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[PICTURES] India and obsession with batting personal milestones

He didn’t slow down, in fact went faster. Not like Kohli, but I don’t see anything wrong when he actually started going faster.
 
Its ok, he is eyeing for a record of 50 100s which i think he deserves. Guy is a modern legend.

Besides, its good that he gets them while in form, unlike what Tendulkar did, who kept on playing and kept on getting chance after chance for it and finally for that 100 against Bangaldesh and finally retired. Alot of people were relieved...

Hopefully, Kohli wont make a mockery of himself by the end of his career and goes out on a high.

But he deserves it.
 
Technically he didn't slow down. Slowing down = Taking ages to get from 90 to 100. He denied a couple of single. But compensated with 4/6 with risky shots. Entire team is on board with him getting the 100. If it gets his ace chaser in good space so be it. That is how management will view. It doesn't matter what we care.
 
KL Rahul said "I denied the single. I told Virat that I'll just block. Virat said it would be bad if you won’t take single, people will think playing for personal milestone, but I said we are comfortably winning, you complete your century".
 
While India will most likely reach the semi's, only way this can come back to bite if they start a losing streak and not reach the semis on rr, but that is very unlikely.

Its not secret that Kohli wanted to get a 100 here and was going for the milestone. For some reason his fans were trying so hard to defend it instead of just accepting it and moving on about it.

He went for a milestone, that was obvious, he slowed abit for it after a very good start of no balls by the bowler.

Anyways, lets hope he takes that record award away from Tendu
 
Cover Drive Six said:
KL Rahul said "I denied the single. I told Virat that I'll just block. Virat said it would be bad if you won’t take single, people will think playing for personal milestone, but I said we are comfortably winning, you complete your century".
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That we could see. It was KL Rahul that denied the single. KL Rahul himself could have finished the game on his own. HE was the one who backed down.
 
Yea .i was waiting for this thread. Omg People dont understand cricket.
Kohli going for century was the reason he was playing fast not slow
He was hitting six and four instead tuk tuk for singles .
 
if he had slowed down and held up an end i can see the point. He was 81(82) at the end of 39th over when he realized he had a shot at the century. He got his next 23 runs in 15 balls, that is better than the overall team's runrate. what is the problem here? Rahul was fine co-operating with him...
 
The beard fashion in subcontinent was introduced by Fawad Khan of Pakistan, who is very well know for his work and particularly looks among women on both sides of the border.
 
Couldn't watch a single ball of Indian inning due to work but what's wrong if he was going after the milestone?

Didn't India chase the target in 42nd over?
 
Major said:
While India will most likely reach the semi's, only way this can come back to bite if they start a losing streak and not reach the semis on rr, but that is very unlikely.

Its not secret that Kohli wanted to get a 100 here and was going for the milestone. For some reason his fans were trying so hard to defend it instead of just accepting it and moving on about it.

He went for a milestone, that was obvious, he slowed abit for it after a very good start of no balls by the bowler.

Anyways, lets hope he takes that record award away from Tendu
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lol no. India's runrate increased. he was 81(82) and India was going along with 6.1 when he started to look for his 100. When he was done, India's run rate was 6.29. So he actually increased the run rate, improved NRR and got his personal milestone. what is the problem
 
Ml12345 said:
OP seems to be lacking the basic understanding of the game. Poor thread.
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And some Rohit and Sachin or Misbah fans joining them .
I'm Kohli fan but whenever Rohit score century or runs ,I'm feeling very happy .
Some people's just can't appreciate quality innings just becouse their favourite Player not scored those runs .
Really pathetic fan based who love indian cricket
 
Mamoon said:
When you are 3 away from the all-time record you would be stupid as hell to not chase it. Perfectly fine to go for milestones as long it doesn’t hamper the interests of the team.
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He was more like 20 away when they stopped taking singles
 
Saanji said:
Maybe it worked today .. but it's the wrong mindset. 😕..
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Worst thing is to reach 90 to 100 in singles after hitting boundaries till 90. In this case Kohli took like 40 to 50 singles before getting into 80s then he unleashed after he realized he had an outside chance to get to 100. Because when he was on 80 India needed 20 runs needed to win. So basically he had to score most of the runs. I never imagined he would get to 100. KL Rahul seemed to have initiated this.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Worst thing is to reach 90 to 100 in singles after hitting boundaries till 90. In this case Kohli took like 40 to 50 singles before getting into 80s then he unleashed after he realized he had an outside chance to get to 100. Because when he was on 80 India needed 20 runs needed to win. So basically he had to score most of the runs. I never imagined he would get to 100. KL Rahul seemed to have initiated this.
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I was at work .. kinda started watching at that stage only 😅😅. And hence my thread.
 
Mamoon said:
When you are 3 away from the all-time record you would be stupid as hell to not chase it. Perfectly fine to go for milestones as long it doesn’t hamper the interests of the team.
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His 103* came off 97. This is how much deliveries it takes for many off our batters to score a 50. 😆

I don’t think it was selfish if you take it from our team’s context.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Worst thing is to reach 90 to 100 in singles after hitting boundaries till 90. In this case Kohli took like 40 to 50 singles before getting into 80s then he unleashed after he realized he had an outside chance to get to 100. Because when he was on 80 India needed 20 runs needed to win. So basically he had to score most of the runs. I never imagined he would get to 100. KL Rahul seemed to have initiated this.
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To be honest, teams often bring back their top bowler during the 90s so you have to give respect when there is tight bowling or you can throw your wicket away trying to be a hero.
 
Mamoon said:
I was talking about the fact that he was on 47 centuries. 3 away from the record.
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Oops .. but my point stand.. I still cringe at the 100th 100 by Sachin in which we actually lost to bangladesh.
 
SportsWarrior said:
lol no. India's runrate increased. he was 81(82) and India was going along with 6.1 when he started to look for his 100. When he was done, India's run rate was 6.29. So he actually increased the run rate, improved NRR and got his personal milestone. what is the problem
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Had india finish the game earlier their nrr would had been even better.

But i dont know why indian fans are getting irritated. They have pretty much reach the semis and its very unlikely they will lose the next 4 games.

Kohli played for his milestone. Good for him..hope he plays for his mile stone for the next games and get the record.
 
Mockingbird said:
Well, both Rohit and Rahul were super disappointed when they missed their centuries against Pakistan and Australia respectively, so I guess they understand.

And after all, Rohit wouldn’t want to be called a Dravid by Kohli fans 😂
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Dravid seemed to have a forced smile while the whole drama was unfolding :rp
 
Its not obsession infact they had World class batsman infact some the top batsman were discarded or thrown out due to the abundance of talent like Manoj Tiwary SKY Manish Pandey etc
 
Kianig89 said:
Its not obsession infact they had World class batsman infact some the top batsman were discarded or thrown out due to the abundance of talent like Manoj Tiwary SKY Manish Pandey etc
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Disagree with Manoj Tiwary being world class. He was always IPL level.
 
India was totally dominating the game.

I don't see any reason why they have to set aside some runs to they could finish faster.

Kohli actually finished the innings faster by hitting 4-5 boundaries quickly.

He played well and deserved the 100.

Losers who can not make their team win has no say in how winners choose to finish.

That's a winner's problem to have. A good problem I would say.

Kohli hasn't scored a 100 in a long time and only needed 2 more to become no.1 in odi century score leaderboard. Why not?

It would definitely improve his own morale and that of team.
 
Need an innings like this in the next league game against our perennial nemesis NZ ! That will be good to see :)
 
I feel like Pakistan and Bangladesh have gifted Virat a lot of centuries.

We have to not complain & actually try to prevent him from winning matches against us.
 
Saanji said:
Oops .. but my point stand.. I still cringe at the 100th 100 by Sachin in which we actually lost to bangladesh.
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This was nothing close to it. Yea. That was kind of a desperation made it a notorious 100 instead of memorable one.
 
KL Rahul said "I denied the single. Virat said it would be bad if you won’t take single, people will think playing for personal milestone but I said we are comfortably winning, you complete your century". :salute
Hope Pandya was thinking same way as Rahul .
 
If anything I applaud Bangladesh for taking it on the chin like proper men, unlike the Sri Lankans who unsportingly denied Sehwag a century by bowling extras.
 
Don’t think what he did was a big deal. But, I will say that the people excusing it are the same ones who would make multiple threads criticizing our players if they ever did the same.

“Wow is Imam that desperate to stat pad against a minnow team!”
 
Devadwal said:
KL Rahul said "I denied the single. Virat said it would be bad if you won’t take single, people will think playing for personal milestone but I said we are comfortably winning, you complete your century". :salute
Hope Pandya was thinking same way as Rahul .
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Seems like KL Rahul is taking a dig lol Pandya has done it twice now. First Tilak varma.
 
160KPH said:
Don’t think what he did was a big deal. But, I will say that the people excusing it are the same ones who would make multiple threads criticizing our players if they ever did the same.

“Wow is Imam that desperate to stat pad against a minnow team!”
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Not the first time this happens when victory is already settled. I remember Srinath bowling wides in order to ensure kumble gets the perfect 10.
 
Yes Kohli went for a personal milestone but there was nothing wrong with it as he completed the match much earlier. If he had taken it until the 45th over to complete his 100 then it would have been bad. I want him to score another 2 tons before the knockouts even if they are against netherlands and SL so that he can go to semis without that baggage weighing on his mind though I dont think it would. India and NZ are both almost assured of semis berths. Its just a question of in which place they end up in. NRR too is very high so doubt even that would come into contention.
 
Ultimately it was a strike rate of 100 + . Not long ago there were ODI captains who couldn't score a single ton in ODIs and still used to bat at 60-70 strike rate and choke in chases.

This was a very good knock by Kohli on an atypical Pune deck that offered spinners a bit unlike the fast paced road that usually turns up here
 
160KPH said:
Don’t think what he did was a big deal. But, I will say that the people excusing it are the same ones who would make multiple threads criticizing our players if they ever did the same.

“Wow is Imam that desperate to stat pad against a minnow team!”
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If Imam achieves the feats that Kohli has in his career like smashing the like of malinga while chasing 320 in 40 overs or playing a useful knock when Pakistan are 2/3 in 1st couple of overs then people wouldn't mind him scoring a ton against lesser team.
 
Aman said:
In a tournament where people are scoring 100 off 80 that isn't impressive.
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Kohli isn't that type of player. He can be if the situation demands for it but it didn't. He's a fast accumulator and he did his job
 
He just needs to help his team win the world cup or perform in KOs to cement his legacy. Already a great player. No need to play for milestones.

Desi mentality won't change though
 
Looking back it is ok I guess. Kohli was in longer and he could finish off with 6s and 4s much quicker . And also it is a statement to opponents that ind were so dominant they could do it. Dont think klrahul would have gotten them faster.. they didn't waste time so that was good. To succeed in international cricket there needs to be a certain amount of selfishness and hunger in a good way.
 
So what? They are miles ahead on the table, STRONG run rate. Plus he deserves it, him getting a century only probably delayed the game by an over. They are in a strong enough situation to do it. Not like Pakistan who rely on others to go through
 
Pandya gets critisized alot but i like how pandya goes towards getting the match done quickly and not caring about other peoples milestones.

I wonder if any australian batter ever slowed down from one end so the other can get his milestone.

Indianfans get to work, bring me examplea of such, or else my next will be "that is why you can never reach the level of the aussies"
 
deltexas said:
Looking back it is ok I guess. Kohli was in longer and he could finish off with 6s and 4s much quicker . And also it is a statement to opponents that ind were so dominant they could do it. Dont think klrahul would have gotten them faster.. they didn't waste time so that was good. To succeed in international cricket there needs to be a certain amount of selfishness and hunger in a good way.
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Basically KL Rahul donated his runs to Kohli. Otherwise Kohli didn't slow down.
 
Major said:
Had india finish the game earlier their nrr would had been even better.

But i dont know why indian fans are getting irritated. They have pretty much reach the semis and its very unlikely they will lose the next 4 games.

Kohli played for his milestone. Good for him..hope he plays for his mile stone for the next games and get the record.
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That's what he did? He accelerated and finished earlier. He just hogged the strike. Did you not read properly? Indian runrate improved 😂
 
adzzy786 said:
So what? They are miles ahead on the table, STRONG run rate. Plus he deserves it, him getting a century only probably delayed the game by an over. They are in a strong enough situation to do it. Not like Pakistan who rely on others to go through
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There is something vulgar about playing for a personal milestone in a team game, that too when a veteran does it. It's one thing to give some youngster a chance to score a fifty or century, but when a veteran of the game takes help from others to get to a milestone, it's downright obscene IMO.
 
If kohli was chasing a century like this match ...

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Where centuries made their teams lose, then there would be a point.

I have NEVER seen a player who gets 100 criticized for not taking a single if he hits 6s to finish it off.

Matlab kuch bi.
 
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Dr_Bassim said:
If kohli was chasing a century like this match ...

www.espncricinfo.com

AUS vs PAK Cricket Scorecard, 5th ODI at Adelaide, January 26, 2017

Get cricket scorecard of 5th ODI, AUS vs PAK, PAK tour of AUS 2016/17 at Adelaide Oval dated January 26, 2017.
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Or even like this match...

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BAN vs IND Cricket Scorecard, 4th Match at Dhaka, March 16, 2012

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Where centuries made their teams lose, then there would be a point.

I have NEVER seen a player who gets 100 criticized for not taking a single if he hits 6s to finish it off.

Matlab kuch bi.
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World tournament. NRR counts. If Babar or Rizwan did the same thing it would be an international incident.
 
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Sour grapes …King Kohli completed his century in grand style by hitting six, he hasn’t completed century by taking singles… Indian victory is convincing as they won it by 7 wkts.

One good example citing here is West indies test match where Brian Lara scored record of 400+ runs, but he has taken to much time for it which resulted in late declaration by WI and opposite team survived defeat, match was drawn… if WI not waited for Lara’s personal milestone and declared inning in time they would have won that match
 
Unnecessary whinning when Kohli scored his last 23(15Balls) and rahul Said later that it was he who told Kohli to go for his hundred But here whomever whining they deep down hates Kohli, i am sure they would've been more happy 😊 If Kohli wasn't able to make hundred. He did so it's hurting them.

If making hundred like this is being selfish I want our whole team selfish every time .
 
IMHO. He did nothing wrong. Game was pretty won long before. Milestones are part of the game.
 
Aman said:
World tournament. NRR counts. If Babar or Rizwan did the same thing it would be an international incident.
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Yes ,if Babar Rizwan would've made a hundred with 100+ strike it and smoking sixes and four for hundred it would've been international incident.
 
Their is nothing wrong in slowing down for your personal milestones if the game is already won. Yesterday kohli slowed down but India won the game, first of they don't need to worry about nrr, since they've pretty much qualified at this point, India ain't losing to nedtherlands or many minnows they'll likely face later on. Secondly endless overs, they were chasing 256 lol.

We don't mind of Babar slows down for 100's if the game is already won. Problem is babar will always slow down even if the rr demands to accelerate hence he'll make you lose and cripple the rr.

Kohli doesn't slow down and cripple the rr ever, he's chased down plenty 350+ scores plenty times. Yes he has also chocked and played bad innings like that England semi final where he scored 50 of 44 and played a bad innings bit it doesn't happen 24/7.

With babar 100% of the time he'll slow down even if the rr is rising caus he'll expect others to do the heavy lifting which doesn't happen with rizwan and imam usually batting at the other end.
 
Aman said:
World tournament. NRR counts. If Babar or Rizwan did the same thing it would be an international incident.
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To be honest Kohli kinda helped boosting it with 3 sixes in the backend instead of tuk-tuking his way to the total. Also Kohli hit a 6 when they just needed 2 runs to win. That means 4 extra runs. He was 70 in 74 balls In the end 104 in 97 balls 34 runs 23 balls. In terms of overs he scored 34 runs in 3.5 overs. That is hardly putting a dent on NRR.
 
Aman said:
World tournament. NRR counts. If Babar or Rizwan did the same thing it would be an international incident.
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Okay. Let Babar play inning like this or how Kohli played against Aus in upcoming matches against Australia, South Africa, NZ & England. It's perfectly fine if he is able to get victory for the team
 
Mas-LFC said:
IMHO. He did nothing wrong. Game was pretty won long before. Milestones are part of the game.
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People need to get out of this Desi mindset. If this backfires and India finish second on a small margin and get knocked out in the SFs, this match will come back up.
 
globetrotter said:
They called him selfish bcos he didn’t bat tuk-tuk… advise to King Kohli critics “more you rub him, Kohli is getting bigger and bigger”
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Stole the words out of my mouth! Throughout his career, the more he has been rubbed by his haters, he has managed to end up doing greater things. A true champion!
 
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