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Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli: How do the 2 giants of modern-day Test cricket compare with each other?

Williamson wins in Test easily. Averages higher than Kohli in Test also.

Kohli is more like a LOI ATG. Not an ATG in Test.
 
I am not sure Kane was performing that much against top teams.

There has been a clear gap between top 5 teams( Ind, Aus, Eng, SA and NZ) and bottom 5 teams in the last 10 years.

Kane test average against top 5 teams - 39 [ Against Aus 41, Eng 36, Ind 37, SA 47 ]
Kohli test average against top 5 teams - 46 [ Against Aus 47, Eng 42, NZ 45, SA 56 ]

This is not just away, it has home and away against the top 5 teams. I feel that Kane is rated more than he has actually produced.


 
sweep_shot said:
Williamson wins in Test easily. Averages higher than Kohli in Test also.

Kohli is more like a LOI ATG. Not an ATG in Test.
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Kohli is almost twice as good as Williamson in Tests against the top bowling units.

The difference is that Kohli doesn’t get to bash weak attacks like Pakistan at home.

Williamson is nowhere near Kohli or any other Fab Four member.
 
sweep_shot said:
Williamson wins in Test easily. Averages higher than Kohli in Test also.

Kohli is more like a LOI ATG. Not an ATG in Test.
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Williamson averages less than 35 in ind, sa, eng and sl. Those are pathetic numbera for a supposed atg. His away is 23 less than his home avg. Made a career bashing pak and bang. Kohli is far superior, no question
 
MenInG said:
In the WTC cycle so far

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Impressive but all these games are in New Zealand except last one which is in Bangladesh. A top player must have a good average away from home vs top 4-5 teams.


Every top batsman that played the game in last 20-25 years is present when we use the filter of away averages vs top 5 teams except one. No prizes guessing who is the name.
 
Both are miles behind Root and Smith. It's honestly is embarrassing the gap between them 2 and these 2.
 
Kohli is ahead of Kane.

Williamson has been subpar against the best teams of his generation. Stat watching is as useless as Pakistan's #1 ODI ranking heading into the World Cup.

Away Record

vs England - 30.53
vs Australia - 42.84
vs South Africa - 21.16
vs India - 33.53
 
Kohli lost several points last few years

Kohli pre-pandemic 84 tests 7202 runs 54.97 avge 27 centuries 22 fifties
Kohli post-pandemic 27 tests 1474 runs 32.75 avge 2 centuries 7 fifties

It is such a drastic drop in performance. At this point any runs he scores in Tests is a bonus

Infact Rohit sharma has done better than him along with Rishabh Pant during this phase. Also scoring runs in India has become the most difficult task in the world compared to other parts. NZ always has excellent batting conditions. Anyone who is used to such places can keep piling up runs. Neverthless Kohli is out of the race at this point unless he turns it around in the next few years.
 
Kohlivis ahead due to better averages vs stronger sides. Kane is better vs swing. Kohli is better against all other types of bowling. Both are rubbish vs spin but kohli in his heydays was a lot better vs spin
 
kingusama92 said:
Kohli is ahead of Kane.

Williamson has been subpar against the best teams of his generation. Stat watching is as useless as Pakistan's #1 ODI ranking heading into the World Cup.

Away Record

vs England - 30.53
vs Australia - 42.84
vs South Africa - 21.16
vs India - 33.53
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Even at home , he averages 50+ only against SA out of these 4.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Kohli lost several points last few years

Kohli pre-pandemic 84 tests 7202 runs 54.97 avge 27 centuries 22 fifties
Kohli post-pandemic 27 tests 1474 runs 32.75 avge 2 centuries 7 fifties

It is such a drastic drop in performance. At this point any runs he scores in Tests is a bonus

Infact Rohit sharma has done better than him along with Rishabh Pant during this phase. Also scoring runs in India has become the most difficult task in the world compared to other parts. NZ always has excellent batting conditions. Anyone who is used to such places can keep piling up runs. Neverthless Kohli is out of the race at this point unless he turns it around in the next few years.
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Kohli is just a crap test player these days. He is done. Prime kohli was way better than Kane however but well below root and smith
 
Williamson is in some of the best form of his life right now. Kohli is ahead right now in terms of overall record because Williamson has some big holes in his record when playing away from home while Kohli has managed to perform in South Africa and Australia.

Would not be at all surprising if within a few months Williamson is comfortably ahead though. Both of them will be playing Test series against South Africa early next year and on current form, I fully expect Williamson to out perform Kohli. Then Kohli has a series in England and we all know his struggles against the swinging ball. On the other hand, Williamson will have a Test series against Australia and a chance to improve his record there.

So as of now Kohli is ahead, but in 2-3 months Williamson has the chance to push his Test record far above Kohli’s.
 
kohli has under achieved at test level, williamson has over achieved at test level.

kohli had a purple patch where he destroyed everything for a few years, Williamson has never dominated the best bowling attacks in test matches.

joe root will end up with more runs than rest of big 4, and steve smith will end up with best average. root and smith have good numbers against the other two from big three, kohli has ok numbers, williamson has poor numbers.

if we are talking peaks then
smith
root == kohli
Williamson

if we talk whole career
smith
root
kohli == Williamson
 
kron said:
Kohli is just a crap test player these days. He is done. Prime kohli was way better than Kane however but well below root and smith
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jnaveen1980 said:
Kohli lost several points last few years

Kohli pre-pandemic 84 tests 7202 runs 54.97 avge 27 centuries 22 fifties
Kohli post-pandemic 27 tests 1474 runs 32.75 avge 2 centuries 7 fifties

It is such a drastic drop in performance. At this point any runs he scores in Tests is a bonus

Infact Rohit sharma has done better than him along with Rishabh Pant during this phase. Also scoring runs in India has become the most difficult task in the world compared to other parts. NZ always has excellent batting conditions. Anyone who is used to such places can keep piling up runs. Neverthless Kohli is out of the race at this point unless he turns it around in the next few years.
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Expect Kohli to have an end career resurgence in Tect cricket and finish with a 50+ average with 35+ hundreds. That will cement his legacy as a top 5 batsman of all time considering he’s already the Limited Overs GOAT.

His Test form has been poor since 2021 but his Limited Overs form was also patchy until September 2022 when he flicked a switch in the Asia Cup and hasn’t looked back since.

He is taking a break from Limited Overs now and fully focusing on Test cricket. Expect him to average 60+ over the next 20-25 Tests with multiple hundreds.
 
Kane is overall superior in red ball format. Kohli outshines anybody else in white-ball cricket. Smith> kane>kohli will be my order if we have to rate in red ball format.
 
Mamoon said:
Expect Kohli to have an end career resurgence in Tect cricket and finish with a 50+ average with 35+ hundreds. That will cement his legacy as a top 5 batsman of all time considering he’s already the Limited Overs GOAT.

His Test form has been poor since 2021 but his Limited Overs form was also patchy until September 2022 when he flicked a switch in the Asia Cup and hasn’t looked back since.

He is taking a break from Limited Overs now and fully focusing on Test cricket. Expect him to average 60+ over the next 20-25 Tests with multiple hundreds.
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I think he is done in tests. Poor technique vs spin and swing due to age and loss of reflexes

Averages 28 since 2021
 
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