Leave Sachin, Is kohli even better than Yuvraj as a match winner?

[jonas10]

Yuvi got out to a duck in 2011 to Pakistan in the biggest of semifinal clashes....THATS OK.  Why?

 

No one expects everyone to fire at all times.  Yuvi had a fabulous match against a very strong Australia and in the finals vs Sri Lanka with both the ball and bat.  Even vs Pakistan he took a few key wickets.

 

Kohli semi final scores are 9 1 1.  Literally an emergency.

[jonas10]

1 hour ago, Anoop K said:

As a batsman yuvi is nowhere even near Kohli.  He was inconsistent for most of his career. 

Except in the world cup when it mattered.  Difference in Hero Honda invitational and world cup.  Kohli sucks in big matches.

[velu]

he won many matches for india .. no doubts

but nothing in the KOs

[jonas10]

8 hours ago, rtmohanlal said:

Kohli has 4 'very good' to 'great' category inns  in ICC tournament  knockout matches. So he has been a match winner   by ordinary standards.. It is by his own standards that he has been a  bit off.

9 1 1 is bad by any category.  Those are his semi final scorers.  Those are the 3 worst semi final scores in history of the world cup for any top order batsman. 

[Adi BB]

9 hours ago, rtmohanlal said:

Still SRT better to Kohli as of now. But, if triangular knockouts can be holed in such high esteem why can't champions trophy knock outs be? So Kohli has done ok  by normal standards

That way ,ganguly is the king of KOs, 4 tons in 7 KO matches !

Also scored 83 runs in 1998 CT semi finals.

Sachin too scored a 140 against aus in 1998 CT qf 

[Deleted_User_1]

No. Yuvi has been instrumental in winning WC cups T20 in 2007 and ODI in 2011. He has won on big stage. Rat needs to do that, not just eat cheese!

Edited July 11, 2019 by Audiophile

[rtmohanlal]

5 hours ago, Tendulkar1996 said:

Tendulkar also played some great champions trophy knockout innings.

The 141 at dhaka in 1998 against steve waugh's australia that knocked them out,the early assault vs mcgrath at nairobi on a seaming pitch in 2001.That along with yuvraj knocked the ATG aus team out of that edition.

there is no doubting Sachin's superiority  over Kohli unless Kohli turn it around in knock outs in his next 1 or perhaps 2 world cups.

I was just pointing that  Kohli himself has till this point done atleast 'ok' level w.r.t knock outs because of his 4 knock out inns.

[rtmohanlal]

2 hours ago, Adi BB said:

That way ,ganguly is the king of KOs, 4 tons in 7 KO matches !

Also scored 83 runs in 1998 CT semi finals.

Sachin too scored a 140 against aus in 1998 CT qf 

yes they  have.... but Kohli is ok in his own right based on his inns... i mean not bad as people  make him out to be after the semi final inns

[RAZPOR]

5 hours ago, Anoop K said:

His choking in 2014 is legendary.  In fact Kohli has never played a match losing knock like yuvi

2014 was not his prime ,get a grip.

Kohli has done nothing but chokejobs in important ko games 9,1,1 in 3 wc 

[Vijy]

most of the older batsman were better than VK in KOs of WC - SRT, Yuvi, Ganguly, Gambhir, etc.