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Fastandfurious said:
Nothing to burn about, just waiting for the time he does it in adverse conditions against quality bowling.
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adverse conditions against quality bowling ? Thats a criteria to rate a batsmen in a LOI ?
I know am wasting my time , but such matches teams dont score more than 180-200 & even if virat outscores everyone , no one will remember it .
 
de Villiers is a much superior batsmen to Kohli and no conditions are tough for him - it is just that he doesn't have the mettle and the appetite for the big occasion.
 
jusarrived said:
adverse conditions against quality bowling ? Thats a criteria to rate a batsmen in a LOI ?
I know am wasting my time , but such matches teams dont score more than 180-200 & even if virat outscores everyone , no one will remember it .
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O yea like the recent series where SA scored 300 in their sleep and India couldn't get to 150. Of course conditions don't matter.
 
jusarrived said:
AB is far from the most technically sound batsmen we have seen .
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Players from different countries have different techniques. And not every player will be textbook perfect in their technique. He does what's been working for him from a young age.
 
Fastandfurious said:
O yea like the recent series where SA scored 300 in their sleep and India couldn't get to 150. Of course conditions don't matter.
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The same is happening in the current Ind-SL series too .
SA was doing it at home & 2 ODIs is a small sample . Its not like Virat hasnt scored in SA .
 
Fastandfurious said:
Performances in India are hardly worth anything anymore.
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hahaha.....its hilarious. India has second highest total in hobart( they just batted only 37 overs), highest total in lords, highest total in christ church(NZ), highest total in tauton, cardiff etc. So we have dominated all over the world when it comes to batting, only bowling let us down
 
jusarrived said:
The same is happening in the curren series too .
SA was doing it at home & 2 ODIs is a small sample . Its not like Virat hasnt scored in SA .
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Ye, in 2010 when he wasn't found out. Talk when he does it again. Knowing India, they probably won't hold a series there until Steyn retires.
 
Fastandfurious said:
It doesn't.
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your insecurity is not our problem , I know you are not alone , but stop putting down performances in Asia . By your argument we might as well stop playing cricket in the SC .

A saffer for eg is brought up on green pitches , so its no big deal .They are very lucky that way . its a lot more difficult for SC bastmen who have been brought up on our pitches to adapt in SA than viceversa . So the only thing what matters is perfromance irrespective of where its played .
 
jusarrived said:
your insecurity is not our problem , I know you are not alone , but stop putting down performances in Asia . By your argument we might as well stop playing cricket in the SC .

A saffer for eg is brought up on green pitches , so its no big deal .They are very lucky that way . its a lot more difficult for SC bastmen who have been brought up on our pitches to adapt in SA than viceversa . So the only thing what matters is perfromance irrespective of where its played .
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Performance in tests on a turner are definitely praiseworthy but not the flat tracks we dish out in ODI's, especially against a club level attack of SL.
 
Fastandfurious said:
Players from different countries have different techniques. And not every player will be textbook perfect in their technique. He does what's been working for him from a young age.
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Technique is actually vastly overrated. The nation that puts most emphasis on textbook technique is England and how many top 10-20 batsman have they produced? Their best in the last few years is one who had his schooling in South Africa.

Confidence and being comfortable on the crease is easily the most important thing, rather than how tightly you should clench your **** with your pinkie finger on your left hand pointing at exactly 5 degrees away from cover. Unfortunately, coaches don't seem to realise that and make the job a lot tougher for their batsman.
 
Wow some really but hurt fans here. The pitch wasnt easy to bat on. It was two paced.
Came in at 14-2 & finished it even with wickets tumbling at the end & mendis bowling very well.

Just say well played & move on.
 
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Fastandfurious said:
Performance in tests on a turner are definitely praiseworthy but not the flat tracks we dish out in ODI's, especially against a club level attack of SL.
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Pak fans like you should be the last ones saying Kohli scores only on flat tracks...our lot can't even that!!
 
Swanny said:
Wow some really but hurt fans here. The pitch wasnt easy to bat on. It was two paced.
Came in at 14-2 & finished it even with wickets tumbling at the end & mendis bowling very well.

Just say well played & move on.
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You are not trolling as much as usual. Me is disappoint. :sanga
 
No matter how many runs kohli scores on fead tracks at home in pyjama cricket nobody rates him unless he perform in real format. Kohli is batting version os Sami....good in mickey mouse cricket but rubbish in test cricket.
 
Eye_Done said:
No matter how many runs kohli scores on fead tracks at home in pyjama cricket nobody rates him unless he perform in real format. Kohli is batting version os Sami....good in mickey mouse cricket but rubbish in test cricket.
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Nobody rates him? Troll alert.
 
Eye_Done said:
No matter how many runs kohli scores on fead tracks at home in pyjama cricket nobody rates him unless he perform in real format. Kohli is batting version os Sami....good in mickey mouse cricket but rubbish in test cricket.
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you are the troll of the week. congrats
 
Kholi is a choker and not even worthy of cleaning AB's boots. Kholi only bullies SL trundlers.
 
When will he move back to number 3?

Shouldn't hide behind the top order for long like de Villiers.
 
Mamoon said:
Err maybe because he is the best finisher in the history of ODI cricket.
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if he is good, he should move up. He doesn't have the teqchnique to play up the order and is only a decent finisher against pop gun attacks on Indian flat tracks.
 
Glen77 said:
if he is good, he should move up. He doesn't have the teqchnique to play up the order and is only a decent finisher against pop gun attacks on Indian flat tracks.
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It's true that he doesn't have the technique for the top order, but he's the greatest finisher the game has ever seen and I know the concept of finishing matches is a little alien to Saffers.
 
We bring Viv just to demean Kohli as we used to do with Bradman and Sachin. We will never admit an Indian batsman to be great and cricket has very little to do with it.
 
Big Boss said:
We bring Viv just to demean Kohli as we used to do with Bradman and Sachin. We will never admit an Indian batsman to be great and cricket has very little to do with it.
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Stop pretending and India has produced plenty of great batsmen just not this FTB who's full of himself.
 
Mamoon said:
It's true that he doesn't have the technique for the top order, but he's the greatest finisher the game has ever seen and I know the concept of finishing matches is a little alien to Saffers.
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He is not even half the finisher Bevan was. If only SA played half the matches in Indian roads, they will win every time.
 
Glen77 said:
He is not even half the finisher Bevan was. If only SA played half the matches in Indian roads, they will win every time.
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Dhoni won more matches than Bevan with a better avg. and high strike rate. So how is he not half the match winner as Bevan? :ibutt
 
Because Bevan did that against all teams and almost everywhere against great bowlers and not just against the might of SL
 
Glen77 said:
Because Bevan did that against all teams and almost everywhere against great bowlers and not just against the might of SL
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But MSD avg. 61 vs Pak, 59 vs NZ, 49 vs Aust, 47 vs Eng, 50 vs WI

Avg 61 in Aust, 76 in NZ, 136 in Pak :)))

Correct no?

Or you still think his avg in inflated only by playing against Lanka (who by the way is Asian champions)

I would be eagerly waiting for your next rant but a token of advice.

Stop embarrassing yourself and fellow countrymen...pleaseee :ibutt
 
Glen77 said:
Because Bevan did that against all teams and almost everywhere against great bowlers and not just against the might of SL
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But why @ no.6/7 why not up the order. Did he lack the technique to bat @ 3/4 ?

What about clarkey in tests? Why doesnt he bat @ 3/4 like pointing & kallis ? What's wrong with his technique ?

Lol everyone plays certain role in the team.
This cricket 101 :p
 
Big Boss said:
But MSD avg. 61 vs Pak, 59 vs NZ, 49 vs Aust, 47 vs Eng, 50 vs WI

Avg 61 in Aust, 76 in NZ, 136 in Pak :)))

Correct no?

Or you still think his avg in inflated only by playing against Lanka (who by the way is Asian champions)

I would be eagerly waiting for your next rant but a token of advice.

Stop embarrassing yourself and fellow countrymen...pleaseee :ibutt
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What is his average against Australia, SA and England in those countries. pls don't include his runs against SL in VB series as runs against Australia.
 
Swanny said:
But why @ no.6/7 why not up the order. Did he lack the technique to bat @ 3/4 ?

What about clarkey in tests? Why doesnt he bat @ 3/4 like pointing & kallis ? What's wrong with his technique ?

Lol everyone plays certain role in the team.
This cricket 101 :p
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Unlike Dhoni, Bevan had proper tecnique and unlike Indian line up of chokers, Australian line up had proven players up the order.

For your question about Clarkey, ask buffoon. He always defender Clarkey when I raised that question.
 
Glen77 said:
Unlike Dhoni, Bevan had proper tecnique and unlike Indian line up of chokers, Australian line up had proven players up the order.

For your question about Clarkey, ask buffoon. He always defender Clarkey when I raised that question.
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How many test centuries did bevan have with his ' proper technique ' ?
 
Mamoon said:
When will he move back to number 3?

Shouldn't hide behind the top order for long like de Villiers.
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Its called tactics. India were without MSD, Jadeja for most of the matches. He didnt even have Raina's backing for this match. Thats your 3 reliable lower order finishers gone.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
Its called tactics. India were without MSD, Jadeja for most of the matches. He didnt even have Raina's backing for this match. Thats your 3 reliable lower order finishers gone.
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He even batted at number 4 in one of the ODIs vs WI and Dhoni, Raina and Jadeja were there.

He'd have finished the last game off even if he would have batted at 3 like he has done countless times before. In ODIs, your best batsmen should face the maximum no of deliveries.
 
Glen77 said:
Didn't play enough or get 2nd chance because of the competition for places.
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Stop embarrassing yourself. Bevan was proven to be not good enough at the test level. He had a problem with the short ball which strangely was not the case regardless of where he played in Domestic cricket.

Besides, in his career, he averaged 8 in England, 18 in SAF and 30 in his own country. If this were a SC player, you would have been drooling with joy at putting him down. Now please justify his pathetic test performances and prove yourself to be a hypocrite.

I think others have owned you enough and I just added my 2 cents.
 
Mamoon said:
He even batted at number 4 in one of the ODIs vs WI and Dhoni, Raina and Jadeja were there.

He'd have finished the last game off even if he would have batted at 3 like he has done countless times before. In ODIs, your best batsmen should face the maximum no of deliveries.
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When you're spoiled for choices like Rayudu, Sharma, Dhawan, Rahane (none of whom are proven finishers except maybe Rayudu), then it makes sense for someone like Kohli to come in at 2 down. All settled batting line-ups take finishing for a specialist job and when the specialists are unavailable, adjustments have to be made.



Against WI, i think it was done probably to shield Kohli from early seam and swing as he was going through a rough patch.
 
leatherface58 said:
Stop embarrassing yourself. Bevan was proven to be not good enough at the test level. He had a problem with the short ball which strangely was not the case regardless of where he played in Domestic cricket.

Besides, in his career, he averaged 8 in England, 18 in SAF and 30 in his own country. If this were a SC player, you would have been drooling with joy at putting him down. Now please justify his pathetic test performances and prove yourself to be a hypocrite.

I think others have owned you enough and I just added my 2 cents.
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Probably the most misinformed post I have read in a long time.
 
Lol, Bevan was a world class ODI batsman but his failures in Test cricket are well known. For a team like Australia, you cannot get a very long rope. He got 18 Tests and did nothing, tough luck. Ifs and buts are all conjecture.

Dhoni > Bevan ODIs but in Tests, Dhoni > > > Bevan.
 
Bevan had some trouble with bouncers but it was blown out of proportion. Unfortunately selectors didn't give him another chance like they gave Hayden, Martyn etc.

Lee is a better bowler than Bond because he got lot of opportunities. If Bevan were to play for a subcontinent team, he would have had a good career on the subcontinent roads.
 
Virat Kohli launches super hero series

Virat Kohli launches super hero series with avatar of the Indian cricketer starring in incredible adventures
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INDIA’s cricket team arrives for the tour of Australia next week, but will Virat Kohli travel with the rest of the team or just strap on a jet pack and come super hero style?

The man who picks up the mantle as the next Indian superstar following the retirement of Sachin Tendulkar has launched a new bizarre 3D animated avatar with a short trailer hinting at incredible adventures. We can almost hear the sledging now!

WATCH VIRAT KOHLI’S SUPER HERO VIDEO IN THE PLAYER ABOVE

“My super hero avatar can fight monsters like Spider-Man and Superman. I don’t think I can do that. I will be very happy to see how he does that.

“The 3D animation series is very exciting, kids will be inspired by incidents from my life.”



We’ve watched the video a few dozen times and still haven’t a clue what’s going on.

Who is the young lad killed at the start?

Mystery boy dies alongside young Virat.
Mystery boy dies alongside young Virat.Source: Supplied
Is the big green monster meant to be Mitch Johnson?

It’s about to kick off.
It’s about to kick off.Source: Supplied
And why does the super hero version of Virat have a six pack while the real version doesn’t?

Super Virat.
Super Virat.Source: Supplied
Hopefully, all will be revealed.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket...dible-adventures/story-e6frf3g3-1227130820816
 
:))

The avatar doesn't look like him though, it has too generic a face. What is this for, anyway?
 
Is Virat Kohli rewriting cricketing history? Claims India has won in Australia before!

"We have a good chance of beating Australia in their home-ground. We've done it before. I don't see why we can't do it again," said Kohli.
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As per StatsGuru, I can see that India have embarrassingly never won a series in Australia despite touring for almost 70 years. In fact they have a most shameful record of 5 Tests won, 26 lost in these 70 years, which puts an end to any illusion that India are a competitive Test nation outside their shores (if poor Bangladesh were given so many opportunities as India, they would surely have won more than 5 Tests in 70 years).

So what on earth is this Kohli guy on about saying that his country has beaten Australia in their homeground before?

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...team=6;template=results;type=team;view=series
 
Kohli has been spouting plenty of rubbish in the media after having a little success as captain. This is the difference between him and Dhoni.

He is already getting ahead of himself.
 
Indians lying through their teeth is nothing new. I remember Sehwag recalling some incident where he Tendulkar hit Akhtar for a six in a Test and then sledged him or whatever but that is nonsense because it was later proven that Tendulkar has never hit Akhtar for a six in Tests.

If he means a match then he should clarify rather make a fool of himself in the media for the second week running.
 
[MENTION=8327]cars112[/MENTION] buddy Kohli is right India did beat Australia in a Test series and not only once but multiple times.........Let me explain before 1947 India and Pakistan were part of Britain and England won against Aussies before 1947 multiples times so we can claim it right?
 
battler said:
Ever bothered to check out pakistan's record in australia, before you call India rubbish.
let me give you a hint, it is equally as bad if not worse!
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Is the Pakistani captain claiming we won a series in Australia already?
 
cars112 said:
Is the Pakistani captain claiming we won a series in Australia already?
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Kohli shouldn't have said that.
but you still have no right to bash india for that when your own country has an equally pathetic record in australia
 
cars112 said:
Is the Pakistani captain claiming we won a series in Australia already?
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He is claiming we have won before and is totally right. Its you who has been interpreting it as claim of a series win.
He is talking about winning individual tests (or maybe even sessions considering his last experience there was a flogging)
 
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