Rate Virat Kohli's impact in Test cricket as a batter

[Mamoon]

His fandom mainly came for his loi batting.

Yes but the question is, does a player deserve to be one of the biggest superstars in the history of the sport when he is not good enough to be counted amongst the Test legends? Surely not. This is why he is lucky.

 

[Ab Fan]

Kohli is not worthy of the fandom, stardom and wealth that he has enjoyed given his ordinary Test credentials.

He is arguably the luckiest cricketer in history. His stature and reputation are far better than his talent and skill.

It is a learning for his fans or those who were his fanboys in past that until a player truly delivers the performance of the calibre of the greats for a long period of time, he should not be glorified and worshipped. Kohli doesn’t deserve the stature and reputation which Pakistanis on this forum gave to him over the last decade or so for whatever be the reasons behind it.

 

[Fanboy375]

Kohli is not worthy of the fandom, stardom and wealth that he has enjoyed given his ordinary Test credentials.

He is arguably the luckiest cricketer in history. His stature and reputation are far better than his talent and skill.

Imagine he being born in Aus or SA

 

[Cricket Warrior]

zero Impact and 100% arrogance on the field

 

[FearlessRoar]

Michael Clarke during a conversation on a podcast:

“At certain stages in the series, you saw Kohli defend the balls that he's nicking. He’s pushing at it, and you saw him make a 100. Sometimes, we see our deficiencies more than our strengths. This guy is a one-of-a-kind player. He needs to keep believing that. I don’t think he needs to let that ball go; if he intends to score, he should keep going.”

“Sachin is a very different player from Virat Kohli; I saw many people ask Kohli to replicate what Sachin did in Sydney by letting the ball go outside off stump. Virat’s greatest strength is bat on ball; bat on ball is fine. Playing the ball is his strength; he should be looking to get closer to the ball. Get your foot close to the ball and your head close to the ball.”

“I think he needs to go. I have to be sharp on my feet, and I have to have more intent and confidence. Mate, it is Virat Kohli. He can walk out and make a 200 tomorrow. If someone is silly enough to write Kohli off, more fool them. If he retires from Test cricket right now, only India will lose out.”

“If I was captain of any team with Kohli, I’d be fighting to keep him in the team. That guy is a once-in-a-generation player; I would definitely keep him.”

 

[jnaveen1980]

Michael Clarke during a conversation on a podcast:

“At certain stages in the series, you saw Kohli defend the balls that he's nicking. He’s pushing at it, and you saw him make a 100. Sometimes, we see our deficiencies more than our strengths. This guy is a one-of-a-kind player. He needs to keep believing that. I don’t think he needs to let that ball go; if he intends to score, he should keep going.”

“Sachin is a very different player from Virat Kohli; I saw many people ask Kohli to replicate what Sachin did in Sydney by letting the ball go outside off stump. Virat’s greatest strength is bat on ball; bat on ball is fine. Playing the ball is his strength; he should be looking to get closer to the ball. Get your foot close to the ball and your head close to the ball.”

“I think he needs to go. I have to be sharp on my feet, and I have to have more intent and confidence. Mate, it is Virat Kohli. He can walk out and make a 200 tomorrow. If someone is silly enough to write Kohli off, more fool them. If he retires from Test cricket right now, only India will lose out.”

“If I was captain of any team with Kohli, I’d be fighting to keep him in the team. That guy is a once-in-a-generation player; I would definitely keep him.”

Clarke must be too drunk to say this lol No team will keep a batsman averaging 30 in the lat 5 years.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Most times scoring centuries for India in Tests when nobody else scored even a fifty:

6 - Sachin Tendulkar
5 - Virat Kohli
4 - Rahul Dravid
2 - Gundappa Viswanath
2 - Dilip Vengsarkar
2 - Mohammad Azharuddin
2 - Virender Sehwag
2 - Yuvraj Singh
2 - Cheteshwar Pujara

 

[Champ_Pal]

At this point in his career, Kohli is even behind Sehwag as a Test batsman.

Kohli has lost it. Though he may be talented than Sehwag, Kohli's weakness to meddle with deliveries wide outside the off stump has completely pulled him down.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Virat Kohli held the top spot as the leading batter in Test cricket for approximately 13 months before slipping to second in the ICC Test rankings in 2019.

In the years that followed, his ranking continued to decline, reaching the lowest point of his career in nearly 12 years after the series against Australia.

After missing the home Test series against England in 2024, combined with underwhelming performances in the Bangladesh and New Zealand home series last year, Kohli fell to 22nd in the ICC Test rankings, his lowest position since 2014.

Following a disappointing run in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Kohli has now dropped to 27th in the ICC Test rankings, marking his first time outside the top 25 since December 2012.

 

[jnaveen1980]

At this point in his career, Kohli is even behind Sehwag as a Test batsman.

Kohli has lost it. Though he may be talented than Sehwag, Kohli's weakness to meddle with deliveries wide outside the off stump has completely pulled him down.

I don't htink he is anywhere close to Sehwag when it comes to natural talent. Sehwag never made all these technical changes in his career. He had great sense of picking the length something Kohli lost it very quickly. He goes on the frontfoot to balls that you should be played on backfoot and vice versa. That means he is not picking the length well.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Speaking on a local sports media outlet's podcast, Manjrekar emphasized the importance of Virat Kohli gaining valuable red-ball practice in English conditions ahead of the upcoming Test matches:

“Kohli needs to play a lot of red-ball cricket. The first Test in England is in June, while the County Championship begins in April. He could join a county team, like Pujara did, and gain valuable match practice."

“India can then evaluate his performances in the initial Test matches. If there are positive signs, he can continue. But the last thing you want is Kohli going there and struggling, as we’ve seen before. That wouldn’t be good for Indian cricket. Playing County cricket could be a very sensible move for him."

 

[starpain]

This is the top 5 batsman in cricket. The way Kohli dominate in Australia no other batsman has done it that's why he is my number 5.

Aus Ka Boss, King Kohli averages mighty 43 against Australia and 46 away which surprisingly is lesser than Pujara who averages more against Australia both home and away.

But sure my boy King Kohli impactful runs against Australia makes him one of the GOATs of Test Cricket .

 

[starpain]

 

[sweep_shot]

Speaking on a local sports media outlet's podcast, Manjrekar emphasized the importance of Virat Kohli gaining valuable red-ball practice in English conditions ahead of the upcoming Test matches:

“Kohli needs to play a lot of red-ball cricket. The first Test in England is in June, while the County Championship begins in April. He could join a county team, like Pujara did, and gain valuable match practice."

“India can then evaluate his performances in the initial Test matches. If there are positive signs, he can continue. But the last thing you want is Kohli going there and struggling, as we’ve seen before. That wouldn’t be good for Indian cricket. Playing County cricket could be a very sensible move for him."

Will India let SENA players play in Ranji trophy before a home series?

It seems like India just want to take but don't give much back.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Speaking on a local sports media outlet's podcast, Manjrekar emphasized the importance of Virat Kohli gaining valuable red-ball practice in English conditions ahead of the upcoming Test matches:

“Kohli needs to play a lot of red-ball cricket. The first Test in England is in June, while the County Championship begins in April. He could join a county team, like Pujara did, and gain valuable match practice."

“India can then evaluate his performances in the initial Test matches. If there are positive signs, he can continue. But the last thing you want is Kohli going there and struggling, as we’ve seen before. That wouldn’t be good for Indian cricket. Playing County cricket could be a very sensible move for him."

So Sanjay wants virat to be a leach and coach the blood of Indian team for a couple of more seasons...LOL

Virat should just retire now... He is history

 

[Romali_rotti]

Age is zero excuse for Kohlis decline. He's fit as a fiddle. He's clearly been cutting corners in the nets in the past 4 years and it's showing in his output. When you have a family and kids, you obviously cannot devote the same kind of time and energy to your practice drills in the nets as you did when you were single or if you didn't have kids. If previously you used to work 12-15 hours a day in your job when you were single or without kids, you will have to compromise and cut down your hours to 8-9 when you have kids.

Great post.

Not only the net sessions, heard he has not played a single FC match over the last 5 years.

SRT was still playing FC even into his mid 30s, practice and perseverance makes you the better player, you have to keep sharpening the tools in the shed till you cant no more.

The results are there for all to see, he has sucked for the last 4-5 years.


This clown feels he is too entitled, heck he doesn't even travel with the Indian team, he flies in his own private jet.


This downfall couldn't have happened to a nicer individual

 

[Romali_rotti]

Michael Clarke during a conversation on a podcast:

“At certain stages in the series, you saw Kohli defend the balls that he's nicking. He’s pushing at it, and you saw him make a 100. Sometimes, we see our deficiencies more than our strengths. This guy is a one-of-a-kind player. He needs to keep believing that. I don’t think he needs to let that ball go; if he intends to score, he should keep going.”

“Sachin is a very different player from Virat Kohli; I saw many people ask Kohli to replicate what Sachin did in Sydney by letting the ball go outside off stump. Virat’s greatest strength is bat on ball; bat on ball is fine. Playing the ball is his strength; he should be looking to get closer to the ball. Get your foot close to the ball and your head close to the ball.”

“I think he needs to go. I have to be sharp on my feet, and I have to have more intent and confidence. Mate, it is Virat Kohli. He can walk out and make a 200 tomorrow. If someone is silly enough to write Kohli off, more fool them. If he retires from Test cricket right now, only India will lose out.”

“If I was captain of any team with Kohli, I’d be fighting to keep him in the team. That guy is a once-in-a-generation player; I would definitely keep him.”

I see what you did there Clarkey.

You want Goalee to be in the side so India is essentially playing with 1 less batsmen in the playing 11...