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Virat Kohli scores a century every 6.62 match

He is trailing Tendulkar by 22 centuries. So needs 23 centuries to beat Tendulkar record

Since 2014, Kohli has played 17 ODIs on average (Including World Cup). If India reaches Champions trophy final this year, Kohli will play 9 ODI in total. So including 2017, Kohli would have played 15 ODIs per year on average

If Kohli keeps playing at this rate, and assuming Kohli will play until 38 like Tendulkar and Dravid, he has 10 years left to score 23 centuries

15 ODI per year x 10 year = 150 matches

150 / 6.62 = 22.65 centuries

That's very close to 50 centuries. Interesting

All of this assuming Kohli can/will play until 40, he doesn't miss any matches due to injuries/personal issues, and will be able to maintain peak form.

Do you guys think he can break the record?
 
Would be under different rule..

Much like Anwar's 194 wasn't broken under old rules.
 
Chrish said:
Would be under different rule..

Much like Anwar's 194 wasn't broken under old rules.
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What rules could bring change you think?

Some more stats: Kohli's conversion rate has gotten better since 2014 (5.3 compared to 6.6) but India is also playing much fewer ODIs. This year India will be playing just 9 ODIs at max, and only 6 if they get disqualified from first round. Kohli has to score all the runs he can before age catches up to him.
 
Joseph Gomes said:
What rules could bring change you think?

Some more stats: Kohli's conversion rate has gotten better since 2014 (5.3 compared to 6.6) but India is also playing much fewer ODIs. This year India will be playing just 9 ODIs at max, and only 6 if they get disqualified from first round. Kohli has to score all the runs he can before age catches up to him.
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There were no batting powerplays (barring 1st 15 overs) or freehits around when Sachin played majority of his career.

It's no surprise dudes started hitting 200s left and right after new rules came into place. Why else was Anwar's record not broken for so many years?

Kohli might make more 100s but would they be worth the same ?
 
Joseph Gomes said:
What rules could bring change you think?

Some more stats: Kohli's conversion rate has gotten better since 2014 (5.3 compared to 6.6) but India is also playing much fewer ODIs. This year India will be playing just 9 ODIs at max, and only 6 if they get disqualified from first round. Kohli has to score all the runs he can before age catches up to him.
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Small boundaries

Batting friendly tracks
 
Yes most probably barring any career threatning injury kohli will break the record and in less matches which though can be attributed to thet nature of pitches during both eras.
 
Joseph Gomes said:
Virat Kohli scores a century every 6.62 match

He is trailing Tendulkar by 22 centuries. So needs 23 centuries to beat Tendulkar record

Since 2014, Kohli has played 17 ODIs on average (Including World Cup). If India reaches Champions trophy final this year, Kohli will play 9 ODI in total. So including 2017, Kohli would have played 15 ODIs per year on average

If Kohli keeps playing at this rate, and assuming Kohli will play until 38 like Tendulkar and Dravid, he has 10 years left to score 23 centuries

15 ODI per year x 10 year = 150 matches

150 / 6.62 = 22.65 centuries

That's very close to 50 centuries. Interesting

All of this assuming Kohli can/will play until 40, he doesn't miss any matches due to injuries/personal issues, and will be able to maintain peak form.

Do you guys think he can break the record?
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If unlike Sachin his hundreds bring victory to team then it will be good otherwise useless.
 
It's simply a matter of Kohli clinging onto his spot in the team and obsessing over that record. If he plays enough matches, he'll have a good chance of breaking it.
 
He surely has a great chance at 28 years of age.

Although Sachin played in a completely different era, and rules in his first 170 matches lets compare the two at the same point in there career in terms of innings.

Sachin Tendulkar

Innings 172
Runs - 6092
Ave - 39.05
SR - 83.45
100's - 12

Virat Kohli
Innings - 171
Runs - 7755
Ave - 53.11
SR - 90.76
100's -27

I know that they played in completely different times and you can't compare Sachin to Kohli because everything was so much more different. Although it is quite interesting that at the same time in his career in terms of innings Virat has 15 more hundreds than Tendulkar!

I definitely believe he's got 50+ ODI hundreds in him!
 
QalandarFan said:
He surely has a great chance at 28 years of age.

Although Sachin played in a completely different era, and rules in his first 170 matches lets compare the two at the same point in there career in terms of innings.

Sachin Tendulkar

Innings 172
Runs - 6092
Ave - 39.05
SR - 83.45
100's - 12

Virat Kohli
Innings - 171
Runs - 7755
Ave - 53.11
SR - 90.76
100's -27

I know that they played in completely different times and you can't compare Sachin to Kohli because everything was so much more different. Although it is quite interesting that at the same time in his career in terms of innings Virat has 15 more hundreds than Tendulkar!

I definitely believe he's got 50+ ODI hundreds in him!
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Batting friendly conditions and bowlers of low quality (though none of those is Kohli's fault).

But another important thing is his obsession for fitness. You'd hardly see him limping due to cramp, he is very particular about his diet.
 
I would also like to add that in the 27 matches Kohli has scored a Hundred India have won 23 of Those matches! They have only lost 4 times when Kohli has scored a hundred!

So 23/27 = 85%

That means Kohli scores a hundred and 85% of the time India will win! That is amazing!
 
Gr8Gaur said:
Batting friendly conditions and bowlers of low quality (though none of those is Kohli's fault).But another important thing is his obsession for fitness. You'd hardly see him limping due to cramp, he is very particular about his diet.
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Like I mentioned in the red part of the post my friend.

Although another baffling point is 23 out of the 27 matches Kohli has scored a hundred in India won! That's a win percentage of 85%

I'm not sure what Tendulkar's match winning century percentage was, I hear it wasn't very good.
 
QalandarFan said:
Like I mentioned in the red part of the post my friend.

Although another baffling point is 23 out of the 27 matches Kohli has scored a hundred in India won! That's a win percentage of 85%

I'm not sure what Tendulkar's match winning century percentage was, I hear it wasn't very good.
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The only thing I know is SRT has 14/49 ODI tons in successful run chases.
 
kohli plays WAAAY too much

its great that he is a fitness freak but still you get the sense that a major breakdown is coming somewhere along the line
 
Slog said:
kohli plays WAAAY too much

its great that he is a fitness freak but still you get the sense that a major breakdown is coming somewhere along the line
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Bhai yahan stock me 1 hi Kohli he, shubh shubh bol.
 
Chrish said:
There were no batting powerplays (barring 1st 15 overs) or freehits around when Sachin played majority of his career.

It's no surprise dudes started hitting 200s left and right after new rules came into place. Why else was Anwar's record not broken for so many years?

Kohli might make more 100s but would they be worth the same ?
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also evidenced by that fact that peak sachin didnt break the record but a sachin on his last legs raced to a 200 with the new rules
 
Kohli's centuries won't be worth the same, they will be worth more. Tendulkar was a technically perfect run machine, but Kohli is a deadly player. When he is in his zone, he grabs the game by the balls & runs with it, and you cannot do anything about it. When he plays well, he will make his team win - very few players have had this quality. His killer-instinct is greater than Tendulkar's, which is something that goes beyond rules & conditions.

Tendulkar post-millennia was a supremely good accumulator, but the likes of Sehwag, Yuvraj & Dhoni made a bigger impact. However, in the 90's, prior to his injuries, he was a freak of nature. Had he manage to sustain that level, he would have surpassed even Viv in ODIs, but he never had the hunger for fitness & physical perfection that Kohli does now, who is arguably the fittest cricketer ever.

Kohli may never match Tendulkar in Tests, but there is no doubt that he will go down as a superior ODI batsman.
 
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QalandarFan said:
He surely has a great chance at 28 years of age.

Although Sachin played in a completely different era, and rules in his first 170 matches lets compare the two at the same point in there career in terms of innings.

Sachin Tendulkar

Innings 172
Runs - 6092
Ave - 39.05
SR - 83.45
100's - 12

Virat Kohli
Innings - 171
Runs - 7755
Ave - 53.11
SR - 90.76
100's -27

I know that they played in completely different times and you can't compare Sachin to Kohli because everything was so much more different. Although it is quite interesting that at the same time in his career in terms of innings Virat has 15 more hundreds than Tendulkar!

I definitely believe he's got 50+ ODI hundreds in him!
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I don't think you should compare them by their initial matches. Tendulkar played at no.6 for the first 80 matches of his career and didn't score a single hundred (as expected from a lower middle order finisher). You can find the real Tendulkar when he started opening. All his stats are mind blowing since 1994
 
QalandarFan said:
I would also like to add that in the 27 matches Kohli has scored a Hundred India have won 23 of Those matches! They have only lost 4 times when Kohli has scored a hundred!

So 23/27 = 85%

That means Kohli scores a hundred and 85% of the time India will win! That is amazing!
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How many of them in India? and How many of them against Top8 teams?
 
He might do but he'll be playing in the weakest gen of bowlers, especially in ODIs, on the flattest pitches with the most batting friendly rules in cricket. Tendulkar's centuries came during a much better era with a higher difficulty in scoring those runs.
 
ocfan said:
How many of them in India? and How many of them against Top8 teams?
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Opp: Aus, Eng, SL, Pak, WI, SA and NZ

In away matches, India have won 36, with Kohli averaging a very good 50. Heo nly has 5 centuries out of those 36 wins though. However, if you take the 12 (yes, 12!!) matches won in Asia, mostly against SL and one against Pak, Kohli's centuries drop to 3.

3 out of 24 won tests. The average is still very healthy though at 51.

Kohli is an ODI match winner for India, no doubt. Quite a difference to his test stats beforethe current home season.
 
Kohli will be the GOAT ODI batsman by the time he retires. His only competition is with Viv and once he performs in a world cup knockout, he will clear that obstacle too.
 
He is in the best position to do it and De Kock is just behind him. I hope he does but I can see him struggle in mid 30s. He is very quick, especially with his hands and wrists.His reflex will slow down as he ages. When you look at Sachin he is very simple nothing he does look complicated, same with Sanga and hence both played quality cricket for a long time. If he is still playing till 35 he can definitely do it.
 
Mamoon said:
Kohli's centuries won't be worth the same, they will be worth more. Tendulkar was a technically perfect run machine, but Kohli is a deadly player. When he is in his zone, he grabs the game by the balls & runs with it, and you cannot do anything about it. When he plays well, he will make his team win - very few players have had this quality. His killer-instinct is greater than Tendulkar's, which is something that goes beyond rules & conditions.

Tendulkar post-millennia was a supremely good accumulator, but the likes of Sehwag, Yuvraj & Dhoni made a bigger impact. However, in the 90's, prior to his injuries, he was a freak of nature. Had he manage to sustain that level, he would have surpassed even Viv in ODIs, but he never had the hunger for fitness & physical perfection that Kohli does now, who is arguably the fittest cricketer ever.

Kohli may never match Tendulkar in ODIs, but there is no doubt that he will go down as a superior ODI batsman.
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Yeah, pretty much this.

Sachin is a bit overrated in ODIs as compared to some of his peers who had more impact. And Kohli is definitely going to be superior to him as well.

Far better player in Tests than ODIs.
 
100% he will, when it comes to batting friendly conditions I've never seen a player like Kohli who best exploits them and in this era it should be a walk in the park for him
 
dildildalwalla said:
He might do but he'll be playing in the weakest gen of bowlers, especially in ODIs, on the flattest pitches with the most batting friendly rules in cricket. Tendulkar's centuries came during a much better era with a higher difficulty in scoring those runs.
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Quite agree , Kohli doesn't seem to have the same competition like Sachin did. Bowler's of the same calibre as Wasim , Waqar , Shoaib , McGrath , Pollock , Donald , Lee, Warne, Murli , Saqlain aren't there anymore
 
bleaf27 said:
Quite agree , Kohli doesn't seem to have the same competition like Sachin did. Bowler's of the same calibre as Wasim , Waqar , Shoaib , McGrath , Pollock , Donald , Lee, Warne, Murli , Saqlain aren't there anymore
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On these pitches, they would have been hammered too. With DRS, Umpires obsessing over no balls after a wicket and those thick bats, you can be anybody and you will be destroyed. That is why, I think someone like Mitchell Starc is one of the greatest ODI bowlers ever going by current record and performances.
 
leatherface58 said:
On these pitches, they would have been hammered too. With DRS, Umpires obsessing over no balls after a wicket and those thick bats, you can be anybody and you will be destroyed. That is why, I think someone like Mitchell Starc is one of the greatest ODI bowlers ever going by current record and performances.
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Not really. ATM Mitch is the only one around who can bowl inswinging yorkers at 150ks. In the 90s/00s we had Shoaib, Waqar, Bond, Donald just to name some who could. The batsmen with todays technique wouldn't last a second there and it's evident by the fact that whenever Starc moves the ball even an inch, he manages to rip thru line ups and gets 5+fers. Starc is the only good bowler in this era rather than being a bowler faaar ahead of the pack...Did you see how good Ryan Harris was in the few games he played?

You're somewhat right tho, a lot of the 90s bowlers would take a hit with the two new ball rule which I personally think is the worst thing in ODI cricket atm. Worse than even the bats.
 
bleaf27 said:
Quite agree , Kohli doesn't seem to have the same competition like Sachin did. Bowler's of the same calibre as Wasim , Waqar , Shoaib , McGrath , Pollock , Donald , Lee, Warne, Murli , Saqlain aren't there anymore
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exactly what I'm saying! Lots of batsmen these days are starting to average 45-50 in ODI cricket, yet 40 used to be the previous benchmark and one that made sense. Pitches too flat, bowling too average, rules too much in favour of batsmen.

Certain run scoring feats no longer mean what they used to.
 
It's the rules rather than standard of bowling which is responsible for inflated averages.

No matter how good of a bowler you are, you will get smacked around when batsman has freehit nonsense up his sleeve
 
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How many of them in India? and How many of them against Top8 teams?
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This is his amount of hundreds and wins in different countries.

Countries - Matches - 100's - Wins from hundreds

India - 71 - 12 - 12/12
Australia - 23 - 4 - 2/4
Bangladesh - 16 - 5 - 5/5
SL - 18 - 2 - 2/2
England - 14 - 1 - 0/1
New Zealand - 7 - 1 - 0/1
Zimbabwe - 9 - 1 - 1/1
WI - 10 - 1 - 1/1
SA - 0 - 11 - 0/0

So in Asia he has 19 Hundreds from 101 innings and India have won all 19 of the matches he has scored a hundred in Asia.

As for outside Asia he has 8 hundreds from 70 Innings and India have won 4 out of those 8 matches.

Asian Record - 19/19 100%
Outside Asia - 4/8 50%
 
Mamoon said:
Kohli's centuries won't be worth the same, they will be worth more. Tendulkar was a technically perfect run machine, but Kohli is a deadly player. When he is in his zone, he grabs the game by the balls & runs with it, and you cannot do anything about it. When he plays well, he will make his team win - very few players have had this quality. His killer-instinct is greater than Tendulkar's, which is something that goes beyond rules & conditions.

Tendulkar post-millennia was a supremely good accumulator, but the likes of Sehwag, Yuvraj & Dhoni made a bigger impact. However, in the 90's, prior to his injuries, he was a freak of nature. Had he manage to sustain that level, he would have surpassed even Viv in ODIs, but he never had the hunger for fitness & physical perfection that Kohli does now, who is arguably the fittest cricketer ever.

Kohli may never match Tendulkar in Tests, but there is no doubt that he will go down as a superior ODI batsman.
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Bingo.
 
Sure he will
He is already ahead of Tendulkar in my all time world eleven.

He will end up India's best ever batsman and cricketer, ahead of Tendulkar, Gavaskar and Kapil.

He is second only to Richards as the best modern era ODI batsman, I'm not talking about stats here but class and dominance over the bowlers.
 
moghul said:
Sure he will
He is already ahead of Tendulkar in my all time world eleven.

He will end up India's best ever batsman and cricketer, ahead of Tendulkar, Gavaskar and Kapil.

He is second only to Richards as the best modern era ODI batsman, I'm not talking about stats here but class and dominance over the bowlers.
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Sachin played against Donald, Mcgrath, Wasim, Waqar, Pollock, Warne, Murali, Steyn, Lee. India's best ever batsman will always be Sachin.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Sachin played against Donald, Mcgrath, Wasim, Waqar, Pollock, Warne, Murali, Steyn, Lee. India's best ever batsman will always be Sachin.
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Of all those bowlers, he could only dominate Warne. Sachin was good for his time, but was a tad too selfish for his records. Kohli is Ponting like who wants to win and doesn't care about records.
 
He will surely in ODI's. Don't think so he would be able to do that in Tests.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Sachin played against Donald, Mcgrath, Wasim, Waqar, Pollock, Warne, Murali, Steyn, Lee. India's best ever batsman will always be Sachin.
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True, Sachin played against them. But how did he do against them? Took the 5 best fast bowlers he played against:
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...er_involve=2228;template=results;type=batting

Average of 31 over 100 games isn't exactly something I would be proud of. Also an away average of 20.92. Virat comfortably beats Sachin. This argument that "but Sachin against XYZ.." is ridiculous. Sachin clearly did not do well against them - just playing does not suffice.
 
I feel its easy cricket for batting with new balls around in odis which doesn't even swing an inch these days.
 
Oh yes man. What a treat he is for everybody who loves cricket.
 
Princejain191 said:
True, Sachin played against them. But how did he do against them? Took the 5 best fast bowlers he played against:
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...er_involve=2228;template=results;type=batting

Average of 31 over 100 games isn't exactly something I would be proud of. Also an away average of 20.92. Virat comfortably beats Sachin. This argument that "but Sachin against XYZ.." is ridiculous. Sachin clearly did not do well against them - just playing does not suffice.
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Look at the average of those bowlers I mentioned. Only those who have seen Sachin live can understand that. You are clearly not one of them.
 
He'll break Tendulkar's record for sure, but right now he's just the same as Tendulkar when it comes to failing in finals. Will not go down as an ATG unless he rectifies that.

These are meaningless records as India plays way more matches against more minnows at home.
 
TikkiTaka said:
He'll break Tendulkar's record for sure, but right now he's just the same as Tendulkar when it comes to failing in finals. Will not go down as an ATG unless he rectifies that.

These are meaningless records as India plays way more matches against more minnows at home.
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Aus, NZ and England are minnows these days?
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Aus, NZ and England are minnows these days?
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SL sure are. India have the flattest ODI pitches at home. India Aus series few years ago (5 matches) had the most runs ever scored. Even George Bailey was scoring like an ATG. It's not hard for decent batsman to put those scores up.

If Amla had played there he would have racked up even more.
 
Kohli will end up with 60-70 ODI centuries. He just reached his prime. I believe a batsman's best years are between years 29-32.

Kohli will also score close to 45 Test centuries. That will put him on the same breadth as Sachin.
 
troodon said:
Kohli will end up with 60-70 ODI centuries. He just reached his prime. I believe a batsman's best years are between years 29-32.

Kohli will also score close to 45 Test centuries. That will put him on the same breadth as Sachin.
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I think thats a bit much to ask. I reckon Kohli would reach about 55 for ODIs and 40 for tests.
 
I hope he does. He is from my generation, a millennial. It's time to show the world that we will outperform the previous generations.
 
Many other superstars in other sports would kill for the mental fortitude Kohli has. Stephen Curry, looking at you buddy.

Yes I know people will now say but but but we owned him in CT final, and where was he in world cups, but he has time on his side and a ruthless drive to improve, he will perform and take the glory in at least 1 of the coming world cups.
 
Suleiman said:
Many other superstars in other sports would kill for the mental fortitude Kohli has. Stephen Curry, looking at you buddy.

Yes I know people will now say but but but we owned him in CT final, and where was he in world cups, but he has time on his side and a ruthless drive to improve, he will perform and take the glory in at least 1 of the coming world cups.
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My guy Westbrook has that. Possibly even more so than Kohli
 
Change the question When will Kohli break Sachin's record. Unless he retires in the next 3 years nobody can stop him if he GOES AT THIS RATE.
 
Easily.

His peak will last 3-4 years and his technique/mindset will ensure he can perform well past that point too.

I can see him ending well past the record.
 
At this rate he'll reach 60 ODI centuries by the time retires.
 
Don't rule out Hafeez either, his best years are yet to come and if he gets into peak form in next 2-3 years, then Sachin and Kohli's records are in real danger.
 
He can get 100 hundreds in international cricket to be honest.

60 in odis and 40 in tests. A little tough but very much possible.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Look at the average of those bowlers I mentioned. Only those who have seen Sachin live can understand that. You are clearly not one of them.
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Understand that he was average against these bowlers? Was that your counter-argument to Sachin having a awful average against good fast bowlers? Oh wait, 31 is his average in the matches all these bowlers played, he probably averaged less at an individual level against these bowlers. And I did see Sachin live. Great player but Virat has ridiculous consistency and dominates great bowlers better than Sachin. There is absolutely no argument for picking Sachin over Virat in ODIs and especially the "Sachin played against XYZ.." is not valid after the above stat.
 
He will easily break this record at the rate he is going.

What Sachin did was legendary and what VK is doing its beyond anyone in ODI cricket history. Unreal stuff.
 
CricketCartoons said:
Of all those bowlers, he could only dominate Warne. Sachin was good for his time, but was a tad too selfish for his records. Kohli is Ponting like who wants to win and doesn't care about records.
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Dont you dare insult Kohli, Ponting had the luxury of playing in a hall of fame side while facing mediocre to avg bowlers majority of his career. Kohli is wayyyyyyyyyyyyy better and a player who can handle pressure unlike Ponting. Once Mcgrath, Warne, Gilchrist etc retired Ponting could barely win anything he is not a clutch player, it is easy to perform when you have once in a life team mates playing besides you.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Name those great bowlers who were dominated by Kohli please.
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Agreed.

Sachin Tendulkar played in an era where the competition between bat and bowl was balanced due to playing conditions i.e supporting Pitches, reverse swing as the ball got old in ODI (one new ball), old ball helped most spinners, etc. Nowadays pitches are mostly flat in ODIs or drop-in in Aus, NZ, hence, its not possible to compare the performance of both batsman.
 
He can and has earned it. Will take a lot more to go past Tendulkar as a player though.

One big difference is:
Those who watched Sachin in the first 15 years of his career will recall how barring the anomaly that was Cronje, if ever Sachin was dismissed poorly or embarrassed by a bowler, he would come back in some way or the other the next time they met.

Kohli has yet to display this trait with conviction.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Quality of the bowlers in an era do matter.
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Sachin played against Donald, Mcgrath, Wasim, Waqar, Pollock, Warne, Murali, Steyn, Lee. India's best ever batsman will always be Sachin.
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So Kohli needs to go back in time and face Wasim Akram etc at peak ? :facepalm:

BTW its not like you will agree that Tendulkar >>> Bradman using your own logic. Right ?
 
Tusker said:
So Kohli needs to go back in time and face Wasim Akram etc at peak ? :facepalm:

BTW its not like you will agree that Tendulkar >>> Bradman using your own logic. Right ?
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Power plays, bigger bats and no reverse swing. It all matters :srt

In the end it is all opinions, many people do consider SRT > Bradman. Even Don himself rated SRT very high.

That said, VK is up there with the greats.
 
He should cross it easily. He is only 29 or 30 at the most, while Tendulkar retired at the age of 38. However, Tendulkar became a very low threat in the later stages of his career and only seem to be playing for personal milestones.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Name those great bowlers who were dominated by Kohli please.
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Malinga, Boult, Rabada, Johnson among others. I would be surprised if any of the top fast bowlers has a <30 average against Virat. And yes, there might be difference in pitches, but I feel the quality of aggressive batting has meant that ODI batting has gone to another level which IMO has always been played on flat pitches. Pakistan and the 2014 England ODI team are examples that if you play the old way, you will hardly score those 275+ runs even on flat pitches. And in 80s and 90s, every batsmen played like these Pak and English batsmen.
 
Tusker said:
So Kohli needs to go back in time and face Wasim Akram etc at peak ? :facepalm:

BTW its not like you will agree that Tendulkar >>> Bradman using your own logic. Right ?
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No he doesn't have to. He can do that in this era by dominating M Amir first.

Also I am still waiting for those great bowlers who were dominated by Kohli. Sachin was consistent across both formats. It's funny to see kids these days do not know much about Sachin.

FYI Bradman himself said Sachin was better. And you don't have to ask Kohli about Sachin.
 
Princejain191 said:
Malinga, Boult, Rabada, Johnson among others. I would be surprised if any of the top fast bowlers has a <30 average against Virat. And yes, there might be difference in pitches, but I feel the quality of aggressive batting has meant that ODI batting has gone to another level which IMO has always been played on flat pitches. Pakistan and the 2014 England ODI team are examples that if you play the old way, you will hardly score those 275+ runs even on flat pitches. And in 80s and 90s, every batsmen played like these Pak and English batsmen.
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These are your great bowlers of this era? Fact is there aren't many great bowlers playing these days.

Wasim
Waqar
Shoaib
Saqlain
Donald
Pollock
Bond
Lee
Mcgrath
Warne
Ambrose
Walsh

VS

Rabada
Johnson
Malinga
Boult
 
Unless something changes drastically he should easily get there

The question now should be, how many centuries will he end up with?
 
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Virat Kohli named as ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year (2023)
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