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1 hour ago, WeStMiDz said:

Reason Kohli is struggling is he plays from the crease. Cannot fathom why he doesn't use his feet more. 

He has picked up some bad habits. Don't want him to become out and out accumulator adopting safety-first approach. That is not who he is.

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7 hours ago, Stan AF said:

All these guys are lucky they're not playing in the 90s. Warne/Saqlain/Murali would eat these guys alive.

KOhli was one of the best against these mystery spinners, chuckers. Mendis, Chukmal. If you watch his 183 against Pakistan he would walk down the wicket against spinners every single time and he would never miss the ball. That game is completely gone. Now he is stuck on backfoot and just moves his body forward

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9 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

He was never that great against spinners, you're making it sound as if he's Lara+SRT rolled into one.

He was probably the best against Ajmal alongwith Sanga when Ajmal always troubled many players around the world. These days even offies trouble him. Lyon, Moeen.

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4 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

He was probably the best against Ajmal alongwith Sanga when Ajmal always troubled many players around the world. These days even offies trouble him. Lyon, Moeen.

Kohli seems to be good vs people with weird/chucking actions 

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13 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

He was probably the best against Ajmal alongwith Sanga when Ajmal always troubled many players around the world. These days even offies trouble him. Lyon, Moeen.

I wouldn't count Chuckmal as a spinner but he was good against him for sure, Mendis was already deciphered 1 year into his career. Now whether it was Yuvraj or Sehwag is debatable, but Mendis was never the same after that. Kohli although has a fairly good defense against spinners, he gets into trouble trying to milk them or even attacking them these days. He needs to bring out the slog & paddle sweeps if he's not into stepping out of his crease, unlike SRT his reach helps a lot. If he won't even do that spinners around the world will eat him alive, his game is based on safe risk free cricket - stop his run flow & that game plan falls apart. It won't be such a big deal in tests but he could really struggle in LO if more tracks assist slow bowlers.

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42 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

I wouldn't count Chuckmal as a spinner but he was good against him for sure, Mendis was already deciphered 1 year into his career. Now whether it was Yuvraj or Sehwag is debatable, but Mendis was never the same after that. Kohli although has a fairly good defense against spinners, he gets into trouble trying to milk them or even attacking them these days. He needs to bring out the slog & paddle sweeps if he's not into stepping out of his crease, unlike SRT his reach helps a lot. If he won't even do that spinners around the world will eat him alive, his game is based on safe risk free cricket - stop his run flow & that game plan falls apart. It won't be such a big deal in tests but he could really struggle in LO if more tracks assist slow bowlers.

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It is applicable to all the current cricketers (Dhawan, Rohit, Dhoni).. one common factor is these guys don't play domestic cricket. I saw a bit of Ranji. Almost all guys in domestic play spin better than our current Indian team.

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On 4/3/2019 at 5:54 PM, vvvslaxman said:

He again got out Shreyas Gopal with the wrong un. With Dhoni lunging, Dhawan, Kohli struggling, Rohit stuck against spin India is left with not many players who can attack spinners. Pandya to some extent Shankar are the only ones who play spin reasonably well. 

They attack spinners using their feet and more often than not,connects well.Pandya is the best spin hitter at the moment for India.Kohli isn't the beast anymore.He struggles against good spin balls and usually tries to accumulate.

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24 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

There you go again, on a massive exaggeration binge :hmpf:

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/13961/scorecard/343732/sri-lanka-vs-india-1st-odi-india-tour-of-sri-lanka-2008

 
PLAYER OF THE MATCH

i  didnt mean debut match but debut series which we won after losing testing series badly.   The match you posed, Kohli did not get to play Mendis at all.

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