Is KL Rahul currently best T20I batsman in world?

[gattaca]

2 hours ago, jusarrived said:

What ? Sharma is average in T20s and far behind Virat in ODIs 

He has been performing better than Kohli in ODIs for last few years don’t look at just career Avgs. May be Kohli is good in T20s.

[putrevus]

If Rohit Sharma and Dhawan are hacks, what is KL ??? He has the most glaring technical defiencies both against spin and swing bowling.

 

Rahul has to make most of his form and score big runs in odis.He has got himself out in couple of t20s.

Edited February 3, 2020 by putrevus

[Nikola]

KL Rahul has been great in t20 formats but that doesn't means rohit and dhawan are hacks. Sharma has scored 28 century since 2015 in limited overs and second best is kohli with 22. Check dhawan's icc event records aswell.

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5 hours ago, jusarrived said:

What ? Sharma is average in T20s and far behind Virat in ODIs 

I would not say he is far behind Virat in ODIs. Since 2013, both are on par (even if Virat's stats may look better) with each other and Rohit is tad better in ICC tournaments. Virat is probably quite ahead of Rohit in ODIs if you restrict only to bilateral series. 

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5 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

In bad form even dravid was bowled so many times

N no rohit sharma isnt best in Odi or t20 - kohli is best in both

Rohit isnt even 2nd best in t20 its KL who is 2nd best , Rohit is 2nd best in ODI

Please understand the context in which the poster @gattaca made that post. He is responding to a comment that was reeking nonsense (and hitting one's nerve).

It is obvious, the post by him is made in an emotional way and not to be taken in literal way for debating. I hope you understand what I am trying to say. Will you ever say Rohit Sharma is a hack for whatever reason. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

7 hours ago, sarcastic said:

Please understand the context in which the poster @gattaca made that post. He is responding to a comment that was reeking nonsense (and hitting one's nerve).

It is obvious, the post by him is made in an emotional way and not to be taken in literal way for debating. I hope you understand what I am trying to say. Will you ever say Rohit Sharma is a hack for whatever reason. 

Hack absolutely not....hack is the most misused term here. 

[Sandeep99]

Maxwell,  hetmyer,  pooran,  Warner, Morgan, butter, finch,  de kock, Williamson and of course Rohit are equally good and maybe some are better as well 

[jusarrived]

16 hours ago, gattaca said:

He has been performing better than Kohli in ODIs for last few years don’t look at just career Avgs. May be Kohli is good in T20s.

Rohit though has had few good years , most of his impact knocks have come in last 18 months . Virat has been the best bat in the format for 7-8 years now . Just cos sharma has been better marginally lately , you cannot just forget Virats impact on our results pretty much for a decade now  

[jusarrived]

14 hours ago, sarcastic said:

I would not say he is far behind Virat in ODIs. Since 2013, both are on par (even if Virat's stats may look better) with each other and Rohit is tad better in ICC tournaments. Virat is probably quite ahead of Rohit in ODIs if you restrict only to bilateral series. 

ICC tournaments both choke when it matters , yeah agree the gap is not as huge it was 12-18 months back ..but Virat will always be a league above unless he declines very fast . He has a shot at finishing off as greatest ODI batsmen , Sharma will never be close to that level . 

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2 hours ago, jusarrived said:

ICC tournaments both choke when it matters , yeah agree the gap is not as huge it was 12-18 months back ..but Virat will always be a league above unless he declines very fast . He has a shot at finishing off as greatest ODI batsmen , Sharma will never be close to that level . 

Fair enough!

My point is in terms of effectiveness there is not much that separates them. I will say an analogy would be that from WC 99 until WC 03 Ganguly was on par with SRT as an ODI batsman. This is not to say that overall SRT is well above Ganguly but in terms of how valuable both are for the team  there is not much that separates them. 

 

I agree Virat has a shot but if he has another middling performance in WC 23, he will only remain as the greatest ODI batsman of bilateral tournaments.