As captain (62.72 vs pace)
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Anwar, Sanath, Waugh Jr. all would have feasted in the current era.
No, that would be Rohit.
As captain (62.72 vs pace)
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Not as captain (47.11 vs pace)
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The question is how many matches kohli will play in during that time period?
Last 2 years he skipped 20 ODIs
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Gill will get close for sure.
Yeah I think Gill has the biggest chance and probably would have, but I don’t think he’ll play enough ODIs to have the chance to.
Even if we play regularly you need a specific type of game to achieve that. Kohli played a unique role of Consolidator + Finisher especially while chasing. He could maintain the rate with singles and twos and shifts 4th or 5th gear towards the end. or even in the middle with risk free stroke play. THis is why career run rate can be misleading for guys like Kohli who handled multiple roles. Because of this his centuries were inevitable rather than he was chasing after them. Only recently i see him chase because of how long he had to wait for just one century after COVID. Among the modern guys Gill is the closest who is likely to adopt that role. He just has to tighten his game like Kohli had in 2014/15/16 period. Kohli missed 20 matches in the last 2 years.
You did not read the post properly. I am well aware of Shakib's milestone, I know he already had done it before the wc started. What I meant to say was that Rohit & Shakib are the last two individuals to enter that elite club for the unseeable future if not forever due to the dire circumstances & uncertainty regarding odi future.
THere was a period Srilankan team was half decent with Sangakkara, Matthews, Chandimal. During that period lot of matches were played to help Srilankan cricket board. That is not going to happen anymore with the turmoil SL board is in.
Gill is not passing Kohli, no one is going to sniff that record, mate. You can't expect to chase such a humongous record by potentially playing only around 100 matches in next eight years. Kohli, Sachin, Murali all of them are safe & simply out of reach for future generation.
YEs very hard to pass. But he is the only one who can get close as these two are similar.
2 more matches left in the series.
1 more match left in the series.
Babar would have been a legend in the era which didn't have T20 cricket. His game doesn't suit T20 kind of batting and which is why his game recently have dipped because he tried to do things which are not natural to him.
The pre T20 era also came with 1 ball rule in ODI cricket. You seriously believe Babar would have averaged 53 under that rule where Viv Richards averaged 47 and Sachin Tendulkar averaged 45?
He wouldn’t have been a legend but would have had a Mohammed Yousuf style career.
In ODI cricket? Yea, maybe.
Sadly now he can't even do it now...the problem is not opposition babar of 2019-22 bashes everyone in the world
Babar hasn't scored a century since this thread was created.
No, he wouldn't. He would have literally cried dealing with those GOAT Aussie & ATG Proteus bowling attacks. It's a serious disrespect & disservice to Yousuf if Babar "Z basher" Azam is compared or thought to be of that man's level.
This is very true - and the reality is, he just never had that bit extra the great players had. He didn’t have either quiet confidence nor swagger. Always batted with the look of a scared child
Yousuf was poor vs/in both Aus/SA. Had one 100 combined and averages late 20s/30s vs/in those countries.
Babar doesn't have the personality, nor the guts to perform against the kind of tough bowlers who used to dominate those ODI era.
What are you comparing against. If it’s ODIs, Yousuf’s record was good against both Australia and SA. If you’re talking about tests, I have broken down in another thread that Yousuf’s performances vs SA and Aus weren’t as bad as the stats suggest, but even if you want to take that simplistic view and say he stat padded against poor opposition - if you count England, India, West Indies and NZ as poor opposition then ok..
England, NZ, WI and Ind were good but their bowling attacks were not on par with Aus/SA during his era.
Naah Yousuf was better batter than Babar. Yes he struggled in Australia & South Africa but apart from that he was pretty consistent run scorer. Only thing he never delivered in ICC events
Was also poor in India and SL who had decent bowling for turning pitches.
He was a bit of mental midget. Struggled in high pressure games like against India or World Cups
Not one performance from Babar is along same lines as Anwar in ODIs
I mean in terms of no. of centuries. He is on 19. Anwar at 20. He has been on 19 for a while.
1 ball per innings vs 2 balls per innings. Not fair to compare.
