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Absolutely fantastic batsmen and expect him to scale even greater heights in upcoming months.
 
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Congrats Virat. Now only if you stop blabbering MC/BC everytime you get out, I shall be your fan...
 
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guess what, there is no pietersen in the list :13:
 
I've waited all my life for Indian batsmen who can pull and hook with elegance. This guy is it --- and so is Pujara who unfortunately does not seem to be having a good run!
 
I saw couple of fours in the end. I really like the way he played some on side shots and drives of hearth.I like the slow motion replays. The way he hits the cricket ball is amazing. It would be interesting to see him outside sub continent tracks. Surprise to see Sourav there.
 
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leatherface58 said:
2 off them in his last two odis. he could have had more....

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Yeah, such a shame. KP n ECB's hot/cold relationship not helping it either. He appeared to get his aggressive form back during the PAK ODI series as well as during Srilanka Test series.
 
Animal said:
I've waited all my life for Indian batsmen who can pull and hook with elegance. This guy is it --- and so is Pujara who unfortunately does not seem to be having a good run!
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Pujara was our best player in the India A tour recently. Unfortunately he is injured most of the times. He for sure should make it to the test team in the place of Dravid in the home series.
 
He's unstoppable these days.

A real dream of a batsman in limited overs.

We need a Kohli emoticon!
 
Virat Kohli is The Best Batsmen In The World

Another blistering performance from one of the best there has ever been. Kohli achieved his 13th ODI hundred today, at only 23 years old. Blistering performance. It seems as if you cannot defend a score less than 280 if Virat Kohli is playing. This kid is a legend. 13 ODI hundreds! At only 23 years old! What it will it be like when he is 35? 50 Hundreds? 60 Hundreds! Virat Kohli, the best, the beginning of an era. He sure will kick our ***** when we play India in December. Do you think he will become the likes of Sachin? I think so.

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No he is not. Maybe in 1 day cricket yes, but he has not even proved himself in the ultimate format.
 
In all seriousness, what I have seen so far, he is the best batsman in the world and has potential to be the world best in future.
 
As talented as he is, no he's not, not even in ODIs.

And tests are the ultimate format, unless you have the attention span of a retarded donkey.
 
Phenomenal stuff from him. Can he replicate this form in the test arena though? I'm sure he can but until he does, he won't be considered alongside the other greats of the game. At the moment, Amla is ahead of him.
 
AzharIsTheBest said:
Playing 350 dotballs out of 500 balls is not an achievement.
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Right, because every batsman playing currently from 1-6 is capable of doing that...

But in all seriousness, Kohli's come to the forefront like some unstoppable force. Possibly the first legend of the newest generation of cricketers. Where's that Saj thread about not being impressed by Kohli - deserves a big bump.
 
until he proves himself in tests I won't rate him anyway near potential future legends. I think he is very capable of doing it in tests but where he does it or not is a different story.
 
Amla has my vote for the best in the world right now and then Virat that is strictly speaking for ODI's.
 
amla is a beast but kohli in odi format and i have no doubt also in test format will be special,


if this was a pakistani scoring like this we would say he is king,,


credit where its due , kohli is special and my world he make the most of his talent ,
 
He's 23 and already an ODI Legend. 12 out of 13 centuries have been matchwinning hundreds. Incredible knocks against Pakistan and SL in Hobart.
But he's unproven in Test cricket.
 
He's an exceptional ODI batsman. If he can replicate these performances in the Test arena then he will become some player!
 
Centurion said:
He's 23 and already an ODI Legend. 12 out of 13 centuries have been matchwinning hundreds. Incredible knocks against Pakistan and SL in Hobart.
But he's unproven in Test cricket.
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Wouldn't it be better to keep him performing like a angel in ODI's than, forcing him to play Tests, and coaching the talent out of him. I mean does, Umar Akmal play tests, and us pakistanis already think Akmal is a legend!
 
AzharIsTheBest said:
Wouldn't it be better to keep him performing like a angel in ODI's than, forcing him to play Tests, and coaching the talent out of him. I mean does, Umar Akmal play tests, and us pakistanis already think Akmal is a legend!
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what are you talking about? None of us thinks UA is a legend. Most of us believe he's a slogger and his fans believe he can become a very good player if given a proper chance. No one says he's a legend! And he should be forced to play tests. You don't get any recognition by playing ODIs only. Do you see anyone talking about Bevan or Bracken?
 
AzharIsTheBest said:
Wouldn't it be better to keep him performing like a angel in ODI's than, forcing him to play Tests, and coaching the talent out of him. I mean does, Umar Akmal play tests, and us pakistanis already think Akmal is a legend!
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only if you have just popped out into this world, i think you are mistaken talent with performance, us Pakistani believe that Akmal has talent, which he has not turned into great performance. He was great when he first surface on International arena in both ODI and Test, but since he has not been performing.

Kholi is talented and hungry for runs, and i am sure given the chance he will be able to absorbs the pressure in test match. good luck to him. Since Tendulkar arrival in Indian team, Kholi is the new "it" factor in Indian team, who actually wins the match for the team, JK :-)
 
Anfield said:
what are you talking about? None of us thinks UA is a legend. Most of us believe he's a slogger and his fans believe he can become a very good player if given a proper chance. No one says he's a legend! And he should be forced to play tests. You don't get any recognition by playing ODIs only. Do you see anyone talking about Bevan or Bracken?
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Honestly speaking more people talk about Bevan than let's say a player like Trott even though Trott is much better player in test and even playing right now.

To put along sides greats, person has to play well in both formats not only in one format. Kohli has skills to do fine in test matches as well. Bevan or Dhoni didn't have similar game as Kohli. He would have to work hard but eventually he will be regular in test with several good performances.
 
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this guy is a run machine...future legend IMO....would've been great if mohammed amir was playing..would have loved to see amir and kohli battle during pak-India matches

90's-- wasim akram vs tendulkar

2000's--akthar vs tendulkar

2010--? vs kohli

we better unearth a new sensation
 
^Amir vs Kohli would have been the ideal dual.


Now, Ajmal i guess? The quickies wont trouble him much on sub continental decks where all the India-Pakistan Cricket is gonna be played. Kohli will eat them alive like in Asia Cup.
 
Buffet said:
Honestly speaking more people talk about Bevan than let's say a player like Trott even though Trott is much better player in test and even playing right now.

To put along sides greats, person has to play well in both formats not only in one format. Kohli has skills to do fine in test matches as well. Bevan or Dhoni didn't have similar game as Kohli. He would have to work hard but eventually he will be regular in test with several good performances.
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Trott is only 3 yrs old in international cricket why would anyone mention him as an ATG?

I have never heard Bevan name when critics/analysts talk about ATGs.
You don't have to be exceptional in ODIs to be classified as one of the Greats of the game. Allan Border, Steve Waugh and many other were not so good in ODIs but are considered all time greats of the game.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
^Amir vs Kohli would have been the ideal dual.
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PPers are powerful and PP is an influential medium. So who knows, maybe the mods can pass the message on ...

So the powers that are at PP - you hear the common opinion. Pick MA for the Dec series - let the battle begin
 
bala977 said:
PPers are powerful and PP is an influential medium. So who knows, maybe the mods can pass the message on ...

So the powers that are at PP - you hear the common opinion. Pick MA for the Dec series - let the battle begin
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:o

Does PP actually have the power to reverse an ICC ban? :danish
 
"It is very easy to [panic]," Kohli said, before going on to tell why he doesn't. "When you play about eight dot balls it is very easy to step out and go for that big one. But when you get out you realise that you lose one more wicket and the new guy going in, he might play 10-15 dot balls more. So you have that advantage over that guy coming in to bat because you are set. You can actually start rotating the strike and hit the odd balls in between for boundaries.
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http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-india-2012/content/current/story/574935.html
 
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Very Nice interview. Aired last week..talks about many things from his life, his fathers death,criticism of his aggression,playing with sach, about yuvi and dhoni , fac....family and friends etc etc...
 
Anfield said:
Trott is only 3 yrs old in international cricket why would anyone mention him as an ATG?

I have never heard Bevan name when critics/analysts talk about ATGs.
You don't have to be exceptional in ODIs to be classified as one of the Greats of the game. Allan Border, Steve Waugh and many other were not so good in ODIs but are considered all time greats of the game.
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I did not mean the talks about all time great. I simply mean that Bevan was not so good in tests but lot of people talk about him due being so good in ODI. He gets mentioned more than some very good test players as well. This ATG tag by commentators has one factor. All of them grew up watching test format so they will put very high weight for a test match performance and possibly ignore great ODI performance.


Sure, I do consider border etc as all time great. For strict ratings, I do rate some one who played well in both formats higher than some one who played well only in test format. This comment is not applicable when ODI was not a major game in start but anyone playing in 90's/00's and not doing well in ODI gets some negative marks in my opinion.
 
^ I'd agree with what Buffet is saying. People who blindly follow old men in Cricket have got it all wrong. Bevan and Dhoni are great players
 
A gem.

Have always been in awe of him, and it seems Kohli is an unstoppable force at the moment. Time to demolish that thread which compares Kohli, Umar Akmal, Chandimal, Ahmed Shehzad, etc, etc?
 
yeah,i believe ajmal vs kohli will be the best battle in the world cricket right now,i dont really think steyn will trouble kohli
 
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yeah,i believe ajmal vs kohli will be the best battle in the world cricket right now,i dont really think steyn will trouble kohli
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steyn vs tendulkar at his best that waso ne of the best sessions of test cricket i ever saw.. and even tendulkar wont ever say tht he dominated steyn.. that guy in tests is on diff level.. kohli is a rookie there and no problem with htat when steyn was 23-24 he was no where near as good as he is today
maybe in future it will be good battle as i saw even in this match and test series kohli covers swing bounce really well and plays with soft hands when ball is doing something so he wont be a sitting duck can assure u that
 
Easily a future legend even if he doesn't replicate his ODI form in tests.
I still rate Hashim Amla ahead of him though, if South Africa played the amount of ODI's that India play, Amla would have had atleast 15 centuries so far. Both bat at #3 and both have a 50+ ODI average. Beasts!!

Kohli vs Junaid will be interesting, if Junaid stays fit until December.
Umar Akmal, you need to step it up son.
 
Already looks a world class talent in ODIs, intresting to see if he has a longterm future at test level and wether he can develop in same way.
 
Thing that impresses me about Kohli is how quickly he's matured himself. I remember that U-19 WC win where he lead the side. I followed him in that tournament. Only guy that stood out for me. He was that angry young man type. That showed in his international career start as well. But, now he looks a lot more calm and values his wicket. Great to see that. On the other hand, we have someone like Rohit Sharma who has all the talent in the world but, knows how to waste it and waste it regularly.
 
Amir vs. Kohli would've been so perfect. Both young, extremely talented, representing what their countries are known for (fast bowling for Pakistan, batting for India). Ah well, what can you do.

Kohli is developing very well, a lot of Pakistanis including me will enjoy hating him :)
 
SL must be sick of the sight of Kohli at the moment.
 
13 centuries in 80 odd games is simply sensational. Unbelievable.
We got the likes of Younis Khan who have played nearly 250 games and yet only notched up 6 centuries. Yes only 6 centuries.
That is mind boggling. Absolutely unbelievable.

I am gobsmacked.
 
Our so called legend Umar Akmal has notched up an incredible 1 century in 67 games and people on here think hes the next best thing since sliced bread. Incredible
 
chui_kadoo said:
13 centuries in 80 odd games is simply sensational. Unbelievable.
We got the likes of Younis Khan who have played nearly 250 games and yet only notched up 6 centuries. Yes only 6 centuries.
That is mind boggling. Absolutely unbelievable.

I am gobsmacked.
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How is that guy still in the team? I never realised his conversion rate was so bad, especially when he is hyped up like crazy and played with Yousuf and Inzi.

Umar Akmal has all the talent to match Kohli, he only needs the temperament which is easier said than done.
 
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How is that guy still in the team? I never realised his conversion rate was so bad, especially when he is hyped up like crazy and played with Yousuf and Inzi.

Umar Akmal has all the talent to match Kohli, he only needs the temperament which is easier said than done.
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Younis Khan has had free ride for the last 10 years in ODI. Just having a great time in the passenger seat. He must find it comfortable there. At the end of the day Its the selectors fault for not removing him from that passenger seat and giving someone else that seat.

I am sure Younis Khan wont willingly remove himself from that seat. Somebody must literally throw him off that seat.
 
chui_kadoo said:
Younis Khan has had free ride for the last 10 years in ODI. Just having a great time in the passenger seat. He must find it comfortable there. At the end of the day Its the selectors fault for not removing him from that passenger seat and giving someone else that seat.

I am sure Younis Khan wont willingly remove himself from that seat. Somebody must literally throw him off that seat.
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Hopefully that happens by our next ODI series bt seeing how Misbah, a friend of YK is captain, it is pretty far-fetched.

The guy did gracefully retire from T20s, I wonder if he doesn't realise that he sucks in the ODI format too.
 
Bilal7 said:
Hopefully that happens by our next ODI series bt seeing how Misbah, a friend of YK is captain, it is pretty far-fetched.

The guy did gracefully retire from T20s, I wonder if he doesn't realise that he sucks in the ODI format too.
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I doubt it. I reckon hes going to play against Australia. Needs to get 3 ducks in a row before he is thrown out.
 
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Although Virat has performed on mainly flat-tracks barring was it Sydney against Sri Lanka..he is one for the future of Indian cricket

Give him his dues as scoring 13th ODI centuries is no mean feat and you get the impression that he is comfortable in his role in the team

Indian cricket are leaders in defining roles for the ODI teams e.g. Sehwag - Blast/Pinch Hinter, Gambhir - Restrained/Nurdler/Big-Hitting, Kohli - Nurdler/Big-Hitter etc etc

Wish Pakistan cricket could take a few lessons from our neighbours on the importance of defining a role for a player
 
Luton Bad Boy said:
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Although Virat has performed on mainly flat-tracks barring was it Sydney against Sri Lanka..he is one for the future of Indian cricket

Give him his dues as scoring 13th ODI centuries is no mean feat and you get the impression that he is comfortable in his role in the team

Indian cricket are leaders in defining roles for the ODI teams e.g. Sehwag - Blast/Pinch Hinter, Gambhir - Restrained/Nurdler/Big-Hitting, Kohli - Nurdler/Big-Hitter etc etc

Wish Pakistan cricket could take a few lessons from our neighbours on the importance of defining a role for a player
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So is Kohli a 'nurdler' or a big-hitter?
The success of team India is that all their batsmen are flexible. They can play any and every role in accordance with the situation.

In our team, if the accumulators fall, the aggressors can't handle the pressure and crumble, and if the reverse happens, the accumulators can't up their SR. Misbah and Jamshed to an extent, have show the ability to do both.
 
What an epic form Virat Kohli is in?

To think that he would bat like this in few years is little bit pleasingly surprising.

It also proves the point that if you give enough chance and freedom to talented batsman, you will see the result.

I hope he continues this form in up coming test season as well.
 
Best talented 'young' batsman?? I think he is right up there with the best, leave the agegroups!
 
Ball was swinging but Virat is in a different zone nowadays.nothing bothers him,ball just flown from his bat today.
 
chui_kadoo said:
13 centuries in 80 odd games is simply sensational. Unbelievable.
We got the likes of Younis Khan who have played nearly 250 games and yet only notched up 6 centuries. Yes only 6 centuries.That is mind boggling. Absolutely unbelievable.

I am gobsmacked.
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Dont forget YK got to face Indian bowling. Kohli does not get that luxury:yk
 
I'm surprised that Kohli didn't get the #1 ODI batsman spot already. Amla has been on the summit since 2010 but now he really needs to have a good series against England if he wants to stay there.
 
It's good for him that he ain't ranked #1. No hype needed.
 
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