Modern day batting super stars

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Hi, last few days we have been debating a lot on combination/s of various current generation batting super stars (Smith, Amla, Root, Kohli, et al.)

Just to give a perspective of their numbers and age as on now, I am putting up below numbers tabulated which shall be easier to debate a player across formats.



So, who according to you shall end up as ATG/ Legends taking their numbers and age into perspective?

[MENTION=4542]MO[/MENTION]ds, please don't merge this thread.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Hi, last few days we have been debating a lot on combination/s of various current generation batting super stars (Smith, Amla, Root, Kohli, et al.)

Just to give a perspective of their numbers and age as on now, I am putting up below numbers tabulated which shall be easier to debate a player across formats.

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So, who according to you shall end up as ATG/ Legends taking their numbers and age into perspective?


[MENTION=4542]MO[/MENTION]ds, please don't merge this thread.

Root, Amla and Smith in Tests, Kohli, Gayle and Root(?) in T20s, Abd and Kohli in ODIs.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

bhai's Test and ODI numbers already look legendary. He's already 33 so his form might start to wane in another 1.5 - 2 years there by plunging his avg slightly low before retiring.

 

[JaDed]

Root, Amla and Smith in Tests, Kohli, Gayle and Root(?) in T20s, Abd and Kohli in ODIs.

For once Kohli was there in your choice bro welcome to dark side!

 

[JaDed]

Smith's ODI average is probably less because wasn't that great in the start i think in last 1-2 years the guy has put that to rest.T20 remains his weak point yet.

 

[Aman]

Kohli > Root > AB > Smith > Amla > Rahane > KW

That's how I think it will finish once they have all finished.

 

[Aman]

Smith's ODI average is probably less because wasn't that great in the start i think in last 1-2 years the guy has put that to rest.T20 remains his weak point yet.

Smith and KW shouldn't be playing T20I's imo, the format doesn't suit their game.

 

[pakistani pride]

Kohli needs to start scoring big on tests. Average of 44 in this era is average at best. He seems more of a loi int specialist. Legendery already.

Tests im not so sure..

 

[JaDed]

Kohli > Root > AB > Smith > Amla > Rahane > KW

That's how I think it will finish once they have all finished.

Rahane is too weak a character to make it big in cricket,would had done well if DRS was there in our matches but i'll back him to be on the wrong side of close calls 8 out of 10 times because he looks like a guilty pup.

 

[JaDed]

Smith and KW shouldn't be playing T20I's imo, the format doesn't suit their game.

Nope i think KW should captain the Kiwi sides but he needs to change his game i'm sure someone of his capability can evolve for this format.,Smith doesn't look interested(good ODI batsman though).

 

[#GreenRoars]

Root will become an ATG.

 

[Greenstorm]

Average of 55 in T20s. Is this for real !

 

[Adijazz1706]

For once Kohli was there in your choice bro welcome to dark side!

I got no problem with saying that he is the best ODI + T20 bat. It's the truth even though combining two formats doesn't make much sense.

 

[rudra]

kohli right now has ... 3000 runs from 72 innings ( 4 not out ) ... 44 avg

next 6 test matches are in zim ind bang and west indies...
we can expect him to score 700 odd runs from those 6 matches
his avg will shoot up to 48...quickly...about same as williamson ....
the moment he reaches 50 + avg in test...all doubts about who is the best (root kane smith ) will be squashed

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

89* today in the semi finals. Excellent individual performance by Kohli again.

 

[Ab Fan]

ABD and Amla will end up as an ATG..

Others are still young and we can talk about them only when they reach 30..

David Warner is probably the Matthew Hayden of this era.

Alastair Cook is an England great and I would pick KP ahead of him all formats combined.

 

[Abdullah719]

Kevin Pietersen: Ex-England batsman worried by lack of 'superstars' in cricket

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen says the lack of "superstars" in cricket is a "big worry" for the state of the sport.

Pietersen, 38, retired from all forms of cricket earlier this year.

He scored 8,181 runs in 104 Tests for England in addition to 4,440 runs in 136 one-day internationals and 1,176 runs in 37 Twenty20 internationals.

"I really struggle to see entertainers, they're lacking in the game," Pietersen told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek.

He added that India captain Virat Kohli is the "stand-out" of those currently playing.

"But otherwise pure entertainers and superstars are not in the game and that's a big worry," he said.

South Africa-born Pietersen contrasted current international cricketers with stars of the early 2000s such as Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, West Indies fast bowlers Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh and Australia greats Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.

"Maybe it's a generational thing but the sad part is that quite a few of those former players are commentating but they are not in the game of cricket," Pietersen said.

"You want those superstars attached to franchises, national sides and academies so that youngsters get inspired to be those people."

Langer is the current Australia head coach and Ponting has worked with the national side as an assistant coach - while Ambrose and Walsh have previously been bowling coaches with West Indies and Bangladesh respectively.

Pietersen, who was part of four England Ashes victories and briefly captained the national side, said national boards needed to pay more to hire former greats into coaching and director of cricket roles.

"They have to get paid more because the money for commentary, which is a pretty easy gig, is fairly good," added Pietersen, who has worked as a commentator himself since the end of his England career in 2014.

"The boards have that money and they maybe need to get their fingers in their pockets."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/45776719