Good for him. (although you are wrong)
Like your data-driven approach. No comparison here based on data as Babar is miles ahead at the same stage. Surprisingly, after 11 ODI games, even Kohli had a mediocre record against Pak with avg of 37 vs 31 for Babar.
Unfortunately "impact" is extremely subjective factor if you can't prove it with some concrete evidence.
Woah this is brutal for all the Babar haters. If you compare Babar to the same point in Kohli’s career, Babar has a higher average, higher strike rate, more 50’s, more 100’s, more 4’s, more 6’s, and a way way better record against South Africa, Australia, and England.
I do understand Indian fans belittling Babar but when Babar is put down by Pakistani fans (espcially who used to worship Misbah - the ODI batsman), I do not understand at all.
This is a really interesting cut of data and shows that Kohli indeed has a better record against the best pacers of the day.
It doesn’t include which country the game was played in either. For example, facing Anderson in England is a completely different world than facing Anderson in other conditions. Aside from one tour, Kohli has been a horrendous failure in England in Test cricket while Babar found success there immediately.
I have seen that you are comparing Kohli Babar Sachin using stats, are you taking era differences into consideration?
That’s a fair challenge, specially because I doubt many of these bowlers have visited Pakistan, so likely Babar’s performances are all away while Kohli’s are mixed.
For batsmen who played majority of their ODI cricket before 2013, Babar has better stats than every single batsman. Heck, even King Viv's numbers look ordinary compared to Babar's. We all know why.
doing this spinners would take more effort and me being lazy here. cause best spinners are spread across more countries than SENA and also not the same spinners play both tests and ODIs. same reason why i ignored england in the above stats cause they played too many bowlers, but here they are
Bat AVG in ENG vs their top pacers in tests in last 10 years ( broad, anderson, stokes, woakes):
Something is pretty clearly being missed here. Let's just compare Babar and Kohli's most recent tours of England.
India went to England and played 4 matches .Eng toured pak and played on Phattas where run rate was abnormal.
My numbers are correct, sourced them from cricmetric. babar azam scored 100 runs in england vs dom bess, joe root and never got out to them which boosts his average a bit. His cashing in on 2nd tier bowlers is surprising to you as well now, so much so that you begin to doubt the numbers as well.
I mean in that case it's pretty clear the metric you're using is absolutely useless. Why would you take points away from Babar for scoring against the secondary attack while Kohli failed against them if they're facing similar attacks in similar conditions?
Why make things up?
Final post, but this part is also terribly wrong. Kohli had one of the worst tours of England of all time in 2014. He then had a decent tour of England in 2018, but it still was not as good as Babar's average in England. Kohli then had another horrible tour of England in 2021. When Kohli went back in 2022 to complete the 5th match of the tour, he also once again failed horribly.
Avg in SA:
From the last 6 years or so Indian test tracks are an ultimate challenge for any batsman around the world. any good runs scored on them, should be appreciated even more. meanwhile babar can feat on the pak roads, even if it means there are more draw matches.
I mean yeah, Kohli managed to stack up 1400 runs off the roads in Australia and 4400 runs at home. We'll see after a few more series where the record stands.
Underwhelmed to see an average of 42.8 for Kohli away vs Babar’s 39. Both are overrated.
This right here shows your mathematical illiteracy. You have to look at not just the magnitude but also the amount. 4144 runs at @ 60 would improve Babar's average more than having 1400 runs at @ 70.
You mentioned New Zealand, not me. Babar has only played 2 tests in New Zealand and was successful. You tried to use that as a point in Kohl's favor.
So first you say that we should take the attacks faced into consideration. But at the same time, we should not take into consideration Kohl's stat padding against some of the worst West Indies attacks of all time the last couple of years?
I went ahead and did the math for you. If you exchange home records, Babar Azam's average rises from 47.7 to 50.6, while Kohli's falls from 49.29 to 47.0. Pretty clear who's all around career numbers are benefitting more from stacking up runs at home thus far.
