Hashim Amla vs Virat Kohli in ODIs

[mithun_minhas]

Misbah >>>>> Amla.

 

[farazaidi]

lol, no way. Misbah is the ultimate choker, Indians should know better !

 

[bill_123]

kohli is the best odi batsman in ODI's in the world today.... no doubt... even most amla fans like me wouldn't deny this

but its nice to see how amla is blasted for everything for no reason lol

 

[Sandeep]

lol, no way. Misbah is the ultimate choker, Indians should know better !

Misbah threatens to take the game away; with Amla, being the Saffer he is, you always know there is a choke around the corner

 

[Bilal7]

It will be very interesting to see Kohli go up against Steyn, Morkel, Philander. He was exposed by Junaid and Irfan when conditions favored pace bowling and if he is exposed again, Amla will once again overtake him as the best ODI bat in the world.

 

[Bilal7]

Also lovely to see the match-loser tag being thrown around. Unlike a certain player, all of Amla's centuries have come in victories.

 

[bill_123]

Also lovely to see the match-loser tag being thrown around. Unlike a certain player, all of Amla's centuries have come in victories.

hahahaha ya

but hey he was G O D

 

[Mamoon]

It will be very interesting to see Kohli go up against Steyn, Morkel, Philander. He was exposed by Junaid and Irfan when conditions favored pace bowling and if he is exposed again, Amla will once again overtake him as the best ODI bat in the world.

Amla can't play match winning knocks like Kohli anywhere in the world. Give it a rest.

 

[battler]

It will be very interesting to see Kohli go up against Steyn, Morkel, Philander. He was exposed by Junaid and Irfan when conditions favored pace bowling and if he is exposed again, Amla will once again overtake him as the best ODI bat in the world.

Comeback to me when Amla can play a single memorable odi knock like kohli has played all these years.

 

[Bewal Express]

Kohli is brilliant player but mostly plays on wickets where the bowlers have little chance of getting him out unless he makes a mistake. Amla on the other hand mostly plays his cricket in conditions where the bowlers have a sporting chance. I would love to have both in my team.

 

[Bewal Express]

Comeback to me when Amla can play a single memorable odi knock like kohli has played all these years.

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[giri26]

It will be very interesting to see Kohli go up against Steyn, Morkel, Philander. He was exposed by Junaid and Irfan when conditions favored pace bowling and if he is exposed again, Amla will once again overtake him as the best ODI bat in the world.

In 2011 against Steyn and Morkel in the ODI series, Kohli averaged 48.25. So I guess he will do decent against them.

 

[battler]

Kohli is brilliant player but mostly plays on wickets where the bowlers have little chance of getting him out unless he makes a mistake. Amla on the other hand mostly plays his cricket in conditions where the bowlers have a sporting chance. I would love to have both in my team.

kohli plays in HIS home condition and Amla plays in his,there is no advantage or disadvantage.
kohli is the better odi bat,accept and move on.

 

[battler]

I can remember the one against Ind in the WC. A brilliant innings under pressure in a WC.

Sorry but Robin peterson won them the game and not Amla.

 

[Anfield]

Not his best of knocks but others should have taken the initiative after Devilliers. Duminy is to be blamed as well.

 

[jusarrived]

Some really getting desperate here . its about pitches , bowling attacks etc now ?

in that regard every Non SC batsmen is better than a SC batsmen .

 

[Bewal Express]

Sorry but Robin peterson won them the game and not Amla.

You are right.

 

[Mamoon]

In 2011 against Steyn and Morkel in the ODI series, Kohli averaged 48.25. So I guess he will do decent against them.

Chokeslam

 

[Mobashir]

AFAIK, he scored 70 odd and a century against Australia?

And more over he was our best batsman in your so called swinging conditions in SA..

The name of the thread is Hashim Amla Vs Virat Kohli (ODI).
Otherwise there is no comparison possible, Amla is 10 times the test batsman Kohli is for the moment.

Its not about conditions, its about the style of play.

de Villiers plays in the same conditions as Amla but he produces stunning knocks. Why?

Amla is not good enough to take control of the game and influence the result and that is why he plays the anchor role.

The likes of Kohli and de Villiers take center stage because they are capable. They don't have to play the anchor role.

There is no "the likes of Kohli and de Villiers". De villiers is much much better than Kohli.

 

[Mamoon]

The name of the thread is Hashim Amla Vs Virat Kohli (ODI).
Otherwise there is no comparison possible, Amla is 10 times the test batsman Kohli is for the moment.


There is no "the likes of Kohli and de Villiers". De villiers is much much better than Kohli.

So now since you've lost the Amla argument, you've attempted to make it de Villiers vs Kohli now

 

[Mobashir]

So now since you've lost the Amla argument, you've attempted to make it de Villiers vs Kohli now

No, I understood that there was no point talking with someone about Amla being better than Kohli when he compares Kohli and de Villiers.

Amla is not the kind of player Kohli is but is more consistent and better in ODI's I like watching. That means with par scores around 250 pitches, with good bowling attacks.

 

[Robbie]

LOL kohli eats the likes of Amla and ABD for breakfast.

 

[Bilal7]

Comeback to me when Amla can play a single memorable odi knock like kohli has played all these years.

Amla can't play match winning knocks like Kohli anywhere in the world. Give it a rest.

All of Amla's centuries are in wins. All of his centuries are memorable. He also averages more away from home than he does at home.

 

[Bilal7]

LOL kohli eats the likes of Amla and ABD for breakfast.

Well last time, they faced off, Kohli averaged significantly lower than Amla did. Kohli is better currently, but not by much.

 

[giri26]

All of Amla's centuries are in wins. All of his centuries are memorable. He also averages more away from home than he does at home.

Kohli averages 52.48 in away/neutral venues at a SR of 86.97 and has 10 hundreds. He averages 51.97 at the SR of 91 and has 7 hundreds. So Kohli averages more away from home too

 

[Robbie]

To think that Kohli is 24-25 and is currently the No1 ODI batsman in the world is just marvellous. He has yet to reach Batters best years, i.e. 29-32. I have no doubt in my mind that he will end up as one of the Legends in ODI Cricket.

 

[CricketAnalyst]

To think that Kohli is 24-25 and is currently the No1 ODI batsman in the world is just marvellous. He has yet to reach Batters best years, i.e. 29-32. I have no doubt in my mind that he will end up as one of the Legends in ODI Cricket.

Do you know if there's any truth to the rumor that Kohli is a couple of years older than officially stated because he desperately needed the attention from his U-19 heroics...

 

[hadi123]

Amla is more likely to do better on tough conditions and why is he getting so much stick when he tried to hit a six considering his team were in a winning position

 

[battler]

All of Amla's centuries are in wins. All of his centuries are memorable. He also averages more away from home than he does at home.

Yeah too bad no one remembers 'any' of Amla's memorable centuries!

 

[eradicator]

People hardly remember any memorable Odi knocks played by Hashim.

 

[battler]

Do you know if there's any truth to the rumor that Kohli is a couple of years older than officially stated because he desperately needed the attention from his U-19 heroics...

Lol no his age had already been established when he was playing a ranji match and his father passed away in 2006, his age at that time was 17.
Don't know from were u read these rumours.

 

[Aman]

LOL kohli eats the likes of Amla and ABD for breakfast.

Kohli is better than Amla in LOI but when AB is song there isn't a player playing today that can touch him.

 

[Varun]

Amla is rather incapable of fighting fire with fire in a pressure situation.

 

[sachjinn]

Amla is as much of a LOI player as Venkatesh Prasad is a legend.

 

[Buffet]

Amla is as much of a LOI player as Venkatesh Prasad is a legend.

How many batsmen are currently better than Amla? He may have his limitations but still a very good ODI batsman.

 

[Minku]

Kohli is the best chaser I have ever seen .. I used to think Dhoni was good but Kohli is even better.. Already has a few legendary second inning centuries at such a young age... Amla is consistent but never really stays till the end.. He is pretty much Kallis 2.0 in that regard..

 

[Aman]

Amla is as much of a LOI player as Venkatesh Prasad is a legend.

You do know of the gulf between Amla and Kohli's Test ability right? It's a MUCH bigger gap than their LOI ability.

 

[akheR]

Amla is as much of a LOI player as Venkatesh Prasad is a legend.

What an absolutely revolting and repulsive analogy.

 

[Bilal7]

People hardly remember any memorable Odi knocks played by Hashim.

Yeah too bad no one remembers 'any' of Amla's memorable centuries!

Speak for yourself.

Amla is as much of a LOI player as Venkatesh Prasad is a legend.

Amla is a better ODI player than every batsmen currently playing, barring Kohli and ABD.
The top ODI quartet, in no particular order, consists of Kohli, Amla, ABD, Dhoni.

Indians are really going overboard.

 

[Aman]

1) Kohli
2) AB
3) Dhoni
4) Amla

 

[standardcricket]

1) Kohli
2) AB
3) Dhoni
4) Amla

it's not Dhoni's fault the top 3 usually finish the job,

Dhoni was number 1 in ODI's for a while, but now he rarely gets to bat.

 

[kungfu90]

1) Kohli
2) AB
3) Dhoni
4) Amla

Dhoni is very poor in playing movement. Amla can play equally well in all conditions.

 

[Aman]

it's not Dhoni's fault the top 3 usually finish the job,

Dhoni was number 1 in ODI's for a while, but now he rarely gets to bat.

India's best bat for me, you can always count on him to deliver when the team needs it most.

 

[Bilal7]

India's best bat for me, you can always count on him to deliver when the team needs it most.

Batting at #6? He won't rated as much. He does his job with perfection and he may be the greatest finisher ever but top order players who score the bulk of the runs and set up platforms are rated higher.

 

[Aman]

Batting at #6? He won't rated as much. He does his job with perfection and he may be the greatest finisher ever but top order players who score the bulk of the runs and set up platforms are rated higher.

He has the ability to score the bulk of the runs when the top order fails against quality bowling e.g. Pakistan and Aus

 

[Varun]

Dhoni is very poor in playing movement. Amla can play equally well in all conditions.

Except ones where he needs some adrenalin.

 

[sachjinn]

Speak for yourself.
Indians are really going overboard.

Why would we? We should be claiming Amla's Indian heritage if nothing else.

You do know of the gulf between Amla and Kohli's Test ability right? It's a MUCH bigger gap than their LOI ability.

Yes, at the Test level, there is no comparison at this point.

 

[Bilal7]

Why would we? We should be claiming Amla's Indian heritage if nothing else.




Yes, at the Test level, there is no comparison at this point.

Why would you be claiming anything? All the Pakistani players have Indian roots too, will you claim them too?

What sort of thinking is this?

 

[Sandeep]

Batting at #6? He won't rated as much. He does his job with perfection and he may be the greatest finisher ever but top order players who score the bulk of the runs and set up platforms are rated higher.

Ridiculous reply really! Who do you rate more? Bevan or Amla?

 

[Bilal7]

Ridiculous reply really! Who do you rate more? Bevan or Amla?

Let Amla finish his career first. A top order batsman averaging 50+ will be rated higher than a lower-order player with an average of 50+. SR and other factors being equal that is.

 

[Itachi]

Let Amla finish his career first. A top order batsman averaging 50+ will be rated higher than a lower-order player with an average of 50+. SR and other factors being equal that is.

stats don't define "greatness"

 

[Abhilash]

The name of the thread is Hashim Amla Vs Virat Kohli (ODI).
Otherwise there is no comparison possible, Amla is 10 times the test batsman Kohli is for the moment.


There is no "the likes of Kohli and de Villiers". De villiers is much much better than Kohli.

When was the last time ABD won something for this team?

 

[Abhilash]

No one's denying that Amla is a good ODI batsman, but not in the league of Kohli,Dhoni and ABD!!

 

[Bilal7]

stats don't define "greatness"

I said all other things being equal.

When was the last time ABD won something for this team?

My assumption is being proven correct. Amla and ABD will continue to be overly criticized by Kohli-fans just so their fav player looks good.

 

[Bilal7]

No one's denying that Amla is a good ODI batsman, but not in the league of Kohli,Dhoni and ABD!!

He definitely is and until recently was better than them all.

 

[King Cobra]

Amla is in the league of Rahul Dravid as an Odi Batsman.

 

[Itachi]

I said all other things being equal.



My assumption is being proven correct. Amla and ABD will continue to be overly criticized by Kohli-fans just so their fav player looks good.

1. The context was comparision with bevan. The factors are very different for Amla and Bevan.

2. Forget kohli, ABD is miles ahead of Amla as an ODI batsman. ABD is selfless power hitter who has the ability to snatch victory from the jaw of defeat.

 

[ST1998]

Amla and ABD will continue to be overly criticized by Kohli-fans just so their fav player looks good.

Are you for real?

Why would we like to promote Kohli anyways? For starters, he is the best ODI bat by some margin and rankings and results duly confirm that.

Just because you are hell bent on hating anything that is Indian, doesn't change this fact.

 

[Bhaijaan]

1) Kohli
2) AB
3) Dhoni
4) Amla

Dhoni is arguably the greatest ever in ODI. How come he be at #3 even in this era?



1. Dhoni
2. Daylight
3. Rest


MSD's played in top order and destroyed opponents. Lets not even talk about the successful finishing rate.

 

[James]

The best ODI batsmen in the world are Dhoni and Kohli, nobody else even comes close.

 

[in_cutter]

Hashim Amla Vs Virat Kohli (ODI)

Kohli>>>Amla

 

[SOSami]

Had Kohli been at the crease yesterday, in the position SA were in, I'd back him to finish the game. Amla I did not expect to, and nor did he.

 

[James]

Had Kohli been at the crease yesterday, in the position SA were in, I'd back him to finish the game. Amla I did not expect to, and nor did he.

Well surmised. That's the difference.

 

[Mamoon]

Kohli won't score 98 of 130 deliveries in any case.

 

[hadi123]

There is no doubt now Kohli is better but amla is still world class

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

ABD's effort was in vain

 

[ST1998]

There is no doubt now Kohli is better but amla is still world class

Its been proved for last 2 years at least. Just that Amla fanboys refuse to rate an Indian ahead of him.

 

[Inziquicksingle]

Amla is as much of a LOI player as Venkatesh Prasad is a legend.

) good one )

 

[Bilal7]

Kohli's still ahead in my opinion but some of the stupid, plain stupid comments by some posters look embarrassing now.

 

[Mobashir]

Kohli won't score 98 of 130 deliveries in any case.

Kohli won't score 98 against a good attack in any case.

 

[hadi123]

Ok after seeing Kohli's struggles abroad I have to Say Amla is probably a better batsman outside Asia

 

[London_Lahori]

It's pretty obvious Amla is the better player, in all formats and all over the world.

 

[London_Lahori]

Amla can't play match winning knocks like Kohli anywhere in the world. Give it a rest.

Comeback to me when Amla can play a single memorable odi knock like kohli has played all these years.

In 2011 against Steyn and Morkel in the ODI series, Kohli averaged 48.25. So I guess he will do decent against them.

kohli plays in HIS home condition and Amla plays in his,there is no advantage or disadvantage.
kohli is the better odi bat,accept and move on.

Chokeslam

LOL kohli eats the likes of Amla and ABD for breakfast.

To think that Kohli is 24-25 and is currently the No1 ODI batsman in the world is just marvellous. He has yet to reach Batters best years, i.e. 29-32. I have no doubt in my mind that he will end up as one of the Legends in ODI Cricket.

Yeah too bad no one remembers 'any' of Amla's memorable centuries!

People hardly remember any memorable Odi knocks played by Hashim.

Amla is rather incapable of fighting fire with fire in a pressure situation.

Amla is as much of a LOI player as Venkatesh Prasad is a legend.

stats don't define "greatness"

No one's denying that Amla is a good ODI batsman, but not in the league of Kohli,Dhoni and ABD!!

1. The context was comparision with bevan. The factors are very different for Amla and Bevan.

2. Forget kohli, ABD is miles ahead of Amla as an ODI batsman. ABD is selfless power hitter who has the ability to snatch victory from the jaw of defeat.

The best ODI batsmen in the world are Dhoni and Kohli, nobody else even comes close.

Kohli>>>Amla

There is no doubt now Kohli is better but amla is still world class

Its been proved for last 2 years at least. Just that Amla fanboys refuse to rate an Indian ahead of him.

)

Wow the knives were out that day for Amla. Today, all of those knives have been neatly and tidely packed away

 

[London_Lahori]

Kohli won't score 98 of 130 deliveries in any case.

Nah he'll just score 0 in 4 balls in a similar chase on a similar pitch.

 

[Bilal7]

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Wow the knives were out that day for Amla. Today, all of those knives have been neatly and tidely packed away

Interesting how that list is made up entirely of Indian posters, with the exception of in_cutter and Mamoon.

Amla reminds me of Kashmir!

 

[Inziquicksingle]

)

Wow the knives were out that day for Amla. Today, all of those knives have been neatly and tidely packed away

That day really showed us how bitter and jealous these guys are...they were jumping up and down, bouncing off the walls because Amla scored a slow - ish 98 ) ) )

 

[Aman]

Misbah >>>>> Amla.

The first thing I see when clicking on this thread

 

[Bilal7]

Gotta give Moosa credit, he's the only one who's come out and faced the heat. Everyone else is on vacation.

 

[Aman]

Kohli won't score 98 of 130 deliveries in any case.

That's a bit awkward

 

[Moosa]

Gotta give Moosa credit, he's the only one who's come out and faced the heat. Everyone else is on vacation.

I am a brave man