King Kohli averages 59 in ODIs now

[Jimmy Cliff]

1 hour ago, Laaloo said:

2nd greatest odi Batsmen after Sach.

 

1 hour ago, Stan AF said:

Rohit 100s from CT 2017

123*

124*

104

125

147

208*

115

137*

111*

152*

I know he's an FTB and this is a piss poor era for ODI bowling but his record against non-minnows is ridiculous. 

 

 

Even if you remove WI/SL he's still the only guy averaging 50+ with 2000 runs. Not bad for an Indian Ahmad Shahzad .

 

[Laaloo]

@Jimmy Cliff no Kohli on that list?  and no dhoni either lol

 

Maybe if they were selfish like Sachin

Edited October 22, 2018 by Laaloo

[SK_IH]

53 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

Rohit Sharma is better than Dhoni and it's not even close. Dhoni is struggling in a time where there are flatter pitches, more powerplays, worse teams, two new balls so no reverse swing, and smaller boundaries. 

Lol Rohit can only dream of scoring runs at the position Dhoni batted all his life 

 

[Laaloo]

9 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

Lol Rohit can only dream of scoring runs at the position Dhoni batted all his life 

 

That was a troll post but agreed. Although Rohit would do so much better than Dhoni has done in the last 5 years.

[putrevus]

3 hours ago, jusarrived said:

lol at overrating Rohit . Ok he dosent look bad , but which opener in world looks bad ? Even some one like Amla averages 50 at SR of 90 .

Even some one like Amla???? Amla is one of the greatest batsman of this generation and you are talking as if he some slouch.

[mishra]

14 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Even some one like Amla???? Amla is one of the greatest batsman of this generation and you are talking as if he some slouch.

Yes, Very reliable and good S/R,  but Amala rarely to never showed that 6th gear.

Edited October 22, 2018 by mishra

[Jimmy Cliff]

1 hour ago, Laaloo said:

@Jimmy Cliff no Kohli on that list?  and no dhoni either lol

 

Maybe if they were selfish like Sachin

The query was just for openers with 2000+ runs.

[Temujin Khaghan]

rohit Sharma is in a monster form and he is not able to catch up with Kohli's Demi god-level feats... lol

[putrevus]

28 minutes ago, mishra said:

Yes, Very reliable and good S/R,  but Amala rarely to never showed that 6th gear.

He does not need to his role is different.Add this to his awesome test credentials where he has played some sensational innings all around the globe.He started very late in odis and to his credit he has carved himself a great odi career.

[Nikola]

21 minutes ago, Temujin Khaghan said:

rohit Sharma is in a monster form and he is not able to catch up with Kohli's Demi god-level feats... lol

Kohli is at peak and so is Rohit. In short formats there is no one close to Kohli right now but if anyone then it's only Rohit right now. Others like Root, Kane, Warner & Smith are bit behind in race and i guess it will be good for team if both have mini battle of scoring high in every match.

 

           If you see stats since 2015 then both have same number of centuries, similar number of runs. Kohli avg 72 while Rohit 64 but runs per innings of Kohli is 56 and Rohit has 55. If Rohit would have scored good in south Africa series then he would have come close to him in terms of stats atleast. But Yeah Kohli is just on other level as of now and we will have to see how long he can carry the same form.

[putrevus]

What we are seeing from Indian top three is something special, it is both blessing and curse. They don't give lower order hardly anything to do and when they fail, India is getting exposed.

[Khota]

5 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Yeah but Kohli is the last batsman you can associate with soft runs. He is by far the biggest match winner with the bat India has produced. He avgs 70 odd in successful run chases. You may have a point of his failures in ICC knock-out games and I hope he fix it in coming events.

The two lost series are on him. I cannot overlook that.

[Khota]

4 hours ago, Adi BB said:

He has lead in only 1 icc tournament and reached the finals,i know he's very impatient and clueless in backing the right players but he has not got much chance . In tests ,he has won the mace twice 

He lost two winnable series.

[putrevus]

30 minutes ago, Khota said:

He lost two winnable series.

Who says they were winnable. When you top 6 bat like tailenders and scoring 300 runs is a big deal, how can you blame captain. 

 

 

[Temujin Khaghan]

57 minutes ago, Nikola said:

Kohli is at peak and so is Rohit. In short formats there is no one close to Kohli right now but if anyone then it's only Rohit right now. Others like Root, Kane, Warner & Smith are bit behind in race and i guess it will be good for team if both have mini battle of scoring high in every match.

 

           If you see stats since 2015 then both have same number of centuries, similar number of runs. Kohli avg 72 while Rohit 64 but runs per innings of Kohli is 56 and Rohit has 55. If Rohit would have scored good in south Africa series then he would have come close to him in terms of stats atleast. But Yeah Kohli is just on other level as of now and we will have to see how long he can carry the same form.

If you are assuming that only Rohit can challenge the might of vk in odi format then yes, you have a point. He is the only challenger to vk's throne. 

[Nikola]

2 minutes ago, Temujin Khaghan said:

If you are assuming that only Rohit can challenge the might of vk in odi format then yes, you have a point. He is the only challenger to vk's throne. 

I am saying coming close in short formats. Others like Kane, Root & Warner are well behind Kohli.

[Adi BB]

47 minutes ago, Khota said:

He lost two winnable series.

Yes but we were talking about winners/ trophies and kohli is an out and out winner in both the formats. The test series lost away are different debates 

[mishra]

1 hour ago, putrevus said:

What we are seeing from Indian top three is something special, it is both blessing and curse. They don't give lower order hardly anything to do and when they fail, India is getting exposed.

Not really, Thought exactly the same for CT 2017. It all came crashing. It requires just 3 balls. You can not win multi team format with 3 bats. Whole team needs to perform.

So , forget 2019 WC.

[jusarrived]

4 hours ago, putrevus said:

Even some one like Amla???? Amla is one of the greatest batsman of this generation and you are talking as if he some slouch.

You mean a great test batsmen. Otherwise king of soft runs, even above fat sharma in that regard who atleast can tonk against minnow attacks. He's probably the biggest reason SA hasn't won anything major in past 10 years. 

If you think this guy was a good ODI player, don't blame you for thinking Rohit is special. 

[jusarrived]

3 hours ago, putrevus said:

What we are seeing from Indian top three is something special, it is both blessing and curse. They don't give lower order hardly anything to do and when they fail, India is getting exposed.

Only Virat is special, if you look around every teams top order looks strong. 

Pakistan of all the teams has a top3, all averaging above 50. So stop overrating these guys. 

England easily has the best lineup, even the top order is much much better.