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How would Virat Kohli do in the PSL?

kingusama92 said:
You have completely ignored context.

Kohli was injured (shoulder) and missed the start of the tournament. He never got into the flow of things. So yes, if he comes into the PSL with an injury he might not top the charts.

The time he did get a chance to play a full tournament in 2016...

Kohli: 973 runs @ 81.08 AVG (top scorer by miles)


He averaged 20 more than the 2nd best batsman in IPL 2016. 20 more.
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and he scored 4 centuries in that tournament
 
4 centuries in one t20 tournament,people go gaga when a guy scores 4 centuries in a odi tournament and he did it in a t20 tournament
 
Kamran akmal who you guys don't want just scored a 100 lol Must be a very tough league for Kohli.
 
He would fail miserably since the quality of cricket is so high in the PSL.
 
Kohli will probably not be able to put bat to ball in PSL.
 
So many inferiors batman are doing so well in psl, I doubt he is inferior to any of them.
 
It is a nice balancing act that PSL supporters have to do. On one side , they have to prove bowling is better and on the other side they have to explain why the Kamrans and the Boparas are making hay.
 
I reckon he'd do alright and might also top score in the league but obviously not quite as well as he does in IPL where the bowling standards are significantly lower as compared to PSL. Just having one star foreign bowler in the team doesn't make those bowling line-ups great in IPL, remember 3 or 4 bowlers are usually Indian and pathetic. PSL.The skill level of bowling in PSL has always been the best among all premier leagues.
 
Mamoon said:
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.
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Owned them big time... No one can articulate better than you [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] ..#Cheers :19:

On topic, King Kohli will do what he does best.. smash quality bowlers all around the park in PSL too :kohli2

Unfortunately, this will be fantasy only...No Indian will ever play in PSL, at least in our life time. Sad but bitter truth :facepalm:
 
freelance_cricketer said:
I reckon he'd do alright and might also top score in the league but obviously not quite as well as he does in IPL where the bowling standards are significantly lower as compared to PSL. Just having one star foreign bowler in the team doesn't make those bowling line-ups great in IPL, remember 3 or 4 bowlers are usually Indian and pathetic. PSL.The skill level of bowling in PSL has always been the best among all premier leagues.
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Dilution might be the reason. PSL has just 6 teams, while IPL has 8.

If Pakistani talent had to be distributed amongst 8 teams, I am sure the bowling strength would also get diluted. :nawaz
 
Just because Kohli routinely gets the better of world class attacks on their own turfs is hardly enough to translate into success in PSL where has-beens like Ronchi tower above the rest. Kyonki Pakistan may talent bohat hay.
 
AMSS said:
Just because Kohli routinely gets the better of world class attacks on their own turfs is hardly enough to translate into success in PSL where has-beens like Ronchi tower above the rest. Kyonki Pakistan may talent bohat hay.
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Is Ronchi still plays for NZ or retired for good ?
 
On topic, kohli would be the top scorer without a shadow of doubt.
 
As good as the bowling in PSL is the conditions suit kohli and he will play out the good bowlers feast on darters and trundlers. The guy smashes bowling attacks all over the world is he really gonna struggle in a pyjama cricket league like really? Its painful for a die hard Pakistani fan like myself to admit but am not gonna be blinded with bias.
 
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babajee said:
So how come the King doesn’t tear up the IPL by storm? He is the GOAT and too big for that too. Nothing will trouble him in IPL and is so passionate as well.
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Kohli was the highest scorer of IPL 2016 with an average of 81 and strike rate of 152. And Kohli was also one among the top 5 scorers of 2015 IPL. Kohli in 2017 missed to play 4-5 games because of an injury and hence couldn't come up in the top. So yes! Kohli did set the IPL by storm. And I'm ready to see more rubbish from you about how Kohli would have flopped in PSL when Akmals and Shehzads are scoring runs!

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Tyler Durden said:
Kohli was the highest scorer of IPL 2016 with an average of 81 and strike rate of 152. And Kohli was also one among the top 5 scorers of 2015 IPL. Kohli in 2017 missed to play 4-5 games because of an injury and hence couldn't come up in the top. So yes! Kohli did set the IPL by storm. And I'm ready to see more rubbish from you about how Kohli would have flopped in PSL when Akmals and Shehzads are scoring runs!

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We can discount one performance as a fluke... let him do it again then I will believe it.

Akmals and Shehzad are more talented than Kohli so score runs.
 
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All these excuses are crazy. Doesnt matter how good bowling quality is in psl. It cant be better than internationals. Kohli was the man of the tournament 2 times in wt20. He would score at an avg of 55-60 with 135-145 sr
 
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Combine the total runs of the highest scorers of PSL in last two seasons. Thats how much he can score in one season
 
babajee said:
Top T20 bowlers in PSL:

Amir
Hasan
Shadab
Rumman
Usman
Wahab
Faheem
Shaheen
Hasnain
Tahir
Irfan
Narine
Junaid
Fizz
Imad
Afridi
Sami
Gul
Tanvir
Gohar


Even the worst bowler in the PSL (Irfan JR) is miles better than the best bowler in IPL (Unadkat)
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Bumrah
Chahal
Bhuvi
Kuldeep
Shami
Mavi
Nagarkoti
Khalil
Starc
Cummins
Stanlake
Tye
Rabada
Ngidi
Tahir
Wood
Woakes
Stokes
Narine
Bravo
Fizz
Rashid
Archer
Cutting
Coulternile
Boult
Jordan
Santner
Johnson

Its a joke that you think PSL is even comparable to IPL in terms of quality. PSL is way below.
 
(Kohli can't put bat to ball for psl quality bowling).Then take your psl bowlers and go all around the world and win all matches aganist all oppositions...2 mins silence for who made that comment...
 
Mamoon said:
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.
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Well said - some very deluded posters on here who need educating...
 
He might or might not score the most runs. But he will injure a lot of Pakistani players while converting zeroes to 1s, 1s to 2s and 2s to 3s.

He's the anti Inzi but the result will be the same. A bunch of runouts for sure.
 
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Any league is below level for him, He is capable of scoring lots of runs at International level. So this post is stupid answer is he will score in any league. Because if he can do it in internationals which is a bench mark for cricketers why not in League?

Better question is if he will score more than he does in IPL which I think maybe not because pitches have not been conducive to run scoring in PSL mostly. But he will do better than most batsmen currently playing in PSL for sure.
 
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Its immaterial how much runs Kohli make in PSL, the very thought of him playing in PSL in Pakistan would open gateways for PCB to make MILLIONS ....
 
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