Lol Sachin is the greatest batsmen I have ever seen, you are the one who calls him ovverated now your using him to make Kohli look like a less of a player.
I am not speaking of any hypothetical scenarios, ask any Indian and they'll say Virat is the better chase and if he dominates a World Cup and maintains his current LO record of course hell surpass Sachin. Sachin never scored 4 centuries in a 4 test series vs Australia. Kohli has done special things and so has Sachin. The overhyping is all in your head because you don't rate Kohli.
Sachin would easily be averaging 50 in this era. You call Sachin ovverated anyway so stop acting like your a fan of his)
Oh I wouldn't need to use Sachin for anything, his performances speak for themselves but what you have proven is that you have created this false sense of greatness when it comes to Virat Kohli in your mind which is purely based on hypothetical scenario's and what if's rather then facts, if Virat Kohli dominates a World Cup, If Virat Kohli proves himself when met with testing conditions and quality bowlers; it seems to me you overly hype him and get defensive because you believe he is immune to criticism being his beloved fan
If you want to criticise him fine, but when you make points like he only scores flat pitches and vs inferior bowlers than of course I'll defend him.
Statistically he's one of the greatest LO chases already, or is that hypothetical as well ?
he's a great chaser but unfortunately statistics are not the only metric which is used to determine undisputed greatness
Well you can defend him but it doesn't make it any less true
so they resort to stats and take them literally without looking at numbers with a bit of context
Scoring on flat pitches is welcomed it's a brilliant skill to have but what stands out are performances when you overcome testing conditions, difficult bowlers and perform in a tournament such as the ODI World Cup, with it being the modern era he will mostly be fed phattas but in the moments where it isn't the case then he needs to stand up e.g Ind/Pak series in 2012 where he struggled, he'd have to deal with the likes of Starc, Rabada, Mustafizur and Tahir etc with relative ease and not just on the flat pitches. These are simple facts which are beyond small minded people who can't look beyond their fandom
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Once again emulating nonsensical rubbish that for some really odd reason sounds a lot like PPs resident pessimist. PP nowadays has too much sheep smhCalm down your standards aren't that high I can remember you saying you rate Warner higher than Smith, Warner has 3 test centuries outside of Australia . If Kohli only scores on flat tracks, why do you rate a proven flat track bully so high?
Once again emulating nonsensical rubbish that for some really odd reason sounds a lot like PPs resident pessimist. PP nowadays has too much sheep smh
David Warner struggles against sideway movement...primarily spin. However he has 100s in the UAE and in South Africa. If you want to call his SA 100s on flat track innings, well then I guess your highness' 'greatness' in SA tests was also on flat tracks. In fact since you say that, Kohli has yet to score a 100s in any testing condition outside of Asia. The NZ 100 was on a track that am sure Dhawan almost scored a 100 on, the Australian tracks...well the less said about those, the better.
What exactly has you highness done then that differentiates him with Dave? From what I've seen, whenever he was provided with sporting tracks, he failed.
Calm down your standards aren't that high I can remember you saying you rate Warner higher than Smith, Warner has 3 test centuries outside of Australia . If Kohli only scores on flat tracks, why do you rate a proven flat track bully so high?
clutching at straws now when pretty much every argument of yours has been exposed
Sure there's a chance he can overcome testing conditions when met with them but why should I accept it as fact when there is little evidence to support that? for now people are advocating hypothetical scenario's to justify their line of thinking more then anything
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Bro....how did you sneak
ABD is NOT a WC choker.
Amla is a super duper hyper duper WC choker.
Kohli is a mega WC choker too. Flopped in all knockouts except one where he scored just 30 in finals.
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This is another match where Steyn was breathing fire. Rohit could not even touch the ball. Sure Kohli did make only 31. But he did handle Steyn very well. Most of Tendulkar's ODI runs in England came only in 2007. 18 years after his debut. This automatic assumption that scoring in England is some kind of miracle is what puzzling. Many players with very weak technique has piled mountains of runs in England.
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Can't apply that for WC knockouts. Everyone gets only a few knockouts in their career.
SRT played just 6 WC knockouts in a 25 year old career.
No. Its not because of knockouts only.
Its because Amla has been a complete joke in every WC game barring minnows.
Kohli averages 43 in Aus against Aus. Was excellent last series.
Averages 37 in SA against SA. Could have been better but a few bad games got the numbers down.
Averages 32 in Eng vs Eng. He didn't do well. His last series was a major flop but in the previous bilateral series, he averaged 38 at 84 SR. Not great but not so bad either.
So much for stinking hypocrisy. Minking hypocrisy.
Rare but not extinct. It is up to Kohli to perform when they come around. Generally speaking, pitches in South Africa and England are much more bowler-friendly than pitches in India and Kohli has failed in all the matches he has played there.
Which is why subtracting from WC matches makes no sense. In a WC, it doesn't matter who you are facing, the pressure of it being a WC match is intact. Therefore you just looking at KO matches or matches against specific teams leaves a player with only a handful of games to make an impact.
- Excellent in the last series because the pitches were unbelievably flat and Starc wasn't playing.
- It could not have been better because the only thing holding up his record in South Africa is an 80*. Otherwise, he's failed there pretty terribly.
- An average of 32 in England is "not so bad"?
- Good to see no excuses given for the "Aaney do" series. Washes away some of the stink.
So what you are suggesting is that based on the fact that Warner is a FTB we should advocate the greatness of Virat Kohli because he scores runs on flat tracks
