Virat Kohli when asked a bowler from the past who would have troubled him? Wasim Akram

[sensible-indian-fan]

You'd have to have an axe to grind against Kohli to discredit his performance in 2018.

Sure, it's true that Centurion was a subcontinent like wicket. But the next match on an absolute spitting green wicket at the the Wanderers, he appeared the least troubled out of all batsmen including AB. He also was the best batsman on a very spicy wicket at Perth and I'm not even going into his incredible performance in England which had very bowling friendly conditions.

You'd have to have an axe to grind against Kohli to discredit his performance in 2018.

Sure, it's true that Centurion was a subcontinent like wicket. But the next match on an absolute spitting green wicket at the the Wanderers, he appeared the least troubled out of all batsmen including AB. He also was the best batsman on a very spicy wicket at Perth and I'm not even going into his incredible performance in England which had very bowling friendly conditions.

Totally.

Kohli was in a different zone.

We really should have won one of the first two tests we played in SA and then go to Wanderers with series on line. AB really got those two innings at a completely perfect time and saved the test series for SA.

Hopefully, we cash on this time. I expect flat wickets coming in South Africa later this year.

Don't get me started on that series.

We should have won that series but we know who is the MAIN culprit for the loss.

 

[Iamcoolwhiz]

The comparison is weird. When you are comparing a bowler's peak, then the peak should be compared with the peak of the batsman as well. And kohli had the freakiest peak of all time. No bowler would have stood a chance in front of peak Kohli or Sachin.


A bowler's peak is not a single bowl bowled to a batsmen, that is too short a sample size.

If peak Wasim bowled 100 balls to peak Kohli, then peak Kohli would have performed better than peak Wasim. Not saying he wouldn't have gotten Kohli out once in a while, but Kohli would adapt and get better, as he always does.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Wasim's skillset, mental awareness, mindreading, fitness and control over the cherry was so complete that he would have troubled any batter anywhere in his peak.
Would say the same about Mcgrath.

Troubling a batter doesn't often end up with the wicket but it does show the sense of hopelessness on the batter every time he faces him.

 

[Mamoon]

The bickering in this thread is pointless, although entirely predictable considering the fact that Pakistani fans are the most delusional fans in the cricket world.

Kohli is one of the greatest of all time, and a level above any batsman Pakistan has ever produced and probably will produce.

Like any other legendary batsman that faced Wasim, he would have scored plenty of runs and would have also been dismissed by him on a number of occasions.

That is all.

It would have been a memorable dual between two players who are among the top 10 of all time in their respective crafts.

 

[Snatch]

Hadlee would also have exposed Kohli's technique around that corridor of uncertainty, but Kohli may not have heard of Sir Richard Hadlee

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

I don't think Kohli would have done better than Sachin against Wasim in tests especially in that era when Sachin was carrying the burden of Indian batting on his shoulders.

 

[Manunited18]

Peak Anderson in 2014 made mince meat of kohli, for me a peak Akram would have kohli in big trouble.

 

[street cricketer]

Peak Anderson in 2014 made mince meat of kohli, for me a peak Akram would have kohli in big trouble.

But 2014 wasn't peak Kohli though.

I'm assuming we're talking about peak versions facing off against each other.

 

[Mesozoic]

Peak Anderson in 2014 made mince meat of kohli, for me a peak Akram would have kohli in big trouble.

What a weird logic!

Was Kohli at his peak in 2014? I remember even Chris Jordan made him look like a tail ender back then.

It's no coincidence that Jimmy haven't got him out even since July 2014.

 

[OMB]

Hadlee would also have exposed Kohli's technique around that corridor of uncertainty, but Kohli may not have heard of Sir Richard Hadlee

Well he is Kohli, not Sehwag

 

[NeVerMind]

Does anyone recall when Tendulkar was asked who troubled him as a bowler in the Pakistan side and he said Razzaq? I'm pretty sure I heard it somewhere...

 

[MenInG]

Fantasy scenarios are always fun to image. The best of today's era squaring up against the greatest cricketers of previous generations. What would have happened if let's say… Rashid Khan was to bowl to Sachin Tendulkar, or Allan Donald was to bowl to Rohit Sharma. Who would have had the last laugh if Glenn McGrath bowled to KL Rahul, or Jasprit Bumrah was up against Brian Lara? We don't know. However, the great Wasim Akram sure knows what his plan would have been if he at his prime was to bowl to Virat Kohli.

Kohli, considered one of the greatest batters of the current generation, has dominated world cricket and every opposition that there is. But f he were to take guard against former Pakistan captain Akram, what would it have been like? Well, from Akram's point of view, he has his plan sorted

"I would have had a lot of confidence. If he came to bat at 3 or 4, it means two wickets down. If he is new to the crease, then I would attack. Will make the ball pitch on middle stump, and swing it away, or towards him," Akram said on the 'To Be Honest' show by Nashpati Prime.

"If that doesn't work, I would switch to Plan B, which would be bowling the bouncer. Place the fielder in the deep and then put him back inside… making several such small chances are important to get the better of him."

Akram, who made his Pakistan debut in 1984 in an ODI against New Zealand recalled how the great Javed Miandad spotted him. Akram went on to become the best left-arm fast bowler of all time, claiming 916 international wickets across a 19-year-long career. Akram became one of Pakistan’s greatest captains leading the team to the final of the 1999 World Cup in England, but it was Miandad who first laid eyes on him and got impressed seeing a young Wasim bowl in the nets.

"Javed bhai picked me. Then once I came into the team, I met Imran Khan, that was in Australia in 1985," Akram added. "I was bowling in the net, and that is where he saw me. He got impressed and then when I played a 3-day match against New Zealand, that was my first FC match. I couldn't sleep the night. In the first innings itself, he was very relaxed."

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...ve-bowled-to-kohli-today-101655966727609.html

 

[sweep_shot]

Peak Wasim vs peak Kohli could've been an epic battle.

Kohli faced much easier bowlers during his career. He didn't have to face Walsh, Ambrose, Wasim, Waqar, McGrath etc.

 

[Rana]

Kohli in Wasim’s era is a walking wicket

Wasim in Kohli’s era will trouble him with the new ball and most likely trap him lbw. But if it’s one of those flat wickets, peak Kohli will deal with him

 

[Farabi]

He hardly played against him so hard for him to put an opinion for that.

It is the same reason why Dravid also doesn't mentioned Wasim. Dravid has mentioned McGrath as the toughest he faced though.

However, Lara, Ponting, Kallis and Sanga have rated Wasim as the toughest/greatest they faced.

Sachin and Dravid didn’t face Wasim in test cricket during Wasim’s prime from 90-97. ODI’s was easier to negotiate with restrictions on bouncers as well.

 

[Hextro]

Kohli and especially Rohit seem like easy wickets for someone like Wasim.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Kohli would have struggled against even Alan Mullally let alone Wasim Akram.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Considering that Kohli has schooled James Anderson who averages 50 against him, I think this would have been a great battle.

Remember Ganguly played Wasim comfortably and he was a way inferior batsman.

 

[Marooned]

Considering that Kohli has schooled James Anderson who averages 50 against him, I think this would have been a great battle.

Remember Ganguly played Wasim comfortably and he was a way inferior batsman.

Considering he averages 1 vs Junaid, it won't be a great battle.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Considering he averages 1 vs Junaid, it won't be a great battle.

No I don't think Wasim chucked, that is a false allegation.

 

[Moeey]

List of brokers who would have owned kohli;
1) mcgrath would make him his bunny
2) wasim
3) Ambrose
4) asif
5) amir
6) Shane bond
7) I truly believe even prime Pollock owns kohli.

 

[Moeey]

Peak Wasim vs peak Kohli could've been an epic battle.

Kohli faced much easier bowlers during his career. He didn't have to face Walsh, Ambrose, Wasim, Waqar, McGrath etc.

Rules are totally different. Bowling is so much harder in modern era. All those voters may have struggled too.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Kohli's new list includes

Prasidh Krishna
Dushmant Chameera
Marco Jansen
Jagadeesha Suchith
Coulter Nile

Basically every bowler Kohli played against owned him badly.