal, you have to get rid of the old bones who basically have little to no productivity left.
 
I'm 100% sure more than Pakistani /australia fans ,some of Indian fans wants Kohli to failed so they can prove own agenda
:kp
 
My blood still boils to see Ashwin retiring but not these 2 who have been bigger failures for bigger time period than Ashwin ever was.
 
Ashwin basically failed to live up to his high standards only during NZ series.

Let's not get started about these 2.
 
We can't win this test but can we draw it at least? For Bumrah's sake?
 
jamie smith said:
this is going to be a draw,ball is not doing anything apart from 1st 10-12 overs
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This is not England or Newzealand . In Australia Kookaburra doesn’t swing after 15-20 overs even on a bowling friendly pitch. As an Aussie you should be knowing this :)
 
Devadwal said:
Lol . Kohli was the reason why India start winning the overseas test . ganguly started the trends but Kohli has taken to another level during his captaincy .

Because of Kohli , india was best travling team in the world for 7-8 year's in test cricket.

Kohli has changed the destiny of Indian pace battery .

As i Said lockdown kid's won't understand how has kohli performed in test cricket as an captain or player.

:kp
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What lockdown kid. I have been watching since 90s. He had a purple patch for 4 years. That's it.

He is around kane level.
 
Devadwal said:
I'm 100% sure more than Pakistani /australia fans ,some of Indian fans wants Kohli to failed so they can prove own agenda
:kp
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Even if Virat scores 2 300s in the next 2 tests, he should call it a day after this series in tests. In odis it should be over after Champions trophy.
 
Local.Dada said:
Even if Virat scores 2 300s in the next 2 tests, he should call it a day after this series in tests. In odis it should be over after Champions trophy.
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Yes he should retire from all formats along with Rohit Sharma right after this series.

We have enough limited overs batsman to replace both of them so no place for them in champion trophy team.

I said for certain fans who wants Kohli to failed at cost of india losing the series.

More than india winning/ draw this series they want kohli to failed.
:kp
 
Devadwal said:
I said for certain fans who wants Kohli to failed at cost of india losing the series.

More than india winning/ draw this series they want kohli to failed.
:kp
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LOL, still remember a whole lot of Dravid and Ganguly fans who didn't want India to win the 2011 WC out of their hatred for both Sachin and Dhoni.
 
This thread is going with very slowly means india is batting alright .

Once Kohli falls ,wait for people's to came from nowhere to talk about him.

:kp
 
Local.Dada said:
Even if Virat scores 2 300s in the next 2 tests, he should call it a day after this series in tests. In odis it should be over after Champions trophy.
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Kohli was atrocious against spin . Whatever he do in next 2 test matxhes, he cant hide the last 5 years failure .he should go out before opponent broadcaster roasting him. Channel 7 barbecued Rohit " He should leave . he seems to be sleeping and acting like a child in a captaincy role"
 
Hitman said:
LOL, still remember a whole lot of Dravid and Ganguly fans who didn't want India to win the 2011 WC out of their hatred for both Sachin and Dhoni.
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Yes that's why i really hate some sections of fan's

They don't care about team instead hoping for team failure because they didn't like some player's .

I means we can criticized them but not in the middle of match when they are performing alright and india is winning .

Indian team Winning is important no matter who won the match for US . period​

:kp
 
Devadwal said:
This thread is going with very slowly means india is batting alright .

Once Kohli falls ,wait for people's to came from nowhere to talk about him.

:kp
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Well we can always discuss if a Scientologist follower will be PM in India. It’s never a lost cause 👍
 
Hitman said:
Regardless, watching cricket in Australia is so much fun. England is good as well but rain often plays spoilsport in 5 day Test matches. My brother and his family attended the 1st day of the ongoing Test.
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Watching quality test cricket in the morning with a Cup of tea . :love:
 
Justcrazy said:
This will be a draw most likely , unless India plays badly.
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Australia are in the driving seat, and the Indian batsmen need to put in a lot of hard work to draw this test match. I have no hopes, and Pant has yet to perform in this series. We have allowed Cummins to build a partnership this morning, which will dent our chances
 
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