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Virat Kohli - The Mega Discussion

He's turning into the new Tendu in ODIs, still needs to prove it in Tests but he has everything to be a success there as well.
 
He is a complete batsman.

You can see him as a hybrid of Sachin ( solid technique), Sehwaq ( aggression), Laxman ( wrirsty) and Dravid ( temperament ) , ..who need all these four batsmen when you can get all in one?
 
The best batsman in ODIs currently. He has a bright future ahead of him. Just don't like his attitude. It is a bit OTT.
 
Wait....future great?! :))

Come on, the guy averages 32 in test cricket, and half the games he's played were against Windies in India and the other half were on dead pitches in Australia.

Yet he's a "ATG?"

He'll get to about Yuvraj Singh good and thats about it.
 
He is a complete batsman.

You can see him as a hybrid of Sachin ( solid technique), Sehwaq ( aggression), Laxman ( wrirsty) and Dravid ( temperament ) , ..who need all these four batsmen when you can get all in one?
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Temprament?! The guy's played 15 test innings and scored less than 400 runs.
 
No doubt would end up as an ODI legend - and finding his grove in test arena too. Above all really awesome to watch.

Tipping him of being future ATG too.
 
greekscavenger said:
Wait....future great?! :))

Come on, the guy averages 32 in test cricket, and half the games he's played were against Windies in India and the other half were on dead pitches in Australia.

Yet he's a "ATG?"

He'll get to about Yuvraj Singh good and thats about it.
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:))) :)))
He is not a GTB like Jimmy anderson :ajmal
 
navroks123 said:
7 hundreds while Chasing

5 Hundreds while chasing 270 +

and all are wins..

He is that Good !!!!
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Can't wait for Sehwag to be back at his best.. that would be one heck of a batting line-up// chase 400 ? no problem.. :afridi
 
Right up there, currently he is not a potential but along with Amla, AB De Villiers, Clarke, and Sangakarra the best in the world in ODI cricket.

Right now I would say has an edge over some of these guys in terms of temperament to chase such massive targets! Unbelievable chase, never seen a better ODI innings whilst chasing in terms of timing, momentum, and shot selection.
 
He is not a GTB like Jimmy anderson
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No, he's a nothing bully.

Can't even bully West Indies on highways in India.

Tim Bresnan has played against stronger attacks on harder surfaces and has scored only 71 runs less in 8 less innings.

:))):))):))):)))
 
He is not a GTB like Jimmy anderson
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No, he's a nothing bully.

Can't even bully West Indies on highways in India.

Tim Bresnan has played against stronger attacks on harder surfaces and has scored only 71 runs less in 8 less innings.

:))):))):))):)))
 
Phenomenal rise, really hope he continues to entertain us with such breathtaking batting. Its not all about runs but the manner in which one scores them. Virat is a trailblazer that our game badly needs after the departure of some legendary batsmen.
 
It was quite a chanceless innings, barring that shot he played against Shahid that almost hit his stumps.
 
Khan6575 said:
I just watched the highlights of this match and this was one incredible innings, I don't think I have seen something similar from the time I started watching cricket and what makes Kohli more special is that he scores more runs when chasing under pressure than when bating first. Incredible batsman, single-handedly defeated us. Sometimes you just gotta take your hats off to the opposition and today is one of those days.
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He is in great form, knows how to construct an ODI innings BUT he is not the best batsman in the world
 
Impressed ever since England were thrashed in India. He went to Australia and after initially struggling with the conditions, adapted brilliantly to become India best batsman and a real thorn for the opposition sides.

He can be an all-time great if he can maintain this level. He is only 23... Very young for a batsman
 
23 year old with 11 outstanding centuries, chasing massive targets against highly-fancied attacks with 3500 runs already in odi cricket. Wow, just wow.

Put this in context people and you will see that many players considered great in odi cricket finish they're careers with around 10-15 centuries. This boy is just so special. As a cricket fan, I have felt over recent years that the golden age of batting has been coming to an end. This is a boy has all the qualities to end his career as a great and continue that golden age. Just needs to be careful that he doesn't get too big for his boots which his attitude suggests could easily happen. He needs to be guided in this respect by Tendulker and co.
 
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This guy is VERY VERY VERY SPECIAL, once in a generation kind of player and I am so thankful he was born in India.
 
Very impressive, would steal him if we could.

Can be one of the best in the future, has all the right tools and the guy is on the right track. Very pleasing to watch him go about his innings, just not against us though..
 
Am I the only one who was wishing he would not partake in the rest of the game when he went down in that collision?
 
Kohli = Dravid's Technique, Sachin's hunger for runs, Dhoni's nerve under pressure.
 
@Vivek_Chandra:

Ganguly:183 in 1999. Captain:2000 *

Dhoni:183 in 2005. Captain: 2007 *

Kohli:183 in 2012. Captain: Very Soon?"
 
When Saching JR retires, he will definitely retire as one of the INDIA's LEGEND and may even find his name in the INDIA's all time favorite Xl
 
That determination after scoring a hundred .... that it's not over

and staying till the end and scoring almost another hundred.... Priceless!!

Sorry but even the great Tendulkar cannot think of doing that....!!!
 
Kohli is special and Umar Akmal has nothing on him.
Said this an year ago and with todays performance vindicated
he's got an in your face attituude like sreesanth but i am ready to accept that because unlike sreesanth he backs it up with performances like these
 
No shame in loosing to a genius

Sometimes no matter how well you play there would be a genius in an opposition side who will take the game away from you.

Lara did this Ponting did it as well as Sachin I firmly believe Virat Kohli is a genius who will be spoken in the same breath as these names by the time he retires. Pakistan is not the only team that willl suffer in his hands. So instead of sulking just man up and appreciate this genius at work.
 
My mouth dropped on the cover drive (6:31) he played against Wahab.

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What a shot.
 
Agree, that was the best part about him. He didn't simply slog after reaching a 100..but decided that he will be the one to try and pull us across the finish line. Instincts like that cannot be taught in a coaching session.
 
ofcourse when you are on the field you try the best to get him out but when its his day its futile to curse your bowlers, captains or fieldiers because on his day he is just too good for the opposition. I would say similar for someone like Ajmal when its his day no batting line up will stand up to him you just hope when the next time we play India Kohli is off his game.
 
The way he played... he was after a point unstoppable. Not helped by mediocre fielding, bowling and captaincy, but you have to give credit where it is due. Kohli is probably the most dangerous ODI batsman in the world. He played a blinder vs SL in Australia and here vs us as well, to go with his countless other great innings in run chases.

I'm sure he will do well in tests as well - he was by far the best Indian in Australia in teh test series too, and that in a lineup with Dravid, Tendulkar etc. A legend in the making it seems.
 
You could see on the field when Pakistan were piling on the runs that the other 10 players had completely dropped their shoulders.

Yet, there was a glint in his eyes as he kept check on the scorecard, internalising and visualising how he will go about scoring these runs. You could sense he thinks he can chase down anything. That is half the battle won.

Btw - Indian fans, would you take his 12 centuries (large majority in winning causes) over Sachin's many more (in losing causes)?
 
If India are in the final what are the chances Kohli playing a simlier knock ?
What if this was the final? and Kohli played this innings? Think about it
maybe this was a blessing in disguise…..
 
Is a little harsh on Sachin I think, throughout the early-mid 90s he was also single handedly trying to do what Kohli is doing - without any support from any player of the calibre of Gambhir,Raina,Sharma or Dhoni. You'd laugh if you look at our line-up in the 96WC for instance.

Sachin is still and will always be a legend for us, but we have a good set of youngsters who are ready to take over - and Sachin should realise that age is catching up. We are all waiting to give him a befitting farewell.

Kohli has only burst into the scene(blossomed into a top batter)..lets see how long he does it for us. So far..loving it !
 
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Saqib S said:
You could see on the field when Pakistan were piling on the runs that the other 10 players had completely dropped their shoulders.

Yet, there was a glint in his eyes as he kept check on the scorecard, internalising and visualising how he will go about scoring these runs. You could sense he thinks he can chase down anything. That is half the battle won.

Btw - Indian fans, would you take his 12 centuries (large majority in winning causes) over Sachin's many more (in losing causes)?
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Did Hafeez and Jamshed hitting 100s y'day result in a Pak loss or was it the poor bowling effort/good batting by India?
 
Saqib S said:
Btw - Indian fans, would you take his 12 centuries (large majority in winning causes) over Sachin's many more (in losing causes)?
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I would take it. Only 1 of kohli's century resulted in loss. :19:
But sachin might not be responsible for our losses when he scores a hundred ( for ex:- desert storm century when we qualified for the finals but lost , and recently 1 vs SA and other vs Engerland,
But i would blame his 100th 100 )
 
Good time for Sachin bashers now. Kohli has given them wonderful reason. Let us watch Kohli for another three years and decide how far he is equal or greater than Sachin. But this guy is fearless and aggressive and his confidence levels have no end, I hope he carries on in the same vein. Virat really beleives in his own ability to chase any total and is how he is effecting record chases. Soon 400 against India may not be a safe target on such grounds!
 
It is true Kohli is a very very special player. Too good , you need good bowling to get him out. Has great temperament.
 
I liked what he said in interview once. "I am having a great phase now. there will be a time when i wont get a run. i will be totally out of form. so i might as well cash in now." he might be aggressive, foul mouthed, etc. but he has got a clever thinking head on his shoulders.
 
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7 Centuries whilst chasing!

Kohli has smashed 7 centuries whilst batting 2nd out of his 11.

Shows the belive and confidence he has.

Legend in the making!!
 
I do not know if anyone else has noticed this earlier.

Saurav Ganguly scored 183 vs SL in 1999 at a WC match in Taunton. He went on to become the Indian captain in 2000.

MS Dhoni scored 183* against SL at Jaipur in 2005. He went on to become the Indian captain in 2007.

Now, Virat Kohli has scored 183 against Pak in Bangladesh. Will he be the next Indian captain???
 
Views | The rage of Virat Kohli

If Tendulkar’s feats have come from an insatiable hunger for runs, Kohli seems to be driven by an inner rage. He must keep this anger focused

The first thing I noticed about Virat Kohli was his eyes. It was possibly 2009, and I was in a restaurant. The live telecast of a day/night ODI was on, on a giant screen. Kohli had taken stance, and the camera was focusing on Kohli’s face as he waited for the bowler to come in at him. His eyebrows were slightly bushy and had threatened to merge with each other, before deciding to let it be. The edges towards the ears were curved upwards in a hint of batwings. But the eyes were fascinating.

They were intensely focused and completely still. The world seemed to have been switched off, only the ball in the bowler’s hand mattered. Delivery after delivery, I found myself watching those eyes, as they went into an impregnable private zone every time the bowler was ready to come in. It was not the forehead-furrowing concentration of Ganguly, the grim caution of Dravid, not the confident attention that Tendulkar pays. I even remember telling a friend who was sitting with her back to the screen, to turn and observe those eyes. “This guy’s going to be a great batsman,” I told her. “He’s got something in him.”

I’m sure I’ve predicted that about a lot of batsmen, been proved off the mark by miles, and conveniently forgotten. The Kohli one, though, I remember distinctly, perhaps because I based it on nothing but his eyes.

Of course, Kohli took a bit of time getting into the groove. In his first eight ODIs, he scored 177 runs, at an average of 29.5, with only one 50. But after he got first century in his 14th game, it’s been a hundred every seven matches, and a 50 every fourth one. That is, he has been scoring at least a half-century every third game (every 2.54 games to be precise, which means two 50+ scores every five games). He scored more runs in ODIs last year than any other batsman in the world, and had the second highest aggregate the year before. He is also the fastest ever to reach the 10-century landmark in ODIs, and the fourth fastest to reach 3000 runs (Weirdly enough, Tendulkar is 36th on that list! Sidhu, Ganguly, Gambhir, Dravid and Dhoni are ahead of him).

As he was demolishing the Pakistan attack last night at Dhaka and scoring a truly magnificent 183, three friends messaged me that Kohli was going to break Tendulkar’s ODI records.

I have many easily excitable friends. At 7,000 runs, Tendulkar rises to fifth fastest, then maintains second position at 8,000 and 9,000 (Ganguly tops these two lists), and then rules from 10,000 upwards.

There is an anger inside Kohli that bursts out into the open very easily. His foul-mouthedness has been much talked about. He has admitted in an interview that his mother has spoken to him about this. He celebrated his first test century with a string of screamed abuse; in fact he was so busy swearing that, as Ian Chappell in the commentary box pointed out, he clean forgot that there was a second run to be taken. Since then—well, it’s actually been only two months—he has managed to keep those public displays in check. But the first time I saw him let loose with the f words after achieving some milestone, I remembered that evening in the restaurant when I had noticed his eyes.

Behind that laser-focused stillness had been a controlled rage.

Obviously, he is the most talented and combative Indian batsman of his generation. The challenge for him will be to keep his head and stay focused. He is entering a phase in his career and his life when temptations to relax and enjoy his success, even take it for granted, will be enormous. He is the new golden boy, at a particularly important point in Indian cricket history, when legions of fans and gigantic commercial interests are rooting for a new star to latch on to. He is only 23 years and 135 days old today.

Everyone who has known Tendulkar expresses his awe at his enormous hunger for runs. For Kohli, it seems, it’s not hunger but rage. His greatest challenge will be to maintain that rage and harness it. Keep it simmering just behind those eyes.

http://www.livemint.com/2012/03/19153346/Views--The-rage-of-Virat-Kohl.html
 
this prove my statement

he is much better then Mr Tendulkar

he can handle pressure so well ... can attack .. maneuver the innings
 
He is a very composed player, finds the gaps easily. I do not think this is the last we have seen him.

Terrific player ........ he is looking good for 40 ODI centuries at least.
 
Mark my words..As a Pakistani I feel he has the potential to be the greatest player ever.

Have all shots in the book.

Talent and class written all over him

He is only 23..Exceptional

I hope that future captaincy dont hinder his performance.

I have a feeling he will take India to another level

BOL( BEST OF LUCK) VIRAT
 
Second fastest batsmen to score 3500 runs in ODIs after Viv Richards, most ODI 100s after first 85 matches.
 
fusebulb said:
That determination after scoring a hundred .... that it's not over

and staying till the end and scoring almost another hundred.... Priceless!!

Sorry but even the great Tendulkar cannot think of doing that....!!!
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Hello.. wake up..

Tendulkar has scored 200*
186*
175

:sachin
 
Virat 'Ares' Kohli

This is the name that i want to give to Kohli, the mythological greek God of War.

Virat Kohli has changed my view about him, his die hard fighting spirit has forced me to hail him as the Man on a real mission. What a fighter!

Virat is not the Next Tendulkar. Virat is the first and only Virat, he is a man determined to get his team over the line, no matter what it takes!

No team can feel comfortable even having scored 400 against India, this man will give you a run for your money if he plays till the end! Wow, just Wow!!!

So from now on, Virat Kohli is officcially mentioned as 'Ares', or if someone has a better and more fitting name. If Afridi can get Boom Boom, Tendulkar as the little Master, Shoaib as the Pindi Express, Sehwag as the Nawab, Ganguly as the Prince...Then this boy has done more than enough with enough determination to achieve a special title!

The boy has nerves of Steel, hair doesnt grow down under because hair doesnt grow on steell! He played a must win game for his district the day his father passed away! He is a world cup winner at such a young age, top high scorer against Pakistan surpassing Brian Lara!!
 
itduzz said:
virat will be the next india choker when the real master choker ....teenda retires :))) :))) :))) :)))
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virat, is diferent mind set person, he will be a match winner for his team. the different is i have watched his all 100s whenever he reached to 80 he never slow down his speed and even sometimes increase it while tendulkar was totally different when ever reaches to 75-80 slow down his speed and start taking singles only keeping his 100 in his mind.. which costs 15-20 runs to set up the target.

like aussies batsmen if go for singles when they are in 80 its ok for them coz their bowling attack doesn't need 20 runs extras to setup the target.. while team india always need to set up a huge target for their poor bolwers, sadly yesterday our bowlers were bowling same like indian bowling attack, there were now difference if they had wear a blue shirts!
 
Viraat "MC-BC" Kohli ?

I love the way he swears ..I am sure this is some "Gaaliyan da mantar "(with identical "galiaan" one after the other) which ensures that he doesn't get out just after making a 100 :hafeez :jamshed
 
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Thanks for the love. :D

Virat MCBC Kohli it is. :P I like Ares too.

Ab Nazar lagana bandh karo :23:
 
I think it's time we exclude Virat from this list of 'young' batsmen!unfair to that class of players...this guy is a proven matchwinner and would give run for their money to the likes of deVillers,Amla,Watson!
 
I've never seen a better one-day innings in my 22 years career. - Ganguly
 
Virat Kohli prefers to be seen as a youngster

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli might be enjoying much-needeed break at the momet. Following a stupendous last season, the recent Indian batting sensation is staying focused to build on his form. He even turned up for his office team ONGC in the Lala Raghubir Hot weather tournament in Delhi last week.


Looking ahead, with the Indian Test middle-order set to have a new look in the upcoming season and him having cemented his place ahead of the Cheteshwar Pujaras and Rohit Sharmas, Kohli says he is up for the responsibility of being the mainstay of the batting.

"Personally, I love responsibilities. I don't think there is any fun without pressure. But talking about the vacancies, I feel all six-seven of us (contenders for the Test spot) fall in the same group with Rohit Sharma being the most talented. I hope all of us can take the responsibility of the Indian batting line-up and I see them as my future colleagues," remarked Kohli while adding that the 10 Test matches in India will help the young batsmen (whosoever gets the chance) to settle down.

However, on a personal front, he looks to start from zero in the new season.

With a barrage of accolades showered on him and now that Rahul Dravid not there in the batting line-up, does Virat Kohli see himself as a senior batsman now? Well, he prefers to be seen as a youngster. "You don't become a senior batsman overnight with two-three months of performances. It takes six-seven years to be one. But it is a big responsibility with Rahul bhai not there and I am willing to bat anywhere in the order. I see myself as the youngster who came into the team few years ago," Kohli asserted.

Given the fact that India are slated to play more limited-over games before the Tests begin, Kohli believes it's up to individuals to have practice sessions and work on their game.

"Depends on individuals on how they want to prepare. I would love to have long practice sessions. Rahul Dravid is one of great legends. It will be a great challenge to maintain the consistency in," said Kohli.

hope Kohli continues his amazing form in international cricket after disappointing IPL
 
... And now i expect Rohit Sharma to praise virat kohli in return. ;-)
 
After the Asia cup there was his interview where he said he is learning to control his anger and will fix his other attitude related problems.

lol talking about being down to earth....virat kohli in his short career has seen much more stardom,money,fame and recognition around the world than the attention seeking baby in your avatar pic.
 
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Akmal Dynasty said:
He is down to earth and is always looking to improve his game. :19:
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What you smoking bro?

No matter what he achieves for me he will never come close to Tendulkar mainly because Sachin has achieved everything still he is humble as ever and never takes part in petty things such as sledging and showing attitude to the opponents.
 
LastLaugh_PK said:
Nobody changes by saying that "I've changed". It does not work that way. You have to show it.
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Well he doesnt have to show anything to us lol. He's a cricketer, not a church priest. If he wants to change, fine. If not, ok. His job is to make centuries, not be Mother Teresa.
 
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