They definitely don’t deserve a farewell esp Rohit, should be thrown out in the middle of the series for making Gill sit out
One has to be too drunk to say this.
MSD was a keeper. So his runs were not really expected. But this guy is a batsman. With average of 6 how the heck he gets to decide whether Ashwin should be in the XI or Sundar in the XI or Jadeja in the Xi when the fact all 3 of them are way better contributors than him.
Or for that matter, Gill who will be an upgrade over him
Gill is the 2nd highest run getter for INdia in the year 2024. He looked the best batsman in the pink ball test where ball was whopping around.
It's just bevda being bevda!Shastri said today Kohli will play for another 4 years
How can Rohit and Kohli decide who'll play and who won't when their own positions in team are untenable?
Atleast Dhoni retired after he saw Kohli do decent captaincy in 2014-15 series, here Rohit Bhai knew Bumrah won the first test and still took over for remaining games, he deserves being benched by Hardik in MI.
Waise, I was talking about Kohli, The most selfish Indian cricketer
Kohli seems to spend half his time chasing journalists, haters, and paparazzi away from his wife and daughter, like an unpaid security guard. Sachin, on the other hand, never had to run these high-energy marathons, which is probably why he could save his stamina for cricket and outlast Kohli in the game.
That was Test cricket which he didn't like playing anyway.
It’s your point of view.
5 years due. KOhli should have been kicked out atleast 3 yeasr back. He has been averaging 30 for the last 5 years. That is slightly better than tailender
Fans are the same across the border and everywhere else in the world. It was eye-opening to see the amount of hate Kohli and Rohit are getting from Indian fans after a bad season or two. Anyway, nobody said that Rohit and Kohli cannot be replaced in Test cricket; it was about what the right rebuilding process looks like. Your comparison to T20s clearly shows that you don’t get the nuance.
Like who two? Rohit is a nothing great in Tests, Virat was a good leader for a while that built a good team but he definitely out.
Unfortunately true in both formats.
You didn’t understand the comment and ran with it. Success in ODIs can suggest potential for Test cricket, but it’s not guaranteed. Specifically, ODI bowlers with control, reverse swing/movement, and discipline often adapt well, though Tests demand more stamina and patience. Shaheen’s 4-5 meter lengths (similar to Abbas’s), reverse swing, height and movement both ways would have made him more effective than Naseem, Khurram Shahzad or Jamal in South Africa (as they all bowl hard lengths 6-8 meters). While managing his workload is vital, Shaheen’s skillset suggests he’d have been a real asset in SA Tests. You have no clue if you think otherwise. Even when he was 18, he averaged 26 in SA test series when he had less skills and similar pace, just because of the bounce he got.
Long enough to know the caliber of Kohli and what it takes to build a test player
What calibre. He has been the worst test player going around for the last 4 or 5 years. Nobody wants him. SO many lower order batsmen have outperformed him over the course. He had a peak. Outside his peak he is one of the most average batsmen.
Opposition will be at loss. He has become a statpadder these days.Michael Clarke says on his youtube channel that if Kohli retires from Tests right now, only one team will be at loss - India.
Statspadder? He doesn't even score runs. Forget scoring runs, he doesn't even spend time at the crease.
The fact that he averages a pathetic 23 odd in the recently concluded BGT despite having an unbeaten century in the series speaks volumes of how ridiculously garbage he was in the rest of the innings.
