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The problem with Kohli in IPL is that he is not able to dominate the show or put himself in a commanding position in the team because there are more players more talented and better than him.

This is not the case when he is playing in India. He is at his best when he is able to run the show alone and others play second fiddle to him. With the emergence of Rahul and Rohit establishing himself as one of world's premier, his form has taken a hit while playing for India also.
 
Ab Fan said:
The problem with Kohli in IPL is that he is not able to dominate the show or put himself in a commanding position in the team because there are more players more talented and better than him.

This is not the case when he is playing in India. He is at his best when he is able to run the show alone and others play second fiddle to him. With the emergence of Rahul and Rohit establishing himself as one of world's premier, his form has taken a hit while playing for India also.
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that's the case with smith tbh not kohli.

kohli is just in poor form.
 
Ab Fan said:
The problem with Kohli in IPL is that he is not able to dominate the show or put himself in a commanding position in the team because there are more players more talented and better than him.

This is not the case when he is playing in India. He is at his best when he is able to run the show alone and others play second fiddle to him. With the emergence of Rahul and Rohit establishing himself as one of world's premier, his form has taken a hit while playing for India also.
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KL Rahul established as one of the world's premier ? DO you mean IPL ? because he is just avg in international cricket..
 
3, 1, 14 – These are Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli’s scores in IPL 2020 so far. RCB would like to believe this a lull before the storm and the storm might just come in their next match against Rajasthan Royals in Abu Dhabi.

Kohli, who is the leading run-scorer of the IPL, has a chance to make history against the Royals. Kohli is 82 runs from completing 9,000 runs in T20s.

If he does find form and scores those 82 runs on Saturday then he would become the first Indian player to get to the landmark.

Overall Kohli would become the 7th batsman to get to 9000 T20 runs.

In 269 innings, Kohli has 8918 runs in T20s at an average of 40.72 and a strike rate of 134.24 with five hundreds and 64 fifties to his name.

In IPL, he has 5430 runs in 180 matches – the most. But the RCB captain is the only one in this IPL in their top four comprising Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Kohli, and AB de Villiers – not to register a 50-plus score.

RCB too have had a mixed start to the tournament. While they have registered important victories against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians, they did suffer a crushing defeat against Kings XI Punjab.

Both Kohli and RCB would look to stamp their authority against RR, who have struggled with their bowling at the death.

Kohli’s biggest concern, however, would be to tackle England’s Jofra Archer. The right-arm pacer generated some serious pace in the last match against KKR and he will be looking unsettle Kohli at the beginning.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...00-t20-runs/story-vW2NEX1rUqSSQ3QdpuoPsI.html
 
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli roared back to form by achieving a historical feat in IPL 2020 on Saturday. Kohli became the first cricketer to get to 5500 IPL runs on his way to his maiden fifty off just 41 balls against Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League match No.15 in Abu Dhabi.


Kohli remained unbeaten on 72 off 53 balls. He hit seven fours and two sixes in his innings to help RCB register a comfortable 8 wicket win over the Royals.

The RCB captain currently sits at top of the IPL highest run-scorer’s list with 5502 runs to his name in 181 matches at average of 37.68 and a strike rate of 131.8.

Kohli, who had scores of 3, 1 and 14 in this IPL before coming in to this match and was under a lot of pressure both as a leader and also as RCB’s No.3.

Like a true champion Kohli answered his critics with the bat. He took his time at the beginning, left a couple of teasing deliveries outside off from Jofra Archer to get his eye in.

Devdutt Padikkal’s blitz at the other end, allowed him to get settled and then go for his shots.

Kohli stitched a 99-run stand with Padikkal after Aaron Finch was dismissed early. Kohli carried on and finished the game with AB de Villiers for company. RCB chased down the 155-run target with five balls to spare.

Earlier, a late onslaught by Rahul Tewatia and a gutsy knock by Mahipal Lomror powered Rajasthan Royals to post a total of 154 runs in their allotted 20 overs against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) here at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Saturday.

Tewatia smashed three sixes and scored 24 runs at a strike of 200 to take Royals over 150 run mark. Royals smashed 37 runs in their last three overs.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...than-royals/story-zcyqUN6VYZaNYQa8VL9oQO.html
 
 
Virat Kohli first Indian to reach 9000 T20 runs, seventh player overall

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli became the first Indian player to cross 9000 runs in T20 cricket when he scored his 10th run against Delhi Capitals (DC) in an IPL game at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Monday.

The Indian national team skipper had scored 8990 runs from 285 games at an average of 41.05 and strike rate of 134.25 in the shortest format prior to the DC outing. He has five hundreds and 65 fifties in T20s, playing for India, RCB and the Delhi domestic side.

Chris Gayle (West Indies - 13296 runs), Kieron Pollard (WI - 10370), Shoaib Malik (Pakistan - 9926), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand - 9922), David Warner (Australia - 9451) and Aaron Finch (AU - 9148) are the six players ahead of Kohli in the list.

The 31-year-old Indian superstar currently has 70 fifty-plus scores in the format (third-most), and also holds the third-best T20 average among all players. He's accumulated 5512 runs in his IPL career so far.

Earlier in the match, Delhi had set Bangalore a target of 197, thanks mainly to a Marcus Stoinis 53 and a Prithvi Shaw 42. In reply, RCB lost both its openers -- Finch and Devdutt Padikkal -- cheaply. Kohli reached the milestone with a delightful leg glance off a Harshal Patel half-volley on his pads

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...yle-pollard-warner-malik/article32775009.ece#
 
 
Struggled again today.

Feeling the pressure it seems this season at the IPL.
 
Kohli last four inngs vs CSK:
18(15)
8(11)
6(12)
9(8)

but doing better today
 
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Best innings of the tournament on a very difficult pitch. But some posters like to say he is finished. :misbah
 
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Scoring 90-plus against most oppositions in IPL

8 - VIRAT KOHLI
7 - Chris Gayle
6 - David Warner
5 - Shane Watson
4 - AB de Villiers
 
Virat Kohli is the first player to score 6000 runs for a team in the shortest format.

Most runs for a team in T20 cricket:-
6003* - VIRAT KOHLI for RCB
5369 - Suresh Raina for CSK
4517 - Luke Wright for Sussex
4409 - MS Dhoni for CSK
4212 - Rohit Sharma for MI
 
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Virat been batting like some 40 year old has-been in this IPL - struggling to even time the ball properly. Very scratchy, almost Dhoni-esq, at times.
 
tyron_woodley said:
that's the case with smith tbh not kohli.

kohli is just in poor form.
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We are so used to see his consistency that his failures surprise us. I personally feel Kohli has lost that fire in him to be the beast on field. With marriage, pregnancy he seems content in life. His driving force to be the best was his insecurity. Now he seems satisfied with life.
 
kohli is filthy rich. He doesnt have anything to prove. Hopefully the fire still burns though. i want us to win the test ICC tournament even though the format is sort of rubbish for the preliminary finals.

Kohli though hasnt hit a six in a while ? or do i just miss that part? where is the power?
 
 
Finishes IPL 2020 with a Strike Rate of 121.35.

Out of the top 25 run scorers in the IPL this year only 21 year old Shubman Gill has a lower SR and 39 year old Shane Watson.

What a sad decline.
 
iPakistani said:
Finishes IPL 2020 with a Strike Rate of 121.35.

Out of the top 25 run scorers in the IPL this year only 21 year old Shubman Gill has a lower SR and 39 year old Shane Watson.

What a sad decline.
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Where are the critisizers at that bashed babar for having a 125 sr in uae.
 
He is already 32 and only has played 80 odd tests. Assuming he plays until like 37, I doubt he will go anywhere the greatness or longevity of other India legends like Sachin, Gavaskar, Dravid, etc. He is going to end up on around VVS Laxman level, at least in tests.
 
HappyWarsFan said:
He is already 32 and only has played 80 odd tests. Assuming he plays until like 37, I doubt he will go anywhere the greatness or longevity of other India legends like Sachin, Gavaskar, Dravid, etc. He is going to end up on around VVS Laxman level, at least in tests.
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Yea how about no. He plays 3 formats so it's much harder for Kohli to dominate than those players from past era. he will go down as one of the best ever.
 
HappyWarsFan said:
He is already 32 and only has played 80 odd tests. Assuming he plays until like 37, I doubt he will go anywhere the greatness or longevity of other India legends like Sachin, Gavaskar, Dravid, etc. He is going to end up on around VVS Laxman level, at least in tests.
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He’ll end up in Tendulkar’s level regardless of how many less runs he scores than him in Tests. Comfortably ahead of Dravid though.
 
Kohli is a good test batsmen but Tendulkar at its peak was averaging 60 as batsmen and at age of 25 was averaging close to 58.

Kohli averaged 45 at the same age. So, IMO, he is not comparable to Tendulkar, the test batsmen.
 
HappyWarsFan said:
He is already 32 and only has played 80 odd tests. Assuming he plays until like 37, I doubt he will go anywhere the greatness or longevity of other India legends like Sachin, Gavaskar, Dravid, etc. He is going to end up on around VVS Laxman level, at least in tests.
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When did Laxman dominate a series in Australia, England, and South Africa?
 
Ab Fan said:
Kohli is a good test batsmen but Tendulkar at its peak was averaging 60 as batsmen and at age of 25 was averaging close to 58.

Kohli averaged 45 at the same age. So, IMO, he is not comparable to Tendulkar, the test batsmen.
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This.
 
Australian great Steve Waugh said Tuesday he was surprised and disappointed that India captain Virat Kohli will miss three Tests to be at the birth of his first child, with his absence detracting from the blockbuster series.

The 32-year-old and his Bollywood star wife Anushka Sharma are expecting a child in January, and Kohli has been given permission by the Indian cricket board to return home after the first Test in Adelaide, which begins on December 17.

While the absence of the superstar batsman could improve Australia's chances of regaining the Border-Gavaskar trophy, it is a blow to broadcasters and cricket chiefs already feeling the effects of a pandemic-affected year.

"I'm a little bit disappointed he's not going to be there -- and a bit surprised," former skipper Waugh, who played 168 Tests, told AFP.

"This was really shaping up as one the key series of his whole career after he's achieved just about everything. But obviously family comes first."

India are due leave this week for Australia, where they will spend two weeks in quarantine in Sydney before the first one-day international on November 27.

Kohli will lead India in three ODIs, three Twenty20 internationals and the first Test -- a day-night match in Adelaide -- before heading home.

The second Test starts in Melbourne on December 26 followed by matches in Sydney on January 7 and Brisbane on January 15, all played under strict bio-security protocols.

Waugh said Kohli's absence "does take away from the series", but Australia would much rather he played.

"It's a bit like a couple of years ago when India won without (David) Warner or (Steve) Smith in the side," he said.

"You really want to win against the best possible opposition, particularly when this is like the heavyweight title fight."

Cricket Australia interim chief executive Nick Hockley put a brave face on Kohli's decision, telling Sydney radio station SEN "it was always on the cards".

"We're thrilled Virat is coming out for three ODIs, three T20s, the first-ever day-night Test against India, and we have to respect the fact he wants to be there for the birth of his first child," he said, while also admitting it was a huge disappointment.

While Kohli will miss part of the series, another key batsman, Rohit Sharma, has been added to the Test squad after being initially left out because of injury worries.

Waugh said the Indian side remained a top-quality outfit.

"They're a dangerous opponent even without Kohli and I think it's going to be a tightly contested series," he said, pinpointing Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane as dangermen.

"I don't think there will be much between the sides."
 
Behind the mask, which Virat Kohli has arrived in Australia?

Australian fans have seen the full spectrum from Virat Kohli. From the brash 23-year-old who on his first visit flipped the bird to the SCG crowd, to the captain of the game's biggest nation who won admirers the cricket world over for his plea with fans to cheer instead of jeer Steve Smith.

The battle between the devil on one shoulder and the angel on the other is best illustrated thus: he was bestowed with the ICC's Spirit of Cricket award at a time when he was one demerit point away from an international suspension.

In the space of nine years, Kohli has morphed from the villain local fans love to hate to the centrepiece of how Australian cricket's $300 million summer is being marketed.

So much so that local hero Smith is not the selling point for Fox Sports. Instead, it's Kohli: "The ruling king of world cricket"; "the best all-round batsman there's ever been"; "the best of the best".

In an age when professional athletes are trained to be like robots lest they say or do anything that gives the opposition extra ammunition, Kohli thrives on conflict. It gets him into the contest.

Not a series goes by between Australia and India where he is not involved in a flashpoint. Whether he is to blame can be debated, but Kohli is the common denominator.

He knows how to get under the skin of the Australians. In the fiery tour of 2017, his claims of systemic cheating of the DRS by Smith prompted then Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland to issue a statement slamming Kohli's comments as "outrageous". His argy-bargy with Tim Paine in Perth two years ago left Justin Langer bemoaning the "double standards" at play in regards to the expectations of Australia's behaviour after the ball-tampering scandal.

Yet, weeks later after he became the first man to lead India to a series win in Australia, Kohli spoke with decorum and grace, saying the historic victory would inspire kids to want to play cricket for their country.

Luminaries of the game from Glenn McGrath - whose charity is synonymous with the Sydney Test - to former leading umpire Simon Taufel have noted Kohli's humility.

Former Australia captain Mark Taylor recalls a story from the 2014 series where Kohli extended beyond the alotted time an interview at Adelaide Oval that had been interrupted for several minutes by the ground's PA system.

"That showed to me he's a guy who thinks about the game and not about himself," Taylor says.

Accepting the notion Kohli could be the most powerful figure in the game, Taylor believes it's a title that sits well with the player.

"I think he treats that responsibility with great respect," Taylor says. "He's still very much his own person when you watch him play.

"I've always found him in the times I've spoken to him to be very respectful to the game and those playing it and those who have played it.

"I think he is a very powerful guy in world cricket, but I think he does a very good job to walk that fine line in being an aggressive cricketer and also a statesman. I think he's doing it very well."

The change in Kohli has come after a period during which his power in Indian cricket grew significantly.

His relationship with coach Anil Kumble, under whom he played as a youngster with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, became so strained that the former leg-spin great stood down despite leading India to the top of the world Test rankings
The dressing room was not big enough for two powerbrokers. The acrimony behind the scenes came to light in an email leaked to Cricinfo in which Kumble described his partnership with Kohli as "untenable", writing the "captain had reservations with my 'style' and about my continuing as the head coach".

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a source then holding a high position at the Board of Control for Cricket in India said players were uncomfortable with Kumble's unilateral decision making.

Under the current set-up, coach Ravi Shastri manages behind the scenes, but Kohli calls the shots.

Former Test great Greg Chappell, who coached India from 2005-07, says Kohli is a "true leader".

"He has strong views, he's quite happy to speak those views, he's quite happy to put himself out there and back himself to back up his words," Chappell says. "I think he's certainly one of the best players and one of the most influential players in world cricket at the moment."

Kohli will play the white-ball series and the first Test before he returns home for the birth of he and wife Anushka's first child, a decision for which he has been applauded.
Unfortunately for cricket lovers, the man who has come to define recent Border-Gavaskar series will be gone for the season's major fixtures. He and Paine may as well say hello and wave goodbye when they meet at the coin toss in Adelaide.

Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann is expecting Kohli to be invested in the first Test even if he is not seeing out the series.

"That's just the way he plays; he plays full of energy and doesn't want to lose," Lehmann says. "He always pushes the boundaries, but that's what great players do. He wants to win every game. That was one of the more fiery ones [2017 series] going around in recent years."

While former captain Michael Clarke fears Kohli's absence from the showcase series as a "massive punch in the face" for Test cricket, Chappell believes the game will be strong as long he is at the helm.

"He loves Test cricket and while he's playing India will treat Test cricket with respect because he has a big say in Indian cricket. That's a good thing," Chappell says.

"If you have a captain of India who is not interested in Test cricket that will impact the scene. Virat loves Test cricket, he champions Test cricket, and while that's happening India will play Test cricket."
 
I have never read Sydney Morning Herald praise some foreign player so much in my past 20 years of reading this paper.
I still remember back in 2000's it used to be filled with snarky commentary, mainly on the best opposition players.. be it Sachin, Alastair Cook or Wasim and Shoaib. The so called mental disintegration used to start with TV and newspapers piling on the visiting team.
Ahh... how the times have changed.
 
"If you have a captain of India who is not interested in Test cricket that will impact the scene"

Ian Chappell believes the game will be strong as long he is at the helm.

"He loves Test cricket and while he's playing India will treat Test cricket with respect because he has a big say in Indian cricket. That's a good thing," Chappell says.

"If you have a captain of India who is not interested in Test cricket that will impact the scene. Virat loves Test cricket, he champions Test cricket, and while that's happening India will play Test cricket.

this is an excerpt from Sydney Morning Herald.

Is Chappeli correct ?
 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
I have never read Sydney Morning Herald praise some foreign player so much in my past 20 years of reading this paper.
I still remember back in 2000's it used to be filled with snarky commentary, mainly on the best opposition players.. be it Sachin, Alastair Cook or Wasim and Shoaib. The so called mental disintegration used to start with TV and newspapers piling on the visiting team.
Ahh... how the times have changed.
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According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Virat Kohli is the selling point of FOX Sports.

Tagline for Kohli by FOX:
•The ruling king of world cricket.
•The best all-round batsman there's ever been.
•The best of the best.
 
Virat Kohli to donate all earnings from sanitization product to charity fighting malnutrition

India captain Virat Kohli, who is the brand ambassador of Vize, a sanitation product, will donate all the profit from the sale to charity organization Raah Foundation.

The donation to Raah Foundation will help feed 10,000 underprivileged malnourished children in Maharashtra. "I'm glad to be a part of this initiative which aims to fight against malnutrition in India through my earnings from Vize," Kohli was quoted.

"As sportspersons, we athletes are recipients of much love and hero-worship. But in these difficult times, it is the Covid-19 warriors who are the true heroes who are putting their lives at risk to save the others. I feel excited to be associated with Vize because it is my way of expressing solidarity with fellow Indians," he said.

Every Vize product sold will help feed a malnourished child as Kohli has committed to donate all his earnings to the fight against malnutrition. Through the Virat Kohli Foundation's CSR initiative 10,000 malnourished children in Maharashtra are supposed to be fed, said the release.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/virat-koh... donate all,brand ambassador, said on Tuesday.
 
Man what a transformation.. Kudos to BCCI as well who nurture and groom the talent..
If you are willing to work hard and stay grounded, they provide you everything to succeed.

I love the Sandals he is wearing.. :rp.. it used to be my footwear of choice as well in those Hot north indian summers..

 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
I have never read Sydney Morning Herald praise some foreign player so much in my past 20 years of reading this paper.
I still remember back in 2000's it used to be filled with snarky commentary, mainly on the best opposition players.. be it Sachin, Alastair Cook or Wasim and Shoaib. The so called mental disintegration used to start with TV and newspapers piling on the visiting team.
Ahh... how the times have changed.
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Well their boys need IPL contracts plus Virat is a Marquee figure. Virat can buy all several BBL franchize teams if he wanted to.

Sachin I don't think was disrespected. Snarky commentary yes but that's only cause those Asian teams were soft.

No more. The young guns from India will give it back and they became a very professional ruthless side post 2014. Fitness is taken seriously.
 
Michael Vaughan said his son is a huge Virat Kohli fan and has asked him to wake him up whenever the Indian batsman comes to bat.

Michael Vaughan highlights Virat Kohli's powerful impact on kids: My son says when he bats, just wake me up.
"My little boy is a little player and all he does is, always says to me, when Virat comes out to bat, just wake me up. As soon as Virat goes out getting caught at midwicket, he goes back inside to do something else. He's that powerful with the kids. When you see shots like that fly off the middle of the bat without any real effort or doesn't seem like any much effort going into the stroke - it's just flying into the stands. He’s a special player, he's an absolute genius," Michael Vaughan told Cricbuzz.

"The one thing I don't worry about with Virat Kohli is his batting. There is no concern about his batting whatsoever. He is a wonderful player, he's the best of the era across the formats, there are no doubts about that," Vaughan said.

Vaughan said that Kohli is still in supreme form - and once he gets a hundred, he will go on to get 3-4 more.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan highlighted Virat Kohli's powerful impact on kids as he said his son is a big fan of Kohli and asks Vaughan to wake him up when the India skipper comes out to bat. Vaughan said Virat Kohli is an absolute genius when it comes to batting and there is no reason for anyone to worry about India skipper's lean patch with centuries.

"I worry about those three Tests that India have without him. I don't see India being able to win those Tests without the Virat Kohli factor. He is that important for that Test team. His 100s will come. Once he gets one, probably he would get 3-or-4 together, he's that good," Vaughan added.

https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cr...y little boy is a,inside to do something else.
 
All these people have jinxed Virat big time with their OTT praises and Kohli himself is struggling to cope with it now. During his early years, Kohli was that unknown guy and his USP was natural aggression. But as he grew, cringe worthy OTT praises grew as well and he had to curb his natural flair to satisfy everyone, become the guy he is not and it is impacting his batting big time.

Vaughan is saying his son is Virat fan, the other day Warner said the same thing in twitter. He even posted a video of his kids wearing Virat shirt to testify it :))

On this ongoing Ind-Aus series, commentators are not even calling him Virat Kohli anymore. Its all King Kohli did this....king Kohli did that. It appears that other 10 Indian players dont matter at all and its only about him. During the mid innings break, they put a caption - "King Kohli Chase coming up next". :facepalm:

Then Channel 7 is moaning of loses just because Kohli is leaving after 1 test. Same thing Star did during Asia cup 2018 when he didnt play.

Kohli's immense popularity and stardom slowly becoming a burden for himself and for the team. Most Indian players are also overawed by him.

Need the old unclouth Delhi ka Kohli back.
 
Rajdeep said:
Kohli's immense popularity and stardom slowly becoming a burden for himself and for the team. Most Indian players are also overawed by him.

Need the old unclouth Delhi ka Kohli back.
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True.:(
Hope he will re discover, not expecting much, I just wanna see two big seasons before he retires.
 
Rajdeep said:
All these people have jinxed Virat big time with their OTT praises and Kohli himself is struggling to cope with it now. During his early years, Kohli was that unknown guy and his USP was natural aggression. But as he grew, cringe worthy OTT praises grew as well and he had to curb his natural flair to satisfy everyone, become the guy he is not and it is impacting his batting big time.

Vaughan is saying his son is Virat fan, the other day Warner said the same thing in twitter. He even posted a video of his kids wearing Virat shirt to testify it :))

On this ongoing Ind-Aus series, commentators are not even calling him Virat Kohli anymore. Its all King Kohli did this....king Kohli did that. It appears that other 10 Indian players dont matter at all and its only about him. During the mid innings break, they put a caption - "King Kohli Chase coming up next". :facepalm:

Then Channel 7 is moaning of loses just because Kohli is leaving after 1 test. Same thing Star did during Asia cup 2018 when he didnt play.

Kohli's immense popularity and stardom slowly becoming a burden for himself and for the team. Most Indian players are also overawed by him.

Need the old unclouth Delhi ka Kohli back.
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That's true and this is what separates Kohli from the likes of SRT and Dhoni.
 
Virat Kohli from his debut till date has only 2 calendar years without scoring an ODI century, 2008 and 2020.
Virat Kohli's ODI Centuries

2008 - 0
2009 - 1
2010 - 3
2011 - 4
2012 - 5
2013 - 4
2014 - 4
2015 - 2
2016 - 3
2017 - 6
2018 - 6
2019 - 5
2020 - 0
 
Fastest to 12000 ODI runs

Kohli - 242 Inngs*
Sachin - 300 Inngs
Ponting - 314 Inngs
Sangakkara - 336 Inngs
Jayasuriya - 379 Inngs
Jayawardene - 399 Inngs
 
Khole recently doesn't seem to be in the game. He is playing yet it feels like he isn't. So many soft dismissals and zero fight. Looks like Cricket isn't his passion as it used to be. Wouldnt be surprised if he chooses for relatively early retirement.
 
Virat Kohli as captain has won the T20 series in Australia, England, New Zealand & South Africa - First Indian captain to achieve this.
 
Virat Kohli is the only Asian captain who won series in all 3 formats as a captain in Australia.
 
Virat Kohli completed 600 T20I runs against Australia!
Most T20i runs against Australia!
600* - 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐢
378 - Jp Duminy

Most T20I runs against an Opponent:
600* - Virat vs AUS
550 - Finch vs ENG
543 - Stirling vs AFG
519 - Rohit vs WI
501 - Virat vs WI
 
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Overseas captains leading in Test, ODI & T20I series wins in Australia

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Virat Kohli
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Virat Kohli 🗣️ "I'll send <a href="https://twitter.com/ABdeVilliers17?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABdeVilliers17</a> a text tonight, and I'll see what he thinks of that shot."<br><br>😂<a href="https://t.co/DPefOPZirP">pic.twitter.com/DPefOPZirP</a></p>— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) <a href="https://twitter.com/WisdenIndia/status/1335555798726930437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Gabbar Singh said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Virat Kohli 🗣️ "I'll send <a href="https://twitter.com/ABdeVilliers17?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABdeVilliers17</a> a text tonight, and I'll see what he thinks of that shot."<br><br>😂<a href="https://t.co/DPefOPZirP">pic.twitter.com/DPefOPZirP</a></p>— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) <a href="https://twitter.com/WisdenIndia/status/1335555798726930437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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That's one of the best looking paddle sweeps.i have seen from anyone at the highest level. He's learnt well from ABD.

I would prefer him sticking to conventional shots though. It's the one thing that made him eventually a greater batsman than ABD, fact thag he does not throw away his priced wicket by attempting some Mickey mouse shot like this
 
freelance_cricketer said:
That's one of the best looking paddle sweeps.i have seen from anyone at the highest level. He's learnt well from ABD.

I would prefer him sticking to conventional shots though. It's the one thing that made him eventually a greater batsman than ABD, fact thag he does not throw away his priced wicket by attempting some Mickey mouse shot like this
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Very good post tottally agree
 
Kohli seems very distracted these days, maybe it's because he's going to be a father or maybe he's lost passion for the game, not sure.
 
It was a fine inning and this is how Kohli bats in T20 format. So, people shouldn't call him "selfish". Basically, his game is such where he may get stuck in middle overs but still has enough gears required for T20 cricket.

Now, what India needs is to back couple of explosive players in middle order. One is Pandya and the other one they still have to look for, Samson can be backed more games as Pant's form is poor currently.

Shreyas or Manish are not suited to 20-20 cricket. Play them in ODIs only.
 
Ab Fan said:
It was a fine inning and this is how Kohli bats in T20 format. So, people shouldn't call him "selfish". Basically, his game is such where he may get stuck in middle overs but still has enough gears required for T20 cricket.

Now, what India needs is to back couple of explosive players in middle order. One is Pandya and the other one they still have to look for, Samson can be backed more games as Pant's form is poor currently.

Shreyas or Manish are not suited to 20-20 cricket. Play them in ODIs only.
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It was not a fine innings by any strech. He let the RRR go to around 15 while tuck tucking the whole innings. That also puts pressure on the others and they lost their wickets.
 
Most runs in Australia by Indian

3300 - Sachin Tendulkar
3000 - Virat Kohli*
1788 - Rohit Sharma
1703 - VVS Laxman
1688 - Rahul Dravid
 
He is clearly not what he used to be. But still a mighty fine player.
 
Mobashir said:
It was not a fine innings by any strech. He let the RRR go to around 15 while tuck tucking the whole innings. That also puts pressure on the others and they lost their wickets.
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lol, I am no Kohli fan but the RRR never went to around 15 before wickets started falling. It went a bit to 11-12 with around 9 overs left but he made up with a few hitting later.

Unless someone is as good a striker as Polly or Russell or AB, they can't chase 190 alone. Kohli held one end and batted at a very good rate, needed someone from other end to play explosive knocks.

However, Kohli certainly showcassed that he has a much better T20 game than tuk-tuk Steve Smith who was tuk-tuking in his home conditions against bowlers like Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar.
 
Ab Fan said:
lol, I am no Kohli fan but the RRR never went to around 15 before wickets started falling. It went a bit to 11-12 with around 9 overs left but he made up with a few hitting later.

Unless someone is as good a striker as Polly or Russell or AB, they can't chase 190 alone. Kohli held one end and batted at a very good rate, needed someone from other end to play explosive knocks.

However, Kohli certainly showcased that he has a much better T20 game than tuk-tuk Steve Smith who was tuk-tuking in his home conditions against bowlers like Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar.
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Leave him, he don't know today's match situation.

Other Top 5 Batsman scored - 38(33)
Virat Kohli - 85(60)
 
He's not explosive enough as a T20 batsman. The inning looked good but it lacked impact. Had he scored his runs quicker and taken ownership of power hitting, India could have won.
 
Average of Virat Kohli moves back to 50+ in T20I - he has 50+ average in all formats
 
Ab Fan said:
lol, I am no Kohli fan but the RRR never went to around 15 before wickets started falling. It went a bit to 11-12 with around 9 overs left but he made up with a few hitting later.

Unless someone is as good a striker as Polly or Russell or AB, they can't chase 190 alone. Kohli held one end and batted at a very good rate, needed someone from other end to play explosive knocks.

However, Kohli certainly showcassed that he has a much better T20 game than tuk-tuk Steve Smith who was tuk-tuking in his home conditions against bowlers like Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar.
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King_Kohli said:
Leave him, he don't know today's match situation.

Other Top 5 Batsman scored - 38(33)
Virat Kohli - 85(60)
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At the end of the 12th over Kohli reached a 41-ball 50 and the RRR was 12 and India was just 2 down. His last bounday at the time was already 20-plus ball earlier. It's normal that wickets fell, as he was literraly sleeping on the wicket.
That's a poor innings.
 
Ab Fan said:
lol, I am no Kohli fan but the RRR never went to around 15 before wickets started falling. It went a bit to 11-12 with around 9 overs left but he made up with a few hitting later.

Unless someone is as good a striker as Polly or Russell or AB, they can't chase 190 alone. Kohli held one end and batted at a very good rate, needed someone from other end to play explosive knocks.

However, Kohli certainly showcassed that he has a much better T20 game than tuk-tuk Steve Smith who was tuk-tuking in his home conditions against bowlers like Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar.
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This!

Well said. Kohli was fine today, just that he didn't have support at the end.
 
Madplayer said:
He is clearly not what he used to be. But still a mighty fine player.
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He had a worse dip in 2015 across formats and people thought he had peaked too early in his career, but then he produced one of all the time great peaks from 2016 to 2018.

Not to forget how he was written off after the England tour in 2014 when people thought he will not be able to mentally recover.

Some people are acting if he is 36-37 and playing on his last legs. He is still 32, and it is genuine 32 - if he was in Pakistan, he would be 28 year old today and dreaming of playing for another 10-12 years.

I cannot think of any all-time great batsman at Kohli’s level who was washed up by 32. Sure he has played more cricket in a short period of time compared to those guys, but he is still also super fit and his dedication and work ethic are almost unmatched.

I think he will have another peak before he retires in 5-6 years. Unless this mini downturn doesn’t stretch for another 1-2 years, I don’t think Indian fans have anything to worry about.
 
If he doesn't get a hundred in the pink ball Test , then this will be the first time since his debut year (2008) that he had gone a full calendar year without an international hundred.
 
Mesozoic said:
If he doesn't get a hundred in the pink ball Test , then this will be the first time since his debut year (2008) that he had gone a full calendar year without an international hundred.
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It's his favourite Aussie ground, let's see what he can produce across 2 innings.
 
Varun said:
It's his favourite Aussie ground, let's see what he can produce across 2 innings.
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If the wicket is anything like it was against Pakistan last year (where even Yasir Shah smoked a hundred), then i think he could get it comfortably. But it's highly unlikely that they'll prepare a road against India.

And Kohli doesn't look as "switched on" right now to play a long innings on a tough wicket like he was back in 2018.
 
Mesozoic said:
If the wicket is anything like it was against Pakistan last year (where even Yasir Shah smoked a hundred), then i think he could get it comfortably. But it's highly unlikely that they'll prepare a road against India.
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Australia have no idea how to prepare a proper cricket pitch. I fully expect it to be their latest Concrete Slab (TM) v87.5.6.2.

Whether our batsmen - including Kohli - take full advantage of it and surpass whatever Smith scores on that is what we need to wait to see.
 
Smbhayi said:
Problem with Babar he didn't show (yet) he can play faster when needed..
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Watch his scores and style of play in the last SA vs Pak t20 series and then get let me see if you have the same take.
 
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Smbhayi said:
Problem with Babar he didn't show (yet) he can play faster when needed..
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Have you seen his strike rate in t20s and in odis its actually better than what people think.

Strike rate in odis
2019 92
Strike rate in t20
2019 137
2020 144

Kohli
In odis
2019 96
In t20s
2019 147
2020 141
 
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