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Isn't Ronchi dominating the PSL?...
, Rahul Tripathi, Robin Uthappa, Pant, Nitesh Rana and Manoj Tiwary will automatically start hitting centuries at will in the PSL 
So the guy who was outbatted by Rahane, Iyer, Parthiv Patel
Keep in mind I omitted the big international and Indian names, master blaster Kohli was at number 23 in the highest run getters.
So the guy who was outbatted by Rahane, Iyer, Parthiv Patel
Keep in mind I omitted the big international and Indian names, master blaster Kohli was at number 23 in the highest run getters.
There we go again with the fallacious Gayle and McCullum examples.
Let’s take a look at a few batsmen who have outperformed those two in the PSL by a considerable margin:
Shehzad, Kamran, Hafeez, Bopara, Wright, Ronchi etc.
All of these batsmen are comfortably inferior to Gayle and McCullum. Hence, the notion that they have failed in the PSL because of the high class bowling belongs in the garbage.
So, what could be the reasons behind the barren returns of these two T20 giants (and great ODI and Test players as well) in comparison to vastly inferior batsmen?
We can narrow it down to four possibilities:
(a) the slow pitches do not suit their style of play
(b) they are struggling against the style (not the quality) of bowling in the PSL, e.g. too many left-arm orthodox spinners etc.
(c) the PSL came too late in their careers. Had it started in the early 2010s, they would have set the stage on fire
(d) they might not be motivated enough to perform in the PSL, considering it does not have global standing and is simply a paid holiday in the desert for irrelevant and dead cricketers.
This is a very unlikely possibility, but let’s consider all reasons for the sake of it.
Now let’s look at how these reasons how apply to Virat Kohli, one of the greatest batsmen of all time at the peak of his powers - a batsman who is better than anyone Pakistan has ever produced.
(a) do slow pitches affect him? Absolutely not, as an Indian batsman, he thrives on these wickets. He is a master at building an innings, rotating the strike, manipulating the field and going big once he is set.
possibility (a) ruled out.
(b) is there any particular type of bowling prevalent in the PSL that will trouble him?
No. All batsmen, regardless of how great they are, are vulnerable against quality swing bowling early in their innings especially, and we have not seen anything along those lines in the PSL.
(c) is he too old? Of course not, he is entering his peak years now.
(d) will he lack motivation and interest? there is no doubt that he is too big for the PSL. Playing in this substandard league is below his stature, but if he ever has the misfortune of playing in the PSL, you can be certain that he will give his 120%.
He is a champion competitor who respects the game too much. He will give his best to honor any shirt that he is wearing as long as he is on the field.
He is one of the passionate cricketers I have ever seen, and it has played a huge part in his rise as an one of the greatest cricketers of all time.
So the bottom line is that Kohli will take the PSL by storm and will comfortably be the best batsman, leaving the pensioners, dead cricketers and the medicore local batsmen in his dust.
Obviously he might not do well season after season because players can go out of form, but there is not an iota of doubt that he will be the best performer overall in a league where 99% of the active, contemporary world class batsmen are not playing, and these are the batsmen he generally outperforms in international cricket.
The level of delusion in this thread is off the charts, but I guess whatever helps us sleep better at night I suppose.
and the legendary 
has also scored well in the past two seasons as well. Kohli is surely better than them regardless of the conditions.
Well said lol. I mean lets not kid ourselves he is well beyond every PSL batsmen. Top PSL scorers have been Akmal bros
There we go again with the fallacious Gayle and McCullum examples.
Let’s take a look at a few batsmen who have outperformed those two in the PSL by a considerable margin:
Shehzad, Kamran, Hafeez, Bopara, Wright, Ronchi etc.
All of these batsmen are comfortably inferior to Gayle and McCullum. Hence, the notion that they have failed in the PSL because of the high class bowling belongs in the garbage.
So, what could be the reasons behind the barren returns of these two T20 giants (and great ODI and Test players as well) in comparison to vastly inferior batsmen?
We can narrow it down to four possibilities:
(a) the slow pitches do not suit their style of play
(b) they are struggling against the style (not the quality) of bowling in the PSL, e.g. too many left-arm orthodox spinners etc.
(c) the PSL came too late in their careers. Had it started in the early 2010s, they would have set the stage on fire
(d) they might not be motivated enough to perform in the PSL, considering it does not have global standing and is simply a paid holiday in the desert for irrelevant and dead cricketers.
This is a very unlikely possibility, but let’s consider all reasons for the sake of it.
Now let’s look at how these reasons how apply to Virat Kohli, one of the greatest batsmen of all time at the peak of his powers - a batsman who is better than anyone Pakistan has ever produced.
(a) do slow pitches affect him? Absolutely not, as an Indian batsman, he thrives on these wickets. He is a master at building an innings, rotating the strike, manipulating the field and going big once he is set.
possibility (a) ruled out.
(b) is there any particular type of bowling prevalent in the PSL that will trouble him?
No. All batsmen, regardless of how great they are, are vulnerable against quality swing bowling early in their innings especially, and we have not seen anything along those lines in the PSL.
(c) is he too old? Of course not, he is entering his peak years now.
(d) will he lack motivation and interest? there is no doubt that he is too big for the PSL. Playing in this substandard league is below his stature, but if he ever has the misfortune of playing in the PSL, you can be certain that he will give his 120%.
He is a champion competitor who respects the game too much. He will give his best to honor any shirt that he is wearing as long as he is on the field.
He is one of the passionate cricketers I have ever seen, and it has played a huge part in his rise as an one of the greatest cricketers of all time.
So the bottom line is that Kohli will take the PSL by storm and will comfortably be the best batsman, leaving the pensioners, dead cricketers and the medicore local batsmen in his dust.
Obviously he might not do well season after season because players can go out of form, but there is not an iota of doubt that he will be the best performer overall in a league where 99% of the active, contemporary world class batsmen are not playing, and these are the batsmen he generally outperforms in international cricket.
The level of delusion in this thread is off the charts, but I guess whatever helps us sleep better at night I suppose.
Well said lol. I mean lets not kid ourselves he is well beyond every PSL batsmen. Top PSL scorers have been Akmal bros
