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Kohli needs one big knock to break the jinx. Just like post his 183 vs Pak, he started scoring Big 100's in ODI's.
 
The FTB has scored a hundred on another flat track!

4th best innings of the match in terms of domination, so nothing to be excited about.
 
Nobody can doubt Kohli for a) his courage or b) his ability to rise to the occasion. He's a player that lives for the big moments, and his cricket-as-war philosophy reminds me of Ponting.

If I had a criticism of him it is that he tends to lose concentration after hitting a ton. It's the same criticism I have (had) of Steve Smith. I'd like to see Kohli go on and make a big score, a big daddy hundred. He's definitely got the ability to do so. That's the next step of his development I think.
 
Mobashir said:
The FTB has scored a hundred on another flat track!

4th best innings of the match in terms of domination, so nothing to be excited about.
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Baseless hating aside

Kohli is the best batsman in the world along with AB and i think kohli can break sachin's records
 
Mobashir said:
The FTB has scored a hundred on another flat track!

4th best innings of the match in terms of domination, so nothing to be excited about.
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A) Kohli dominating Johnson and Harris away from home
B) Clarke/Warner dominating an inexperienced Aaron and the evergreen unlucky Ishant at home

According to you, B>A, right? If so, I guess you also agree that the Indian bowling that Clarke and co dominated is at least equal to Johnson/Harris combo.
 
Mobashir said:
The FTB has scored a hundred on another flat track!

4th best innings of the match in terms of domination, so nothing to be excited about.
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IndianWillow said:
A) Kohli dominating Johnson and Harris away from home
B) Clarke/Warner dominating an inexperienced Aaron and the evergreen unlucky Ishant at home

According to you, B>A, right? If so, I guess you also agree that the Indian bowling that Clarke and co dominated is at least equal to Johnson/Harris combo.
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Mobashir is the same guy who thinks Afridi's innings at Chennai was better than Sachin's. So let's not take him seriously.
 
JaDed said:
Dravid during commentary was saying that Kohli has spoken to him as how kohli himself sees it as a problem that he is not able to convert his scores to big ones.
But i found him struggling against the new ball in Harris' hands.Nevertheless good knock.
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Great !! It shows that he is serious about his cricket.
 
Top top cricketer. Shouldn't have thrown it away but I'm sure he'll get over that jinx soon. Doesn't take anything away from his knock, middled nearly everything and did exceedingly win against Johnson. I expect him to bag a daddy hundred on this tour.
 
IndianWillow said:
A) Kohli dominating Johnson and Harris away from home
B) Clarke/Warner dominating an inexperienced Aaron and the evergreen unlucky Ishant at home

According to you, B>A, right? If so, I guess you also agree that the Indian bowling that Clarke and co dominated is at least equal to Johnson/Harris combo.
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If Kohli did this to them in India, he would've been called an FTB and told he should perform in Australia. Now that he has scored at Adelaide, it's not valid anymore because the pitch is flat even though it's Australia. Basically, any venue that he fails in was his "real test".
 
More than praising Kohli, I am laughing at those who compared Kohli with Umer Akmal and were convinced that Umer Akmal was miles ahead.
 
Virat Kohli is a very good batsman, a bit overrated in my opinion but still very good.
 
Awesome player- but still Junaid Khans Bunny!!

Hope that does not come back to bite in the World Cup Semi or Final!!
 
Abdul-Jalil said:
Awesome player- but still Junaid Khans Bunny!!

Hope that does not come back to bite in the World Cup Semi or Final!!
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LMAO one series on freak pitches where teams did not even score 200 and such ridiculous statements come out. Where is Junaid now and how did he improve after that series? Someone some Pak fans (and therefore some players) make career out of couple of good performances against India and then do not provide any effort after that, living on those laurels
 
Indiafan said:
LMAO one series on freak pitches where teams did not even score 200 and such ridiculous statements come out. Where is Junaid now and how did he improve after that series? Someone some Pak fans (and therefore some players) make career out of couple of good performances against India and then do not provide any effort after that, living on those laurels
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Hey give em a break, they have to hold onto something cause Kohli equals to their whole batting line up LOL
 
guys it was a wind up....

And it worked!!

Kohli has the potential to be a BEAST in all forms of cricket
 
Good knock but obviously the Indians are going to hype him up to the moon after this.
 
Bilal7 said:
Good knock but obviously the Indians are going to hype him up to the moon after this.
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It was a super flat-track. They have the nerve to call the pitches that Aus batted on in UAE as flat even though they were bundled out for low scores. When an injured Clarke scores a big century at 80+ strike rat you know the pitch is a highway
 
Cricket_Engineer said:
It was a super flat-track. They have the nerve to call the pitches that Aus batted on in UAE as flat even though they were bundled out for low scores. When an injured Clarke scores a big century at 80+ strike rat you know the pitch is a highway
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When the Aussies were flaying their bowling alive, it was flat. When Kohli scores a ton, its greener than a lawn.

However, it was still a good innings scored against MJ an co. Credit where its due but lets not blow it our of proportion.
 
Bilal7 said:
When the Aussies were flaying their bowling alive, it was flat. When Kohli scores a ton, its greener than a lawn.

However, it was still a good innings scored against MJ an co. Credit where its due but lets not blow it our of proportion.
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Yeah of course, but Misbah's century was a lot better but we weren't opening a million threads like this lol
 
I think the bar for Kohli is set too high.

He must perform on a cold overcast day, with ball swinging miles and score a century, that leads the team to an improbable win.

If by some freak chance, he does do it, then it was just a one-off and he needs to replicate such performances consistently.

If by some freak chance, he does do that even, then he has to flay the Pakistani bowlers before being awarded status of a batsmen.

If by any chance he does, he has to flay Pakistani bowlers on a green top.

If he does that, then he has to flay Pakistani bowlers on a green top consistently.

If he does that... It must be ascertained that Junaid Khan was playing or not...

If he was, Junaid has to be hit for more than 6 runs per over...

And so on....
 
Dr_Bassim said:
I think the bar for Kohli is set too high.

He must perform on a cold overcast day, with ball swinging miles and score a century, that leads the team to an improbable win.

If by some freak chance, he does do it, then it was just a one-off and he needs to replicate such performances consistently.

If by some freak chance, he does do that even, then he has to flay the Pakistani bowlers before being awarded status of a batsmen.

If by any chance he does, he has to flay Pakistani bowlers on a green top.

If he does that, then he has to flay Pakistani bowlers on a green top consistently.

If he does that... It must be ascertained that Junaid Khan was playing or not...

If he was, Junaid has to be hit for more than 6 runs per over...

And so on....
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Funny one. The bold part cracked me up, lol.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
I think the bar for Kohli is set too high.

He must perform on a cold overcast day, with ball swinging miles and score a century, that leads the team to an improbable win.

If by some freak chance, he does do it, then it was just a one-off and he needs to replicate such performances consistently.

If by some freak chance, he does do that even, then he has to flay the Pakistani bowlers before being awarded status of a batsmen.

If by any chance he does, he has to flay Pakistani bowlers on a green top.

If he does that, then he has to flay Pakistani bowlers on a green top consistently.

If he does that... It must be ascertained that Junaid Khan was playing or not...

If he was, Junaid has to be hit for more than 6 runs per over...

And so on....
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Pretty much.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
I think the bar for Kohli is set too high.

He must perform on a cold overcast day, with ball swinging miles and score a century, that leads the team to an improbable win.

If by some freak chance, he does do it, then it was just a one-off and he needs to replicate such performances consistently.

If by some freak chance, he does do that even, then he has to flay the Pakistani bowlers before being awarded status of a batsmen.

If by any chance he does, he has to flay Pakistani bowlers on a green top.

If he does that, then he has to flay Pakistani bowlers on a green top consistently.

If he does that... It must be ascertained that Junaid Khan was playing or not...

If he was, Junaid has to be hit for more than 6 runs per over...

And so on....
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Not at all, he should just not be called a great batsman, the best batsman in the world along AB and some more over the top comments after yesterdays innings.
When 3 players of the opposition have made hundreds at a strike rate around 80, one was not dismissed, the other two were dismissed with Australia well on top and playing T20 mode, Kohli's 115 is just a good innings, nothing more. Especially that all of India's top order, Vijay, Pujara and Rahane made good fifties.

Let alone the greats like ABDV, Sanga, Clarke, Amla , so far Kohli is finding it hard to be compared with someone like Warner, Steven Smith, Joe Root and some others, even some of his team mates.
 
Mobashir said:
Not at all, he should just not be called a great batsman, the best batsman in the world along AB and some more over the top comments after yesterdays innings.
When 3 players of the opposition have made hundreds at a strike rate around 80, one was not dismissed, the other two were dismissed with Australia well on top and playing T20 mode, Kohli's 115 is just a good innings, nothing more. Especially that all of India's top order, Vijay, Pujara and Rahane made good fifties.

Let alone the greats like ABDV, Sanga, Clarke, Amla , so far Kohli is finding it hard to be compared with someone like Warner, Steven Smith, Joe Root and some others, even some of his team mates.
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Honestly, no one is saying Kohli is ATG already.

It takes time to become ATG, especially in tests.

Had Kohli failed yesterday, immediately comments like "can only perform when there is no scoreboard pressure in tests" would have popped up from same detractors.

Now when you strike a century chasing 500 plus runs, it's immediately labelled as ordinary innings.

Had Shehzad struck the same century, PP would have been in raptures over such display of talent at such a young age and such application of talent to strike a century when someone is trailing by 500.

It was a good innings, not his best, but a good one nonetheless.

And excuses about conditions, ball quality, flat track, Pakistani bowlers, Junaid Khan need to stop.
 
aukhan said:
What a batsman he is Superb!

I wonder where the Akmal cheer leaders are now who try to belittle his performances.
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Mamoon said:
What a player. :14:
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Aman said:
He'll be the Tendulkar of this era.
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Mamoon said:
A mix of Tendulkar and Ponting.
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Tera Gawaandi said:
Yes Wrists, Flicks, Concentration, Hunger of Tendulkar. Aggression, Bit of Technique, Chirpiness, straight-forwardness from Ponting.

Its scary, he is only 26.
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freelance_cricketer said:
Now is the type to display his brutal force, tell the world why you are the best!
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in_cutter said:
What a batsman
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JibranAnsari said:
he is a brilliant batsman in any conditions , he will score 10000 at more than 50 average.
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Dr_Bassim said:
Honestly, no one is saying Kohli is ATG already.

It takes time to become ATG, especially in tests.

Had Kohli failed yesterday, immediately comments like "can only perform when there is no scoreboard pressure in tests" would have popped up from same detractors.

Now when you strike a century chasing 500 plus runs, it's immediately labelled as ordinary innings.

Had Shehzad struck the same century, PP would have been in raptures over such display of talent at such a young age and such application of talent to strike a century when someone is trailing by 500.

It was a good innings, not his best, but a good one nonetheless.

And excuses about conditions, ball quality, flat track, Pakistani bowlers, Junaid Khan need to stop.
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So you can see how much the guys is over rated.And that's not a complete list.
 
Mobashir said:
Not at all, he should just not be called a great batsman, the best batsman in the world along AB and some more over the top comments after yesterdays innings.
When 3 players of the opposition have made hundreds at a strike rate around 80, one was not dismissed, the other two were dismissed with Australia well on top and playing T20 mode, Kohli's 115 is just a good innings, nothing more. Especially that all of India's top order, Vijay, Pujara and Rahane made good fifties.

Let alone the greats like ABDV, Sanga, Clarke, Amla , so far Kohli is finding it hard to be compared with someone like Warner, Steven Smith, Joe Root and some others, even some of his team mates.
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You do realize that Warner is playing Shami and Aaron along with Ishant while Kohli et al were playing Mitch, Harris and Siddle? That too in Australia.
 
There's a reason why teams and experts rate him so highly.

It's funny really, had a Pakistani been in the same position, I have no doubt that Bradman comparisons would be out in force :uakmal
 
Azzurri said:
Baseless hating aside

Kohli is the best batsman in the world along with AB and i think kohli can break sachin's records
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He won't get close to breaking Sachins records in Tests. He should finish with an average of 50+ and 10,000 runs, anything less he should be disappointed with.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
I think the bar for Kohli is set too high.

He must perform on a cold overcast day, with ball swinging miles and score a century, that leads the team to an improbable win.

If by some freak chance, he does do it, then it was just a one-off and he needs to replicate such performances consistently.

If by some freak chance, he does do that even, then he has to flay the Pakistani bowlers before being awarded status of a batsmen.

If by any chance he does, he has to flay Pakistani bowlers on a green top.

If he does that, then he has to flay Pakistani bowlers on a green top consistently.

If he does that... It must be ascertained that Junaid Khan was playing or not...

If he was, Junaid has to be hit for more than 6 runs per over...

And so on....
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Wonderful. :)))
 
Nobody said that it's not a flat track or it's the greatest Test innings of the year but to flat Johnson in the very first innings of the tour when you are trailing by 500 requires skill and guts, especially when your last overseas tour was a failure and there was extra pressure on you.

Butthurt comments are expected, especially by Mr. Engineer who got schooled by James Taylor a few days back as well. :yk
 
Aman said:
Was it always like this for Sachin and Pakistanis as well?
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" reasons why Inzamam is better than Tendulkar "

In this era, it's reason why Shehzad is/will be better than Tendulkar.

Of course even Bullet Drive doesn't dare to compare Umar and Kohli anymore, up till last year, the idea was that Kohli is ahead only because he bats at 3.
 
Mamoon said:
" reasons why Inzamam is better than Tendulkar "

In this era, it's reason why Shehzad is/will be better than Tendulkar.

Of course even Bullet Drive doesn't dare to compare Umar and Kohli anymore, up till last year, the idea was that Kohli is ahead only because he bats at 3.
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Shehzad is as close to Tendulkar as is Kohli to Ponting, that means, no where near.
 
^ Typo, I meant Shehzad is/will be better than Kohli.

By the way, Kohli is around 4x more likely to be the next Ponting than Shehzad is to be the next Tendulkar.
 
Don't think Kohli will end up as a 50 averaging test batsman. Mid-40's seems to be his zone.
 
Bilal7 said:
Don't think Kohli will end up as a 50 averaging test batsman. Mid-40's seems to be his zone.
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Not unless he starts scoring big, but all 50+ batsmen feasted on minnows as well which he hasn't had the opportunity yet.

I few Tests vs Bangla and Zimbos and that average will be soaring.
 
OZGOD said:
Nobody can doubt Kohli for a) his courage or b) his ability to rise to the occasion. He's a player that lives for the big moments, and his cricket-as-war philosophy reminds me of Ponting.

If I had a criticism of him it is that he tends to lose concentration after hitting a ton. It's the same criticism I have (had) of Steve Smith. I'd like to see Kohli go on and make a big score, a big daddy hundred. He's definitely got the ability to do so. That's the next step of his development I think.
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I have always said that kohli is like ponting but people compare him to sachin.
 
If Kohli sorts out his weakness against the outswinger and learns how to make larger scores, he absolutely will be a 50+ average batsman. He's now scored a hundred in South Africa (Johannesburg day 1 was very helpful to Philander and Morkel), a hundred in NZ against Boult and Southee (albeit this hundred was less meaningful) and 2 in Australia. He is a phenomenal talent.
 
Cant believe people compare shehzad to kohli !

Shehzad is just a wannabe kohli !

Top stuff from kohli in this test match ! What a champ !
 
Great players always tend to lose wickets to no name bowlers. Tendulkar-Hansie Cronjie in past and Kohli-Junaid now. Truly bizzare occurrences. :kohli
 
He's one of the reasons why I think India are among the favorites for the WC.

Unreal batsmen who can win you games regardless of how well you bat and put up.
 
This knock reminded me a lot of Sachin's 137 against Pak and in a good way
 
Nothing anyone can do when the other batsmen are complete morons
 
jusarrived said:
Wasnt Saha supposed to be the next best thing ?

I was expecting him to score a hundred like you predicted .
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Yes, because Dhoni would surely have. I really don't seen the harm in at least trying someone instead of sticking with something which is not clicking. If not Saha then someone else. After all we pardoned Dhoni's overseas failures for so many years and then we are judging someone on their first match of an overseas tour?
 
I am super impressed with Saha

1. Looked comfortable last innings and I heard he got out unluckily
2. Looked GREAT in this innings and got a touch too excited
 
I didnt watch a single ball of the match but i guess it makes it easier.
Near loses are always heart breaking.
 
Virat Kohli's 141 today at Adelaide is one of the best innings ever in a 4th innings or in a losing cause in the history of the game.It was a magnificient exhibition of controlled strokeplay like an architect and artist rolled into one.Some of the most audacious drives were executed against the turning ball.Full marks to him for going for a win against all odds and above all winning a victory for test cricket as a whole.
 
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