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Virat Kohli goes past Sachin Tendulkar's ODI centuries record

It's one thing to be admired by your countrymen but this guy gets admiration from everyone

All Pak fans that come up with useless arguments to underrate his achievements need a reality check. This guy has unbelievable consistency/drive to succeed. Not only does he talks the talk, but he walks the walk as well.

I keep hearing that he will eventually go through a bad patch, haven't seen one yet (that England tour was one but that was more to do with technique...and he has since worked on it).

The way he's batting is far ahead of anyone of his peers, I feel like he either has redefined the definition to what "form" means or the term just doesn't exist for him. Love watching him bat.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
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.
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Agree with u on quality of bowlers being inferior.
But kohli has proved himself against rabada, boult, morkel, malinga, johnson who all are better than M amir.
You are saying as if amir is the second coming of wasim. (ps don't bring the ct 2017 topic here, a bowler is defined by consistency not once in a blue moon performance)
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Agree with u on quality of bowlers being inferior.
But kohli has proved himself against rabada, boult, morkel, malinga, johnson who all are better than M amir.
You are saying as if amir is the second coming of wasim. (ps don't bring the ct 2017 topic here, a bowler is defined by consistency not once in a blue moon performance)
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That(Amir) was just an example. Please don't get hurt by that. Even though Kohli himself rates Amir very highly.

Rabada isn't a great bowler. He hasn't even reached his peak yet. He is a future great. Johnson is only known for that ashes series. He was nowhere near being an ODI great. He was also not a consistent bowler. Lol at Boult as an ODI great.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
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
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That was a pretty long era I guess. When Ambrose retired, Lee was starting his career. You have almost covered over 25 years in that line-up. And just when you have free time, check Sachin's stats against the bowlers you have listed. Pretty sure it would be a sub-35 average.

Just on today's bowlers: Starc, Bumrah, Hasan, Ajmal, Hazlewood, Kuldeep, etc would make the lists. All of these will sound inferior right now but not in 10 years.
 
SRT played in the most difficult era for ODIs by a LONG LONG WAY. And an average of 30 odd against great bowlers in ODI is pretty good considering he was an opener.

I still feel Kohli is a better ODI batsman though. He possesses a killer instinct that SRT didn't. One WC away from being equal with Viv.
 
Princejain191 said:
That was a pretty long era I guess. When Ambrose retired, Lee was starting his career. You have almost covered over 25 years in that line-up. And just when you have free time, check Sachin's stats against the bowlers you have listed. Pretty sure it would be a sub-35 average.

Just on today's bowlers: Starc, Bumrah, Hasan, Ajmal, Hazlewood, Kuldeep, etc would make the lists. All of these will sound inferior right now but not in 10 years.
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It seems you have no idea what are you discussing here. FYI Sachin made his debut in 1989 and have played against all the great bowlers I have mentioned. It doesn't matter when Lee started playing Ambrose was getting ready to say goodbye.

Sub-35 average against those great bowlers is not bad at all. I can see you are finding it hard to search the same quality of great bowlers in this era. We are talking about the present and past greats who were dominated by Kohli.
 
Dead Ball said:
SRT played in the most difficult era for ODIs by a LONG LONG WAY. And an average of 30 odd against great bowlers in ODI is pretty good considering he was an opener.

I still feel Kohli is a better ODI batsman though. He possesses a killer instinct that SRT didn't. One WC away from being equal with Viv.
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Sachin played an important part in 1996(he was the highest run scorer), 2003 and 2011 world cups. Fans forget that very easily. He took India to 2 World Cup finals out of which India won 1.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
It seems you have no idea what are you discussing here. FYI Sachin made his debut in 1989 and have played against all the great bowlers I have mentioned. It doesn't matter when Lee started playing Ambrose was getting ready to say goodbye.

Sub-35 average against those great bowlers is not bad at all. I can see you are finding it hard to search the same quality of great bowlers in this era. We are talking about the present and past greats who were dominated by Kohli.
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The difference between Sachin and Kohli is, Sachin has sub-35 average against the great bowlers, whereas Kohli has dominated all the best bowlers of modern era. Hence his 50+ average in every country. Sachin could never average 75+ in South Africa.

Sachin would be better than Kohli if he had better average against the better bowlers. However facing superior bowlers didn't give him better stats, Kohli's stats are >>>>>>>> Sachin's so facing great bowlers is a moot point.
 
I find it hilarious that people bring up Sachin facing better bowlers, when Sachin was dominated by them and padded his stats by bashing minnows. Kohli on the other hand has destroyed every single contemporary bowler, in their own country. Only thing Sachin has over Kohli is World Cup, Kohli is so far ahead in everything else it's not funny. People are having hard time grasping the gap between two batsmen here.

Did people even look at Sachin's away stats against Top 8? It's pathetic compared to Kohli. So much for facing better bowlers lol

Runs - 4305
Inns- 129
100s- 10
Average- 35.57

Link: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...orderby=default;template=results;type=batting

That's Sachin's career average against Top 8 in (excluding Ban, Zim and associates)

Let's look at Kohli's away stats against Top 8 (excluding WI, Zim and associates)

Runs - 3006
Inns - 65
100s - 13
Avg - 55.66

Link: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...orderby=default;template=results;type=batting

Kohli is so far ahead of Sachin it's not funny. The gap in average for top 8 away nations is 20. Sachin achieved nothing facing better bowlers, he was poor against them. Sachin was a HTB in ODIs
 
Joseph Gomes said:
I find it hilarious that people bring up Sachin facing better bowlers, when Sachin was dominated by them and padded his stats by bashing minnows. Kohli on the other hand has destroyed every single contemporary bowler, in their own country. Only thing Sachin has over Kohli is World Cup, Kohli is so far ahead in everything else it's not funny. People are having hard time grasping the gap between two batsmen here.

Did people even look at Sachin's away stats against Top 8? It's pathetic compared to Kohli. So much for facing better bowlers lol

Runs - 4305
Inns- 129
100s- 10
Average- 35.57

Link: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...orderby=default;template=results;type=batting

That's Sachin's career average against Top 8 in (excluding Ban, Zim and associates)

Let's look at Kohli's away stats against Top 8 (excluding WI, Zim and associates)

Runs - 3006
Inns - 65
100s - 13
Avg - 55.66

Link: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...orderby=default;template=results;type=batting

Kohli is so far ahead of Sachin it's not funny. The gap in average for top 8 away nations is 20. Sachin achieved nothing facing better bowlers, he was poor against them. Sachin was a HTB in ODIs
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Congrats for busting this myth. :inti
 
Joseph Gomes said:
The difference between Sachin and Kohli is, Sachin has sub-35 average against the great bowlers, whereas Kohli has dominated all the best bowlers of modern era. Hence his 50+ average in every country. Sachin could never average 75+ in South Africa.

Sachin would be better than Kohli if he had better average against the better bowlers. However facing superior bowlers didn't give him better stats, Kohli's stats are >>>>>>>> Sachin's so facing great bowlers is a moot point.
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Spoken like a true nos guy who has never actually watched cricket, for starters averages are not comparable given the eras they have played in for majority of their careers, for tendulkar's majority career a 250 was considered a match winning total and pitches were lot more bowling friendly than they are today. The fact that from the day Tendulkar debuted to the day Kohli debuted which is some 19 years a total of 263 teams scored 300 or more while the same feat has been achieved by 356 teams just in last decade tells you how different the same 50 over game has become.
 
Kohli is on 74 not out, and the anticipation is electric.

Can he reach his 49th century today to equal the record of Sachin Tendulkar?
 
The King is now on par with the Great, Sachin Tendulkar at 49 ODI centuries. And the King does it on his 35th Birthday.
 
Milestone for Kohli as he finally equals the great Sachin Tendulkar as he brings up his 49th century and level on most ODI tons.
 
Happy birthday to the legend, the man the myth, the era defining legend killer VIRAT FREAKING KOHLI!!!!!!!!!!

49TH SALUT
 
mominsaigol said:
Happy birthday to the legend, the man the myth, the era defining legend killer VIRAT FREAKING KOHLI!!!!!!!!!!

49TH SALUT
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Don't worry! Some posters will soon come questioning his strike rate comparing him with 'King' Babar :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
Virat Kohli hit his 49th ODI ton against South Africa at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in Kolkata.

The brilliant hundred from Kohli sees him join Sachin Tendulkar at the top of the list of most tons in One Day International cricket.

Virat Kohli reached this landmark in the 49th over of the India innings. The right-handed batter hit 10 fours on the way to his ton.

Kohli started off the innings in his characteristic free-flowing manner, going for his shots and taking on the loose balls from South Africa pacers. However, he slowed down the tempo after the South Africa spinners came on.

Kohli has already scored a ton in this Cricket World Cup. This came against Bangladesh in Pune when he scored an unbeaten 103 off 97 balls which took India to a seven-wicket win and won him the Player of the Match award.

He came very close to another one in Dharamsala against New Zealand, but fell five runs short then. Then he scored a brilliant 88 against Sri Lanka in Mumbai, but fell before he could clear the line.

It didn't take long for him, though, to equal the landmark, achieving the feat on Sunday at the Eden Gardens.

The list of top century-makers in ODI cricket has three Indians at the top with Rohit Sharma (31) coming behind Tendulkar and Kohli. Nine players have recorded more than 25 hundreds in the format in men's cricket.

Source: ICC
 
When Sachin played Australia, he had to bat against McGrath, Lee and Warne.

When Kohli plays Australia, he bats against Cummins, Starc and Zampa.

When Sachin played Pakistan, he batted vs Wasim, Waqar and Shoaib.

When Kohli plays Pakistan, he bats vs Shaheen, Rauf and Naseem Shah.

No comparison.
 
PakFan2010 said:
When Sachin played Australia, he had to bat against McGrath, Lee and Warne.

When Kohli plays Australia, he bats against Cummins, Starc and Zampa.

When Sachin played Pakistan, he batted vs Wasim, Waqar and Shoaib.

When Kohli plays Pakistan, he bats vs Shaheen, Rauf and Naseem Shah.

No comparison.
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Its stupid to compare eras. In the 90s there was no scoreboard pressure. A batsman could score 100 in 140 balls too. The fielding then was not as professional as now. No DRS etc. Both are great in their eras and no comparison whatsoever.
 
Virat Kohli: It was a wicket that was tricky to bat on. We got a great start. My job was to keep the momentum going when I got in. But after ten overs, the ball started gripping and the wicket started slowing down. My role was to bat deep and till the end after the openers fell because that's what I've done, that was the communication as well - to have guys bat around me. Shreyas starting hitting well as well. We were not thinking we would get to 326 but that's what happens when you dig deep and take the game into the last few overs. Shreyas and I had a lot of practice sessions before the Asia Cup and invariably batted together at 3 and 4. Both of us are comfortable against spinners. Both of us are comfortable rotating strike against spinners, credit to him for putting away bad balls. When you lose two wickets and don't have Hardik, you need to bat deep and get to a stage where the opposition feels like we have to restrict them. Every opportunity to play for India is a big one, to be able to ton up on my birthday is a stuff of dreams. Grateful to God that I've blessed with such moments. It's a target well above par for me as the ball was gripping and it wasn't easy to get hold of the bowlers. We have a quality attack. Wicket will get slower, pressure will mount, so hopefully we start well with the new ball.
 
PakFan2010 said:
When Sachin played Australia, he had to bat against McGrath, Lee and Warne.

When Kohli plays Australia, he bats against Cummins, Starc and Zampa.

When Sachin played Pakistan, he batted vs Wasim, Waqar and Shoaib.

When Kohli plays Pakistan, he bats vs Shaheen, Rauf and Naseem Shah.

No comparison.
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Not saying that Pakistan's attack earlier was not better, but Waqar and Shoaib were not that great in ODI format. Wasim was in different class.
 
Champion batsman with such immense desire, hunger and passion to keep on producing the goods. Congrats on the record equalling ODI 100.

I never doubted Kohli, knew he would come back, but was amazed by recent time some Indians wanted him out. As they say, form is temporary, class is permanent.

Greatest ODI batsman ever. Yes, I mean that over Tendulkar too who was one of my childhood fav.
 
Epic moment. Imagine having a childhood hero and growing up to equal him in terms of achievements.

Happy 49th, time for MORE.
 
Kohli could end up with 60 ODI centuries, maybe more, by the time he retires.

Incredible numbers.
 
FearlessRoar said:
Virat Kohli hit his 49th ODI ton against South Africa at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in Kolkata.

The brilliant hundred from Kohli sees him join Sachin Tendulkar at the top of the list of most tons in One Day International cricket.

Virat Kohli reached this landmark in the 49th over of the India innings. The right-handed batter hit 10 fours on the way to his ton.

Kohli started off the innings in his characteristic free-flowing manner, going for his shots and taking on the loose balls from South Africa pacers. However, he slowed down the tempo after the South Africa spinners came on.

Kohli has already scored a ton in this Cricket World Cup. This came against Bangladesh in Pune when he scored an unbeaten 103 off 97 balls which took India to a seven-wicket win and won him the Player of the Match award.

He came very close to another one in Dharamsala against New Zealand, but fell five runs short then. Then he scored a brilliant 88 against Sri Lanka in Mumbai, but fell before he could clear the line.

It didn't take long for him, though, to equal the landmark, achieving the feat on Sunday at the Eden Gardens.

The list of top century-makers in ODI cricket has three Indians at the top with Rohit Sharma (31) coming behind Tendulkar and Kohli. Nine players have recorded more than 25 hundreds in the format in men's cricket.

Source: ICC
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Virat Kohli equals Sachin Tendulkar on his birthday. Enjoy Highlights of his innings

 
Virat Kohli on appreciation from Sachin Tendulkar after his 49th ODI Ton:

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Will Virat Kohli break Sachin Tendulkar's record at the World Cup?

India star Virat Kohli has a total of 49 ODI centuries to his name and will have at least two more opportunities at the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup to reach 50 and break the long-standing record of compatriot Sachin Tendulkar for the most ODI hundreds of all-time.

Kohli's first opportunity to surpass Tendulkar's haul of hundreds comes against the Netherlands in Bengaluru on Sunday, where all eyes will be on the former skipper to see if he can claim outright ownership of the record.

If Kohli fails to break the record against the Netherlands, then he will have at least one more opportunity to do so at the Cricket World Cup with India locked in for a semi-final contest against the fourth-placed team next week.

Should India win that cut-throat clash they will book a spot in the World Cup final and Kohli could claim the record on the biggest stage of all at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in a decider against South Africa or Australia.

Four of Kohli's 49 ODI centuries to date have come at Cricket World Cups, while two have been notched at this tournament after the 35-year-old reached triple figures against South Africa and Bangladesh.

We take a look back at the quartet of World Cup hundreds that Kohli has managed thus far and eagerly await to see whether the India batter can bring up a fifth and break Tendulkar's momentous record over the coming matches.

Kohli's first century at a Cricket World Cup came on unfamiliar territory as the then 22-year-old combined with opener Virendar Sehwag to put Bangladesh to the sword.

Kohli came to the crease with India in control at 152/2 in the 24th over and Sehwag seeing them very well, and the pair combined for a 203-run partnership that catapulted the side to a massive total of 370/4.

While Sehwag was the main aggressor of the partnership as he amassed a brilliant 175 from 140 balls, Kohli played an equally important hand as he smashed eight fours and two massive sixes in a superb individual innings.

Four years later and Kohli was at it again as he reached three figures for the second time at a World Cup and the second time against India’s arch-rival Pakistan.

It was once again a controlled knock, as Kohli hit eight boundaries and got good support from Suresh Raina (74) and Shikhar Dhawan (73) to help propel India to a winning score of 300/7 after skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first.

There was no Sehwag around this time to deny Kohli the Player of the Match award as the India No.3 gleefully accepted the honour after yet another brilliant innings.

Kohli had already given hints of what lay ahead at this World Cup with half-centuries against Australia and Afghanistan early in the tournament, and the ultra-consistent right-hander brought up ODI century No.48 with a sensational innings against Bangladesh in Pune.

It was Kohli's first World Cup century in a run chase and it was crafted superbly to ensure he brought up his milestone and the victory for his side with one massive strike over deep mid-wicket and into the stands.

Kohli finished his knock unbeaten with six fours and four huge sixes - the equal fifth most sixes he has hit in any ODI innings - as India remained undefeated at the World Cup and well on their way to the knockout stages.

Kohli's most recent ODI century came on his 35th birthday as he rose to the occasion once again to show no weakness against South Africa's powerful bowling line-up.

The Proteas tried six different bowlers against Kohli and they all came up empty as the India stalwart put on another show at the famous Eden Gardens ground to draw level with Tendulkar and help his side amass a massive total of 326/5.

Kohli got great support from Shreyas Iyer (77) through the middle overs and always seemed in control as India registered yet another win to ensure they finished the group stage on top of the standings.
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India is facing the Netherlands today in their last group-stage match. Today might be the day when the ATG Virat may break Sachin's record for most ODI centuries. If he gets a chance to bat today, we might be looking at the new record holder for most ODI centuries and his name is Virat Kohli.
 
Virat has scored his 71st ODI fifty of his career against the Netherlands today. He is on the right track to break Sachin's record for most ODI centuries today.
 
Virat is almost certain to break Tendulkar's ODI centuries record. He is likely to play another 5 ODIs by the end of this year and surely he's going to score at least one century in these 5 matches.
 
Another useless stat amongst many useless ones. Why do we need such a stat. Does it matter??

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BouncerGuy said:
Another useless stat amongst many useless ones. Why do we need such a stat. Does it matter??

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He hits the boundary almost every first ball, takes a single right after that. They wanted to illustrate that quality with some kind of stat. this is the best they could come up with. I don't think he plans that way. There are some batsmen who target the first ball. Rohit does. Warner does.
 
Kohli reached to his 50 off 60 balls against New Zealand today. This is his first fifty in a knockout game after the heartbreaks of Sydney and Manchester.

Another chance for him to break Sachin's record today in an all important clash.
 
Kohli just keeps pushing boundaries. The greatest batsman of all time hands down.

Where are the haters now who said he hasn’t performed in a ODI semi final knock out match this is the biggest games of his life and he has delivered.

I said it before the tournament started he will hit centuries in the semi final and Final and cement his undisputed GOAT status.

Appreciate him we are witnessing history. Won’t ever see a batsmen like him again. Another level
 
Congratulations to the man, myth, legend virat kohli for making the impossible possible.

Congratulations, its a celebration, I just wanna say that I think you're amazing.
 
By the way, what a classy and graceful celebration. He’s come a long way.
 
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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From can he break 6 years ago to achieving the target.. What a journey. Have seen each of his centuries on TV and couple of them in ground live as well. CHAMPION BATTER !!!
 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
From can he break 6 years ago to achieving the target.. What a journey. Have seen each of his centuries on TV and couple of them in ground live as well. CHAMPION BATTER !!!
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Well he has beaten his own progression estimates to reach the 50th milestone. 100 tons next for him?
 
Congratulations to Virat Kohli on his 50th century. Here are his centuries against lesser teams:

Sri lanka - 10 centuries
West Indies - 9 centuries
Bangladesh - 5 centuries
Zimbabwe - 1 century
 
asfandyar said:
Congratulations to Virat Kohli on his 50th century. Here are his centuries against lesser teams:

Sri lanka - 10 centuries
West Indies - 9 centuries
Bangladesh - 5 centuries
Zimbabwe - 1 century
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His centuries against Sri Lanka came against a top bowling unit. Sri Lanka was one of the top teams during that period.Young Kohli destroyed peak Malinga :shh
 
Cover Drive Six said:
His centuries against Sri Lanka came against a top bowling unit. Sri Lanka was one of the top teams during that period.Young Kohli destroyed peak Malinga :shh
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Here are Kohli's centuries against Srilanka, compared to Malinga's record in the years they played against each other. Don't think averages of 55, 32, 26 and 62 denote peak.

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Congrats Kohli, personal opinion Sachin' centuries are like Tarantino script compare to Kohli' s slapstick charba
 
asfandyar said:
Congratulations to Virat Kohli on his 50th century. Here are his centuries against lesser teams:

Sri lanka - 10 centuries
West Indies - 9 centuries
Bangladesh - 5 centuries
Zimbabwe - 1 century
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Sri Lanka was a top quality team till the 2015 wc, his 133 was against a solid, wc class side. They were much better than any pakistani team kohli faced.
 
Honestly I don’t care about this record at all but only as a fan of ICT.
I can imagine how much it matters to Kohli and his fans.
 
This is the least important thing for Indian fan. May be after world cup when we have nothing to do we can sit and appreciate.
 
JaDed said:
Honestly I don’t care about this record at all but only as a fan of ICT.
I can imagine how much it matters to Kohli and his fans.
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Agree.
I also don't care about this record. More than this record I am happy that he finally scored a century in the semifinal, which was long overdue.
 
50 hundreds or not it's not the issue, the thing is he performed when it mattered the most in a high pressure semifinal
 
asfandyar said:
Here are Kohli's centuries against Srilanka, compared to Malinga's record in the years they played against each other. Don't think averages of 55, 32, 26 and 62 denote peak.

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2009 to 2017: Malinga played 122 ODIs excluding India and averaged 27.

In the same period, he played 29 ODIs against India and averaged 46.

So the conclusion is that Malinga was still a very good ODI bowler during that period but Kohli made him look bad.

This reminds me of a thread by one of our esteemed posters who claimed that India winning two Test series in Australia is not a big deal because Australia’s home record in the last few years is not great.

Well turns out that Australia’s home record was not great because they lost two series to India.
 
Both are phenomenal players playing for different eras .. not a fair comparison. If you have to compare players, you have to do that with players of the same era. You can compare tendulkar with dravid or Ganguly or u can compare Kohli with Rohit.

Let's understand that Sachin was the god of cricket .. was a one man army and faced a freak and ATG bowling units of other nations. He used to shoulder the entire batting responsibility. If he gets out, others just follow like tinpins. Kohli faced a much inferior attack and had a lot of support from the other end to back him up.

So it feels wonderful when one legend takes over another, whatta game!
 
Kohli, Congratulations, its a celebration I just wanna tell you that I think that you're amazing
 
Mamoon said:
2009 to 2017: Malinga played 122 ODIs excluding India and averaged 27.

In the same period, he played 29 ODIs against India and averaged 46.

So the conclusion is that Malinga was still a very good ODI bowler during that period but Kohli made him look bad.

This reminds me of a thread by one of our esteemed posters who claimed that India winning two Test series in Australia is not a big deal because Australia’s home record in the last few years is not great.

Well turns out that Australia’s home record was not great because they lost two series to India.
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You can cite Malinga's entire career to make a point, but it will not make your conclusions valid. I've only selected the years he played with India. Good sample selection, not sarcasm, is integral to reaching valid conclusion. Sarcastic defenses only reveal abuse you suffered in your childhood.
 
Mamoon said:
2009 to 2017: Malinga played 122 ODIs excluding India and averaged 27.

In the same period, he played 29 ODIs against India and averaged 46.

So the conclusion is that Malinga was still a very good ODI bowler during that period but Kohli made him look bad.

This reminds me of a thread by one of our esteemed posters who claimed that India winning two Test series in Australia is not a big deal because Australia’s home record in the last few years is not great.

Well turns out that Australia’s home record was not great because they lost two series to India.
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I'm attaching Malinga's record in those years excluding matches against India, and Kohli's centuries against Sri lanka. Yes Indian performances did hurt his average, but he was pretty average against other teams in those years. Malinga's peak years (where he averaged less than his career average of 28.9) were 2006 (23.5), 2007 (22.5), 2010 (20.5), 2011 (19.3), 2014 (26.5) and 2018 (22.4). Kohli scored 1 century in 2009, 4 in 2012, 1 in 2014, 2 in 2017 against Sri lanka during Malinga's career.

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asfandyar said:
I'm attaching Malinga's record in those years excluding matches against India, and Kohli's centuries against Sri lanka. Yes Indian performances did hurt his average, but he was pretty average against other teams in those years. Malinga's peak years (where he averaged less than his career average of 28.9) were 2006 (23.5), 2007 (22.5), 2010 (20.5), 2011 (19.3), 2014 (26.5) and 2018 (22.4). Kohli scored 1 century in 2009, 4 in 2012, 1 in 2014, 2 in 2017 against Sri lanka during Malinga's career.

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So Malinga was not at his peak in 2009, then he hit his peak in 2010 and 2011. His peak was over in 2012 and then he hit his peak again in 2017. Interesting analysis.

Basically, Malinga’s peak would magically disappear in the years Kohli scored a century against him and magically reappeared in the years Kohli didn’t score a century against him.
 
We have been very lucky to see Kohli play. I've seen him play in the flesh a couple of times too.

The combination of his batting talent and confidence is second to none. I don't think any player in any sport has had the same level of scrutiny ( due to Indias population and rise of social media through his career) but he has continued to excel.

He is the perfect ambassador for cricket, skillfull, genuinley athletic, articulate ( for a sportsman) and plays with swagger.

I'm glad that this record belongs to someone with those qualities.
 
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