I was not even 10% of what Shubman gill is when I was 19 - Virat Kohli

[Tendulkar1996]

Hope he gets a chance vs australia,but i don't hold hope.Last hope is now pant vs australia.

[bahubali]

1 minute ago, rkt.india said:

Gill is not ready

If your basis are last 2 inning than who is ready. Do you think Rayadu, dhoni, karthik, Rohit and dhawan are ready for these kind of pitches?

[MechEng]

Kohli meant I was 300% of what Ashubhman Gill was.

[Straight Drive]

Too much to expect a youngster to score in swing friendly conditions and against fielders who don't drop catches.  Can't dismiss a player in 2 matches even though he looked troubled by bouncer and lack of strike rotation. Needs to be given the next series versus Australia. That series  is at home and he will score some runs in familiar conditions and get some much needed experience at this level which is a different level altogether than what it is at Under 19.  He is not the only Indian batsman to look like rabbit whenever there is movement. Give him some more time .

Edited February 3, 2019 by Straight Drive

[SK_IH]

23 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Gill is not ready

Yup,if he proves you wrong in next couple of innings, you can convienently say it was sarcasm 

[Dil Dil India]

Kohli is a PR machine. He tends to say what people want to hear.

[wanted_desi]

Poor guy getting judged based on 2 innings. Even great kohli can fail in two innings. 

[VT87]

He has minimal foot movement and ability to strike rotate , almost all his shot goes straight to the fielder 

[Dil Dil India]

Just now, wanted_desi said:

Poor guy getting judged based on 2 innings. Even great kohli can fail in two innings. 

That's Kohli's doing. No-one asked him to open his mouth.

[SK_IH]

Looked to eager to put bat on the ball, that's his only criticism.He is ready for intl cricket, it's just that he looked skittish, if I can use that word

[VT87]

First KL Rahul and now this gill the heck icf hyping machine on full power   

[Straight Drive]

4 minutes ago, VT87 said:

First KL Rahul and now this gill the heck icf hyping machine on full power   

Everyone apart from Kohli is rubbish in tough conditions. To expect an inexperienced player who is looking to adjust to this level is too much, isn't it. Having said that there is a lot of hype about him and he or anyone hyped so much will find it tough to live up to expectations generated by Kohl's comments.

[vijay50]

On 1/28/2019 at 9:50 AM, vijay50 said:

Stop hyping. Lets judge Gill after 50+ onedayers.

I said this before Gill played. International cricket is different ball game.

Kohli should not have hyped him and Gill needs time and reasonably longer rope at 4 or 5 after WC.

[rtmohanlal]

over hyping to sky high levels  before getting started. Once starts and fails in mere 2 inns, severely criticizing ....can't really understand the thought process of some people here...Give it a break ... he is only 19 ...Can have enough chances to prove his mettle.

[bowl_out]

2 hours ago, Straight Drive said:

Too much to expect a youngster to score in swing friendly conditions and against fielders who don't drop catches.  Can't dismiss a player in 2 matches even though he looked troubled by bouncer and lack of strike rotation. Needs to be given the next series versus Australia. That series  is at home and he will score some runs in familiar conditions and get some much needed experience at this level which is a different level altogether than what it is at Under 19.  He is not the only Indian batsman to look like rabbit whenever there is movement. Give him some more time .

No one is dismissing him after two matches.. But putting loads of pressure on him, rushing him to the XI and expect him to delivery big daddy hundreds so he can get into the WC squad was very bizzare.. He is one for the future, but is very raw now... needs to get some time in domestics, and make his way back to internationals in a couple of years, so he can be ready for 2023 WC

[Straight Drive]

15 minutes ago, bowl_out said:

No one is dismissing him after two matches.. But putting loads of pressure on him, rushing him to the XI and expect him to delivery big daddy hundreds so he can get into the WC squad was very bizzare.. He is one for the future, but is very raw now... needs to get some time in domestics, and make his way back to internationals in a couple of years, so he can be ready for 2023 WC

If you read some comments online, they are indeed very dismissive of him. 

 

The results will not at all times justify the selection, but there was nothing wrong in trying him in playing 11.

[Gollum]

Don't pounce on the kid. We all know about Kohli's first foray into international cricket in Lanka way back in 2008. Or Sachin/Dhoni/Rohit for that matter. 

[Suhaan]

If he had got his debut in home conditions it could have been easy for him,but Nz is a tough place to judge a youngster,

We should be patient with him, we have been crying with Pant there where he hardly got opportunity (in lois)

But when he got his chances in longest format he fetched us results,need to be patient with Gill

Atleast Wait for his batting in Indian conditions

And Gill too should remain focused 

[bowl_out]

8 minutes ago, Straight Drive said:

If you read some comments online, they are indeed very dismissive of him. 

 

The results will not at all times justify the selection, but there was nothing wrong in trying him in playing 11.

My criticism is of people that were vehemently demanding his selection in the XI and calling Kohli names because he benched Gill for 3 matches... He is good talent, but projecting him as the second coming of Bradman already blaming everybody because he is made to wait is ridiculous.

[Straight Drive]

10 minutes ago, bowl_out said:

My criticism is of people that were vehemently demanding his selection in the XI and calling Kohli names because he benched Gill for 3 matches... He is good talent, but projecting him as the second coming of Bradman already blaming everybody because he is made to wait is ridiculous.

It is silly for any cricketer to be compared as second coming of Bradman. Fair enough if you were speaking in that context. 

 

At this point he remains super star in age group cricket (Under 19), with everything to prove at international level. 

 

By giving two matches, Kohli has given him recognition for his age group performances, which is something I would personally appreciate. It's tough to give every youngster a full ODI series, especially so close to WC on away tour as we have to first ensure we win the series. A loss before WC disrupts the momentum and positivity. Once the series was one the risk of playing a inexperienced cricketer against international bowlers at their home could be taken and he did give him a chance in a situation where there was no pressure of losing the series.