Kholi over Wasim? Are you serious? As with all your posts, you present a fantastic argument and than bring it down to the ashes with a nonesensical turn.
What has Kholi done to outshine the greatest left arm fast bowler of all time? The only bowler who competes with Wasim is McGrath who played all his matches on bouncy AUS wickets, with safe slip hands and almost always a large 1st innings total to build pressure on. Despite his great track record, he has but 1 5-fer’ to show in Asia. Not to mention ATG’s like Border wish they were reborn as Wasim and Lara admits he was the only bowler to make him feel “out of form” despite being dismissed by McGrath himself 18 times.
Virat Kholi has exceeded all expectations but he has failed when it has mattered the most. He is an outstanding talent but right now, he is an Allan Donald. Brutal, consistently at the top of the charts, yet when that magical time comes every 4 years to showcase yourself in front of the whole world, he goes haywire, missing in fact. Even if Kholi wins a WC, he cannot surpass the impact of Wasim Akram. Wasim is the reason you see a plethora of left-arm fast bowlers in the current setup. Not to mention the likes of Boult and Fizz (who looks up to a follower of Waz) have Wasim to thank for showing that LAF is effective also. Your argument that VK is revolutionary because he is a #3 that chases down targets is poor because that is exactly what was always required of a #3. To be the best batsman in the team and score big. I would never switch Wasim for Kholi and nor would any sane cricketing fan.
As far as the match-fixing is concerned, not much to argue there. Waz is a not however a PROVEN match-fixer although the evidence strongly suggests so. Yet, it does not undermine his influence and popularity. So much so, that even Justice Qayyum himself fell victim to the seduction of Wasim’s bowling.
Wasim got a freehand because of the ********* of Justice Qayyum. It does not mean that he was not proven.
Kohli is on his way to becoming the greatest ODI batsman of all time. Similarly, Wasim is also considered the best in his disciple in ODI cricket, although he has to share the title with McGrath for most people. By the time Kohli retires, it will probably down to him and Viv only.
He is also an ATG Test batsman in the making, and like Wasim, he is not going to be the best ever in this format (unless he does something extraordinary in the next decade).
Yes a great World Cup has eluded him so far, but he still has two World Cups to go. Only a fool would right him off, and if he does not dominate next year or in 2023, it would certainly be eye-opening and would tarnish his legacy.
However, the fierce competitor that he is, I fully expect him to deliver.
He is also a very revolutionary cricketer. Wasim has given birth to left-arm pacers and because of Kohli, we would see batsmen in the mould of Kohli in the future. He has already inspired the young cricketers around the world with his fitness, and he is the first batsman ever to be a top order anchor and a finisher rolled into one.
Yes it is true that the job of the number 3 batsman is to be the best batsman in the team and score big, but Kohli is the first number 3 in history to not only score big but also finish the job.
He is top order anchor + a finisher. No batsman has ever done that in the past. He does not set the platform for others and nor does he bank on the others setting the platform for him; he sets the platform for himself and finishes the game off. He grabs the bull by the horns and runs away with it like no batsman before him.
He is literally a two in one batsman. He is Tendulkar/Ponting and Dhoni/Bevan rolled into one.
He has changed the way people view ODI batting, and has shown the world that targets can be chased down with brutal efficiency. The fact that he is the greatest run chaser in history by far alone makes him a highly revolutionary cricketer.
As a player, he is every bit as good as Wasim and he is also a man of integrity who will not sell the team and will not chicken out of a World Cup QF against his arch rivals due to an "injury", so yes I will take Kohli over Wasim in my team.
He's got a test 100 in Australia 
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