Virat Kohli - Countdown to 100 100s

[Dead Ball]

60 international centuries and he is not even 30 yet. Seems fitter than Tendulkar , so I won't put it past him to get there unless he is down with a freak injury. I would go as far as to say that he will become ODI GOAT in my eyes if he performs well in 2019/2023 WC.

What do you guys think ?

 

[jnaveen1980]

This guy is probably the greatest ground stroke player i have ever seen. Once he is in the zone you cannot stop him from scoring 100 as he rarely loses concentration or rarely hits the ball in the air.

 

[Dead Ball]

This guy is probably the greatest ground stroke player i have ever seen. Once he is in the zone you cannot stop him from scoring 100 as he rarely loses concentration or rarely hits the ball in the air.

Absolutely

 

[par]

He is destined to go past Tendulkar's 100 100s. It is a question of when and not if.

 

[Dead Ball]

He is destined to go past Tendulkar's 100 100s. It is a question of when and not if.

Cannot be so sure...I remember Ponting in 2007 had around 60 international centuries. Then in the last 5 years of his international career he score only 12-13 more in total.

 

[austerlitz]

Ultimate percentage cricket player.

 

[PakSarZameen]

He is already the ODI GOAT

 

[Bhaijaan]

Imagine the feelings as an Indian fan.

Not one but TWO batsmen with 100+ international hundreds. What a legacy!

Remaisn to be seen if he will keep this hunger to keep going. Thats what it gets down to eventually.

 

[par]

Cannot be so sure...I remember Ponting in 2007 had around 60 international centuries. Then in the last 5 years of his international career he score only 12-13 more in total.

I guess Kohli's form continues like this for 2 more years, he will get more than 20 hundreds.

 

[Buffet]

60 international centuries and he is not even 30 yet. Seems fitter than Tendulkar , so I won't put it past him to get there unless he is down with a freak injury. I would go as far as to say that he will become ODI GOAT in my eyes if he performs well in 2019/2023 WC.

What do you guys think ?

60 to 100 is a long way away, but he will surely get close to it.

 

[Mamoon]

60 to 100 is a long way away, but he will surely get close to it.

99% chance he will break the record, considering his age, form and fitness. He will have to play extremely poorly over the next 5-6 years to not break the record.

A once in a lifetime player on show here.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Only one atg innings in world cup knockout is standing b/w him and GOAT status.

 

[ManFan]

Simply no words.

The most complete batsman of our time.

His secret?

Work. Hard hard work.

 

[AMSS]

60 international centuries and he is not even 30 yet. Seems fitter than Tendulkar , so I won't put it past him to get there unless he is down with a freak injury. I would go as far as to say that he will become ODI GOAT in my eyes if he performs well in 2019/2023 WC.

What do you guys think ?

Staying fit has SFA to do with maintaining cricketing form. Dhoni is quicker than Rohit on every athletic metric but could their form be more different? Ponting was fit as during his last year but could not put bat to ball.

 

[saeed5646]

king kohli will get there if he don,t face any major injury

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

He has been in freakish form over the last 2 - 2.5 years.

 

[Hitman]

This man is destined to go down as 1 of the top 5 greatest batsman ever.

 

[Buffet]

99% chance he will break the record, considering his age, form and fitness. He will have to play extremely poorly over the next 5-6 years to not break the record.

A once in a lifetime player on show here.

Most likely he will get there by end of his career if he continues his current form for even 2-3 years.

 

[jnaveen1980]

It is even more special as he is not an opener like TEndulkar who got more chances to make centuries.

 

[Ab Fan]

It is debatable but if you gotta bet on anyone for that record, Virat Kohli it is by a fair distance.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Premature thread. would make sense once he gets to 90 hundreds.

 

[Buffet]

How many batsmen have more than 60 international tons?

 

[jnaveen1980]

Premature thread. would make sense once he gets to 90 hundreds.

Not at all premature. Even after skipping so many ODIs recently he is going at good rate to get there. It is a matter of time.

 

[Sachin136]

How many batsmen have more than 60 international tons?

Only Kallis, Sangakkara, Ponting, and Sachin. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284175.html

 

[Tusker]

This guy is probably the greatest ground stroke player i have ever seen. Once he is in the zone you cannot stop him from scoring 100 as he rarely loses concentration or rarely hits the ball in the air.

Exactly my thoughts as well. Add to that the laser sharp ball placement and incredible ability to pinch singles and convert ones into twos is just lethal. Whatta player !

 

[Bhaijaan]

Premature thread. would make sense once he gets to 90 hundreds.

I agree.

99 to 100 itself felt such a nerve wrecker. Talk about a 40 centuries countdown lol. Too much.

Can we please shut this premature thread. @MIG

 

[Dead Ball]

I agree.

99 to 100 itself felt such a nerve wrecker. Talk about a 40 centuries countdown lol. Too much.

Can we please shut this premature thread. @MIG

Agree about Tendulkar from 99 to 100, it was embarrassing to watch Tendulkar push and prod to a century against Bangladesh at the cost of a team victory in 2012. I hope Kohli reaches the milestone with a bit more grace (if and when) .

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

It's becoming boring now seeing a 3 digit number next to Kohli, on the scorecard.

Regarding hundreds 100's, he should be able get it.

 

[Hasan123]

Amazing amazing stats. Can seem him playing for another 5 or 6 years. In the last 2 years his numbers have been amazing. 28-32 is usually a batsmen peak.

He will come close to a 100 centuries. Truly amazing player with an unbelievable work ethic.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

He will most probably break Sachin's record. Will be surprised if he doesn't.

But imagine if Sachin was at his peak in this era.

Kohli is a freak of nature. Best player of this decade undoubtedly.

 

[keysersoze]

Wonder how much Sachin would got in this era? Probably similar

 

[BlackShadow]

What a freak of nature! I did not witness Sachin in 90s, but I will be surprised if current Kohli hasn't matched or even surpassed that level.

 

[Justcrazy]

His focus level is phenomenal. Very tough to keep him down for too long.

 

[Wahid1234]

Im a Pakistan fan and have been following cricket for 30 years i can truly say Virat kohli is already the greatest batsmen of all time. Period. He can retire now and be considered an ATG in all the formats.

 

[the_outsider]

What a freak of nature! I did not witness Sachin in 90s, but I will be surprised if current Kohli hasn't matched or even surpassed that level.

I was there. And I can tell you that, as unbelievable as Kohli has been, Sachin in the 90s was just something else.

1 billion people's hopes were on one man and one man only. There will never be another time like that in Indian cricket.

 

[Wahid1234]

It will be hard to see anyone stopping india winning the world cup next year with the kind of form kohli and the other top batsmen are in.

 

[gazza619]

It will be hard to see anyone stopping india winning the world cup next year with the kind of form kohli and the other top batsmen are in.

I am not sure about that. World Cup is in England, Indian middle order is fragile and the tail starts from Jadeja at no. 7.

In addition Dhoni at no. 6 does not give any goosebumps to the opposition either.

India has a legendary top 3 batsmen but you get them out early and that is curtains for India

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Half man, half amazing.

There is no chink in his armor. At this rate he might score 120 centuries

Next world cup is India's to lose

 

[Wahid1234]

I am not sure about that. World Cup is in England, Indian middle order is fragile and the tail starts from Jadeja at no. 7.

In addition Dhoni at no. 6 does not give any goosebumps to the opposition either.

India has a legendary top 3 batsmen but you get them out early and that is curtains for India

My assumptions are based on the fact they also have another very talented player Pant and with his unbelievable stroke play he can make a big impact in that Indian middle order other than the legendary top 3. Not to say raydu, pandey, and Rahul are no slouch with the bats either

 

[jnaveen1980]

I was there. And I can tell you that, as unbelievable as Kohli has been, Sachin in the 90s was just something else.

1 billion people's hopes were on one man and one man only. There will never be another time like that in Indian cricket.

Role of Sachin was different. An opener who gives a flying start. Kohli on the other hand became master of chases. Kohli has the ability to go the extra mile required to take the team to satefy. One reason is Kohli is a better ground stroke player sachin who often played uppishly through point.

 

[Canford Cliffs]

Half man, half amazing.

There is no chink in his armor. At this rate he might score 120 centuries

Next world cup is India's to lose

Kohli wont play that long and probably retire after 2023 WC

 

[Hitman]

Kohli wont play that long and probably retire after 2023 WC

Don't think it would be an issue for him to continue if fitness and form permits him to do so. He'll be 34 years old by then. The man lives and breaths the game. The love and passion for the game is in his blood.

 

[Sam99]

Scoring in Odis is joke these days. Two New balls is biggest of all. Pitches and other things were already in favour of batsman. But again Kohli is ahead of this generation so we can compare him with current sets of player.

 

[cricketindiafan]

Can he end up with 45-50 Test 100s? In ODIs, he is definitely going to score more than 50 100s.

 

[bujhee kom]

Virat is the best batsman since Viv.

 

[Attiq_Lone]

I am currently waiting for his 50 100s in ODIs let’s go step by step, he will surely get there, he is by far the most complete batsman of our time

 

[Indiafan]

Role of Sachin was different. An opener who gives a flying start. Kohli on the other hand became master of chases. Kohli has the ability to go the extra mile required to take the team to satefy. One reason is Kohli is a better ground stroke player sachin who often played uppishly through point.

Sachin also had a weaker team. For example, last match after kohli got out sachins team could collapse even from there

 

[alized]

Can’t reach it. 40 centuries too much to ask. Look at Misbah, he couldn’t score even one in ODIs throughout his whole career and he’s supposedly the best batsmen of Pakistan in recent times. I predict Kohli will fall short about 10 centuries.

 

[MP2011]

There is a whole lot of difference as to how Indian batsmen approach their batting as compared to their Pakistani counterparts. Virat may or may not reach 100 int'l tons, I don't think its correct to cite Misbah here who couldn't hit even 1 ODI ton. His skill set was diametrically opposite to what Kohli has.

 

[alized]

There is a whole lot of difference as to how Indian batsmen approach their batting as compared to their Pakistani counterparts. Virat may or may not reach 100 int'l tons, I don't think its correct to cite Misbah here who couldn't hit even 1 ODI ton. His skill set was diametrically opposite to what Kohli has.

It’s blatantly obvious that Misbah was inferiorly skilled to Kohli. 40 is still 40. I know he can hit plenty more tons if he stays long enough. It’s the matter of time and how many games he plays. Surely Indian management will be assisting him before his retirement by proving courtesy selection only for records. Likewise to Tendulkar.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

At this rate he will achieve in next three years

 

[cricketindiafan]

Sachin also had a weaker team. For example, last match after kohli got out sachins team could collapse even from there

Sachin has Ganguly, Dravid, Azhar and Jadeja from 1996 onwards, Azahar and Jadeja went out and Sehwag and Yuvraj came in after 2000.

All those players were far better than a Rayudu, Karthik, Pandey or Jadhav (and a well past it Dhoni) of the current generation.

 

[MP2011]

It’s blatantly obvious that Misbah was inferiorly skilled to Kohli. 40 is still 40. I know he can hit plenty more tons if he stays long enough. It’s the matter of time and how many games he plays. Surely Indian management will be assisting him before his retirement by proving courtesy selection only for records. Likewise to Tendulkar.

40 is still 40? And 60 was not 60? Its not any other batsman we're talking about! Its Virat Kohli who probably has taken least no. of innings to reach 60 int'l tons!

I see what you did there by mentioning Indians loving their records! Just a coping mechanism in case your theory of '40 is 40' goes wrong!

 

[MP2011]

Sachin has Ganguly, Dravid, Azhar and Jadeja from 1996 onwards, Azahar and Jadeja went out and Sehwag and Yuvraj came in after 2000.

All those players were far better than a Rayudu, Karthik, Pandey or Jadhav (and a well past it Dhoni) of the current generation.

Don't think the fixers has any business being mentioned along with the likes of Ganguly & Dravid. God alone knows how many times did they under-perform and hence undermined Tendulkar's efforts during that period!

Post '00 I definitely agree with you, Indian middle order was definitely stronger than what India has nowadays. But who made India's current middle order weak? Virat is perhaps the most powerful Indian cricketer after Dhoni and if he himself is hell bent on choosing mediocrity in the name of Rayudus and Karthiks, why should he be given any leeway in the name of that? Its he (and his stooge, both of them perhaps believe in scratching each other's back) who practically run the Indian cricket show nowadays.

If he can't see beyond Rayudus and Karthiks and Pandeys, why should he be allowed refuge under 'weak middle order'?

 

[cricketindiafan]

Don't think the fixers has any business being mentioned along with the likes of Ganguly & Dravid. God alone knows how many times did they under-perform and hence undermined Tendulkar's efforts during that period!

Post '00 I definitely agree with you, Indian middle order was definitely stronger than what India has nowadays. But who made India's current middle order weak? Virat is perhaps the most powerful Indian cricketer after Dhoni and if he himself is hell bent on choosing mediocrity in the name of Rayudus and Karthiks, why should he be given any leeway in the name of that? Its he (and his stooge, both of them perhaps believe in scratching each other's back) who practically run the Indian cricket show nowadays.

If he can't see beyond Rayudus and Karthiks and Pandeys, why should he be allowed refuge under 'weak middle order'?

Same reason why Tendulkar was given the leeway despite going back to his best friend Kambli or picking the Kanitkars, Jacob Martins, Jatin Paranjapes and Samir Dighes of the world when he was the captain

 

[MP2011]

What you say is true!

Tendulkar should be reprimanded in no uncertain terms that he favoured some not so talented hacks under him! But did they play as many no. of games or for no. of years as these Karthiks, Jadhavs, or Rayudus, Pandeys have been playing? Except for Kambli don't remember anyone having any decent length of career for India. And you won't call Kambli a talentless hack like these Rayudus and Karthiks are, would you?

Besides India were genuinely short on talent during '90s, not anymore in '18! Our junior cricket wasn't as strong in '90s as it is currently. If it is what it is why is Virat hellbent on choosing these TTFs despite being proven wrong so many times?

 

[MP2011]

Jadhav's case is especially interesting. Despite being a fitness freak himself, how could Virat allow someone like Jadhav anywhere near Indian LoI teams is shocking to say the least!

 

[MP2011]

Same reason why Tendulkar was given the leeway despite going back to his best friend Kambli or picking the Kanitkars, Jacob Martins, Jatin Paranjapes and Samir Dighes of the world when he was the captain

Another point is Tendulkar's didn't have as much influence (and the duration of reign) as captain as Kohli currently has!

Can you imagine Kohli being sacked by Indian selectors as Indian captain without being told in private after a test series defeat? Whether you like it or not Indian captains have become a lot more stronger than the likes of Kumble, Tendulkar or Dravid! Or else, Dhoni won't have survived 8-0 or home series loss against Eng!

 

[Sadozai]

No matter if he surpasses sachin or not. Both of them will remain All time great cricket batsmans of their respective eras.

 

[Dead Ball]

Sachin also had a weaker team. For example, last match after kohli got out sachins team could collapse even from there

I think Sachin played with a weak batting team till 1998-1999...in the 1999 world cup he was considerably outperformed by Ganguly and Dravid and with the debut of Laxman/Sehwag imminent you could argue he played the latter, better half of his career in the greatest ever Indian batting line up...a luxury that Kohli may never have.

Also Kohli has been the highest Indian run getter in ODI for EVERY year in this decade barring 2015 and EVERY year in tests since 2012 I think. (If someone could get exact numbers, would be great) That's superhuman and shows India is more dependent on Kohli than it was on Sachin.

 

[MP2011]

a luxury that Kohli may never have.

For that he has only himself to blame. He has all the power vested in him and if he still promotes so many TTFs like Dhoni, Rayudu, Karthik, Pandey etc then he can't crib about India's middle order being poor.

 

[saintgrace]

No. He won't be able to make 100 centuries. It is because of his work load and IPL. I would be very happy if he could break it.

 

[CricketDon]

Kohli in my eyes is already the greatest one day batsman of all time.

By time he retires he’s be the greatest of all time with no competition.

King kohli

 

[Indiafan]

I think Sachin played with a weak batting team till 1998-1999...in the 1999 world cup he was considerably outperformed by Ganguly and Dravid and with the debut of Laxman/Sehwag imminent you could argue he played the latter, better half of his career in the greatest ever Indian batting line up...a luxury that Kohli may never have.

Also Kohli has been the highest Indian run getter in ODI for EVERY year in this decade barring 2015 and EVERY year in tests since 2012 I think. (If someone could get exact numbers, would be great) That's superhuman and shows India is more dependent on Kohli than it was on Sachin.

Are you sure about those stats about Kohli? Wasnt Rohit the highest ODI run getter in 2017 and Warner in 2016? And how does that show more dependent when others are scoring with him as well? How effective were Dravid and Laxman in ODIs?

 

[Indiafan]

Same reason why Tendulkar was given the leeway despite going back to his best friend Kambli or picking the Kanitkars, Jacob Martins, Jatin Paranjapes and Samir Dighes of the world when he was the captain

Are you claiming any team on earth would not have selected Kambli? Kambli retired with a test average over 54.

Tendulkar was one of the weakest captain with almost no lee way in selections. There are pics from selection meetings where Sachin was sitting facing the other side while selectors were discussing. It's an open secret Sachin had very rare say in selections and it was the Mumbai lobby pushing players whom you named

 

[cricketindiafan]

Are you claiming any team on earth would not have selected Kambli? Kambli retired with a test average over 54.

Tendulkar was one of the weakest captain with almost no lee way in selections. There are pics from selection meetings where Sachin was sitting facing the other side while selectors were discussing. It's an open secret Sachin had very rare say in selections and it was the Mumbai lobby pushing players whom you named

We are not talking about Kambli of 1993-94, this is Kambli of 1998 when he'd been thrown away from the team for tour of England due to his gross indiscipline. His technique had been exposed long back but the moment Sachin became captain, Kambli made multiple comeback (and failed almost every time)

On the highlighted part, no one else but the captain has to take the blame for not asking for his voice to be heard. He was the blue eyed boy in Indian media at that time, Raj Singh Dungarpur, one of his biggest fans and mentor of sorts, was the BCCI chairman for most parts. Hard to belive he had no say. All those stories of his having no influence to me now sound like PR stunts to shield him from his shambolic performance as a captain.

 

[cricketindiafan]

I meant Kambli of 1996-98

 

[Dead Ball]

Are you sure about those stats about Kohli? Wasnt Rohit the highest ODI run getter in 2017 and Warner in 2016? And how does that show more dependent when others are scoring with him as well? How effective were Dravid and Laxman in ODIs?

I was talking about Kohli's stats among Indian batsmen, since we are speaking of roles within the team...I will check on those stats and get back when I am off work.

Dravid may not be an ODI great but was a decent ODI batsman with excellent stats in World Cups. Tendulkar's ODI career co incided with three Indian players who almost got or got more than 10,000 ODI runs (Ganguly, Dravid, Azhar) and two others who scored at a very high SR and more than 8000 ODI runs (Yuvraj, Sehwag) . Dhoni was probably at his peak when Sachin was playing and for the better part of Kohli's captaincy has been out of form. There were a couple of moments in the 90s like the 1996 WC and the Desert Storm series where Sachin indeed played like a one man team, but that doesn't mean he played the most of his career with a weak team.

From the current lot , only Rohit and Dhawan look to me as if they can reach or surpass 8k ODI runs.

 

[MP2011]

From the current lot , only Rohit and Dhawan look to me as if they can reach or surpass 8k ODI runs

Again that is all due to Kohli's stubbornness. Who'll in his right mind play the likes of Rayudu, Karthik and Dhoni in an Indian batting lineup? Add Jadhav to these 3, and you'll get a perfect cocktail for failure in a WC knockout game.

 

[MP2011]

If someone thinks Tendulkar had lesser pressure on his shoulders as compared to what Kohli has currently, needs to probably revisit Indian cricket of '90s.

 

[Junaids]

The whole premise of this thread is dubious.

Virat Kohli will be 30 years old in less than a fortnight, and he has only scored 31 First Class centuries in his life.

He is less than a third of the way to the real landmark. He will have to play til he’s 50 years old to get his hundred hundreds.

Sachin Tendulkar’s so-called hundredth hundred showed what a bogus landmark 100 international centuries is.

An ODI century against Bangladesh on a flat, grassless wicket with no slip fielders and a “wide law” which tells the batsman the bowler’s line is probably worth around a quarter of the value of a First Class century against New South Wales or on a lively track in domestic Pakistan cricket.

If Virat Kohli aspires to recognition for a hundred hundreds he needs to start playing an awful lot more First Class cricket instead of 20 and 50 overs rubbish.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Kohli is playing ODIs the way Bradman played tests, how incredible is this man. 9k to 10k in just 11 innings, averaging close to 100 since 2016 January. Privileged to watch greatness in full flow.

 

[WengerOut]

I hope posters don't fall for the obvious troll to derail the thread

 

[jnaveen1980]

The whole premise of this thread is dubious.

Virat Kohli will be 30 years old in less than a fortnight, and he has only scored 31 First Class centuries in his life.

He is less than a third of the way to the real landmark. He will have to play til he’s 50 years old to get his hundred hundreds.

Sachin Tendulkar’s so-called hundredth hundred showed what a bogus landmark 100 international centuries is.

An ODI century against Bangladesh on a flat, grassless wicket with no slip fielders and a “wide law” which tells the batsman the bowler’s line is probably worth around a quarter of the value of a First Class century against New South Wales or on a lively track in domestic Pakistan cricket.

If Virat Kohli aspires to recognition for a hundred hundreds he needs to start playing an awful lot more First Class cricket instead of 20 and 50 overs rubbish.

Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash two dud international batsmen lol Nobody gives a sh*t about first class. Jaddu has 3 triple hundreds.

 

[Hitman]

Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash two dud international batsmen lol Nobody gives a sh*t about first class. Jaddu has 3 triple hundreds.

Stop it, yaar! Why do you want to stop the comic relief?

 

[delpiero10]

The whole premise of this thread is dubious.

Virat Kohli will be 30 years old in less than a fortnight, and he has only scored 31 First Class centuries in his life.

He is less than a third of the way to the real landmark. He will have to play til he’s 50 years old to get his hundred hundreds.

Sachin Tendulkar’s so-called hundredth hundred showed what a bogus landmark 100 international centuries is.

An ODI century against Bangladesh on a flat, grassless wicket with no slip fielders and a “wide law” which tells the batsman the bowler’s line is probably worth around a quarter of the value of a First Class century against New South Wales or on a lively track in domestic Pakistan cricket.

If Virat Kohli aspires to recognition for a hundred hundreds he needs to start playing an awful lot more First Class cricket instead of 20 and 50 overs rubbish.

Scoring one hundred first class centuries is no doubt a remarkable achievement, but in the 150+ year history of first class cricket, 25 batsmen have managed to achieve this milestone. In the same timeframe, only one batsman has managed to score 100 international hundreds, and the person in 2nd place has 29 fewer international centuries.

You seem to be implying that all first class centuries are rated equally, whereas international hundreds are not. I’m struggling to understand how a First Class hundred scored against Loughborough University, for example, is more impressive than a century against any international team in any format.

Finally – do you really believe that if Tendulkar and Kohli played as many First Class matches as those that have achieved 100 First Class centuries, that they would not have reached that milestone?

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

If Geoffrey boycott was asked to score 50 runs in 5 overs he would have left playing cricket.
Those batsman who have the ability to play proper test match innings as well as
Launch a blitzkrieg whenever required are surely better than pure test cricketers.

 

[Tusker]

Scoring one hundred first class centuries is no doubt a remarkable achievement, but in the 150+ year history of first class cricket, 25 batsmen have managed to achieve this milestone. In the same timeframe, only one batsman has managed to score 100 international hundreds, and the person in 2nd place has 29 fewer international centuries.

You seem to be implying that all first class centuries are rated equally, whereas international hundreds are not. I’m struggling to understand how a First Class hundred scored against Loughborough University, for example, is more impressive than a century against any international team in any format.

Finally – do you really believe that if Tendulkar and Kohli played as many First Class matches as those that have achieved 100 First Class centuries, that they would not have reached that milestone?

He gave the reasons - Wide ball rule and Red ball ! )

Dont take these posts by [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] so seriously

 

[anoop]

The whole premise of this thread is dubious.

Virat Kohli will be 30 years old in less than a fortnight, and he has only scored 31 First Class centuries in his life.

He is less than a third of the way to the real landmark. He will have to play til he’s 50 years old to get his hundred hundreds.

Sachin Tendulkar’s so-called hundredth hundred showed what a bogus landmark 100 international centuries is.

An ODI century against Bangladesh on a flat, grassless wicket with no slip fielders and a “wide law” which tells the batsman the bowler’s line is probably worth around a quarter of the value of a First Class century against New South Wales or on a lively track in domestic Pakistan cricket.

If Virat Kohli aspires to recognition for a hundred hundreds he needs to start playing an awful lot more First Class cricket instead of 20 and 50 overs rubbish.

Your so called greats like Hobbs,boycott will only get job of Waterboys in Odi cricket.

 

[delpiero10]

He gave the reasons - Wide ball rule and Red ball ! )

Dont take these posts by [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] so seriously

Tbh I’ve just spent the last half an hour thinking about this and have come to the realisation that despite having scored dozens of centuries against the best bowlers in the world, Kohli would really struggle to get the red ball off the square against a team of 19-year-old students who only play one or two first class matches a year.

Maybe Junaids was right after all…