Will Root end up with a higher average than Kohli?

[Vijy]

the gap is narrowing rapidly. and root should be able to make more runs in Oz than he has in the past

[Sonix768]

From looking like he would end up scaling the highest tiers of test batting around 2016-17, it seems Kohli will settle into the level of Mohd. Yousuf in Test Cricket, who had one insane year (2006) and couple of good ones here and there. Make no mistake,  its still a very good level/standard but definitely no ATG.

[Majestic]

Is he a better bat than KP and ABDV?

[Vijy]

7 hours ago, Majestic said:

Is he a better bat than KP and ABDV?

root is much better than KP. ABDV underachieved in tests, so I'd put Root on par with ADBV although the latter is much more talented.

 

No need to even talk about Rat in the same vein here.

[Vijy]

7 hours ago, Sonix768 said:

From looking like he would end up scaling the highest tiers of test batting around 2016-17, it seems Kohli will settle into the level of Mohd. Yousuf in Test Cricket, who had one insane year (2006) and couple of good ones here and there. Make no mistake,  its still a very good level/standard but definitely no ATG.

Md. Yousuf was a much better HTB than Kohli, which is why he'll always have a much better avg.

[Majestic]

29 minutes ago, Vijy said:

root is much better than KP. ABDV underachieved in tests, so I'd put Root on par with ADBV although the latter is much more talented.

 

No need to even talk about Rat in the same vein here.

Rat is also underachieving in tests tbh.

[speed_thrills]

If he will play till 40 like Sachin his average will drop to 20s 

[Vijy]

Root did Ratman a favor by scoring that duck

[sage]

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[cricketfan28]

sarma will revive kohli's test career , wait and watch.

[Trichromatic]

On 12/5/2021 at 10:18 PM, Majestic said:

Rat is also underachieving in tests tbh.

Overachiever in tests. 

[Trichromatic]

On 9/1/2021 at 8:33 PM, rkt.india said:

We are actually doing serious injustice to our batsmen by producing dust Bowls at home. Every top batsman is piling runs at home but we in an attempt create false supremacy over our opposition are creating dust bowls giving cheap wickets to spinners. Look at Jadeja, he has become so habitual of taking cheap wickets on rank turners in India that he is looking like a part timer in England. No one can guess he is averaging 24 in test cricket after watching him bowl harmless stuff in England.

When they were given flat deck, India replied with 72-4 at Chennai v England earlier and lost the match. 

 

Puraja, Kohli, Rahane are no longer capable of scoring big 100s and double 100s on flat pitches. 

 

So they realized that batting is inept anyway and will score 250-300 on all conditions. Better to avoid highways. 

[Vijy]

root batted well, but failed to get that elusive 100 in Oz again. the good thing is that his career avg is not much affected by the 1st match

[Pollack]

12 hours ago, cricketfan28 said:

sarma will revive kohli's test career , wait and watch.

He has himself barely revived his own career in Tests. It's stupid to give him test vice captaincy. 

[cricketfan28]

3 hours ago, Pollack said:

He has himself barely revived his own career in Tests. It's stupid to give him test vice captaincy. 

what I mean is sarma's comeback will inspire kohli.

[Majestic]

2 hours ago, sarchasm said:

It's very important that Kohli retires as a batsman of more or less the same calibre as Vengasarkar, Pujara etc. Some outstanding highs, and some memorable knocks, and challenged the very best of his era for a couple of seasons but ultimately lacked the quality to sustain the excellence that standout GOATs/ATGs possess in spades.

 

 

Nope, he has already done enough combining all formats to get an ATG tag.

 

Even if there is no peak coming ahead for him, he will retire at ABDV level. That's a bare minimum.

[Nikola]

I still expect him to peak for couple of years and get his avg around 52 by the time he retires. If he fails to do so then he will retire around michael clarke level.

[Sunil_narine024]

In other news, Steve Smith's average dropped below 60.

[Vijy]

Just now, Sunil_narine024 said:

In other news, Steve Smith's average dropped below 60.

yes, for the first time since 2017 I think. labu's avg also went below 60 in this series. conway is the only one with a 60+ avg and that is largely thanks to playing eng and bang in conditions he knows well. in this era, it seems unlikely that people can avg over 60 (or even 55).

[Adamant]

This thread has been down since Root's failure in Australian conditions (yet again). Typical. 

With home season coming up for Kohli and him getting to bat against the likes of Srilanka and Bangladesh this average difference is gonna rise.