Kohli has raised his profile as batsman in this series

[Jimmy Cliff]

9 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

Those pitches weren't this difficult. Bowling was ATG level, same has been case in this series too. SRT's performance was as good as this one.

 

Both are high quality performances, but there is nothing to suggest how that performance by SRT was clearly better. Kohli's performance is as good as any Indian batsman could do in these conditions.

SRT was clearly better in live Tests . Agree on the pitches although that is kinda balanced out by SRT getting a couple of rough decisions when he was well set (Adelaide and Sydney 1st innings).

[Laaloo]

9 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

SRT was clearly better in live Tests . Agree on the pitches although that is kinda balanced out by SRT getting a couple of rough decisions when he was well set (Adelaide and Sydney 1st innings).

And trent bridge on 91 and Perth 2007 when he was on 71 and uppercutting Lee and Tait.

[gattaca]

@Trichromatic but but Rohit Sharma is better bat than Kohli.

[sensible-indian]

19 minutes ago, speedheat said:

No some did say puj is better overall , at the most both puj and kohli are at one level at home, kohli average 63 and pujara 62 at home not head and shoulders by any means, I do rate pujara at home but is a big no outside Asia perfectly fitting for a tag how track bully and kohli overall is better.

Ok cool. Not sure who they are but fine I will take your word.

 

Reg Asia - Even though they both average similar in Asia, there is a big difference on when they made those runs.

[Gollum]

SRT and Lara copped so many bad decisions, mainly against the Aussies....stats never count that .

[Jimmy Cliff]

6 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

And trent bridge on 91 and Perth 2007 when he was on 71 and uppercutting Lee and Tait.

Yep. But at least we still ended up winning those Tests. Barbados in '97 was brutal though. He was in rampaging mode scoring 92 at a SR of 60+ when Bishop got him out off a gigantic no ball .

[mishra]

Thuis secod inning 41 is more gutsy then any other score ion this series

[Vilander]

For me 2001 - 2007 was primetime for Sachin/Dravid too bad we did not have the current pace attack at that time..still won a few series overseas with Zak.

[Laaloo]

19 minutes ago, Vilander said:

For me 2001 - 2007 was primetime for Sachin/Dravid too bad we did not have the current pace attack at that time..still won a few series overseas with Zak.

Not sure what zak did apart from England series. Even in SA we won one test because of sreesanth and came awfully close to winning the other test if it wasn't for Sachin and dravid. Even in the Eng series, RP Singh sort of bowled neck to neck with Zak so he wasn't really a standout.

[SLICKR392]

He is class apart from the rest of the batsmen in the team.

[chapetmarunga]

Kohli is a beast. 

[HippoSucks]

Great series for him. But let's not get carried away by calling in in SRT's and Lara's league. He still hasn't overtaken Laxman.

[Vilander]

24 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

Not sure what zak did apart from England series. Even in SA we won one test because of sreesanth and came awfully close to winning the other test if it wasn't for Sachin and dravid. Even in the Eng series, RP Singh sort of bowled neck to neck with Zak so he wasn't really a standout.

Sreesanth yes but we did not win in SA. We won in England 2007 and almost in Aus if not for Sydney.

[Laaloo]

13 minutes ago, Vilander said:

Sreesanth yes but we did not win in SA. We won in England 2007 and almost in Aus if not for Sydney.

Right but don't think zak did anything in Australia wasn't he out of series after he got a fifer at mcg in the first test? We won at Perth cause of pathan and rp Singh.

[rtmohanlal]

definitely .... to score 286 runs @ 47.67 avg: against a bowling line up of Steyn,Philander,Rabada,Ngidi & Morkel  with 4 of them playing in each inns....those are the epitome of quality runs... can rival any series performace of SRT.But to out do SRT,  Kohli needs to perform like this for much much longer and also need to rectify his pathetic record in ENG. 

[Vilander]

3 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

Right but don't think zak did anything in Australia wasn't he out of series after he got a fifer at mcg in the first test? We won at Perth cause of pathan and rp Singh.

beside the point, if Zak was crap that makes my argument stronger actually. if Ten+Dravid were playing now with the current pace group instead of Kohli+puj things could have been different.

Edited January 26, 2018 by Vilander

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Yes, I hope he can carry this to England

[King Tendulkar]

Sensational knock. Did not even get 50 but for me it’s his best ever test innings . Amazing genius , plus pure warrior courage and amazing belief . 

 

He proved one thing . He ain’t fake aggression but backs it up 

[coffee_rules]

I never doubted his ability as a bat, only his big ego comes into question for captaincy. He did make amends in the last test, swallowing his ego. Still hurt from the Kumble saga though.

 

Just like Sachin, raises the bar everytime so high, that his recent home series against Aus is being seen as a major failure.  Nobody can question his ability as a batsmen. He has performed all over the world, and now He will do it in Eng as well.

Edited January 26, 2018 by coffee_rules

[Laaloo]

2 hours ago, King Tendulkar said:

Sensational knock. Did not even get 50 but for me it’s his best ever test innings . Amazing genius , plus pure warrior courage and amazing belief . 

 

He proved one thing . He ain’t fake aggression but backs it up 

Still think his innings in the 2nd test has been his best knock of his career.