PREDICT Kohli's batting performance post captaincy. Is retirement from cricket coming soon too ?

[rangeelaraja]

I am willing to bet that his retirement from cricket is coming pretty soon. Maybe after a disastrous outing in the 2023 home WC, after which he will be dropped.

 

I think he is going to retire from all cricket sometime next year or early 2024, going out after a spate of performances that are like Rahane's. 

 

 

Edited January 17, 2022 by rangeelaraja

[mishra]

Biproduct of Vinod Rai’s mess will be out of team in no time. Fingers crossed

[Vancouver]

Well he is 33 so it's not hard to guess that retirement is max 2-3 years away.

[rangeelaraja]

19 minutes ago, Vancouver said:

Well he is 33 so it's not hard to guess that retirement is max 2-3 years away.

 

Nothing is obvious. 

 

The greats of the era that has just gone by - Sangakkara, Ponting, Tendulkar - played till 38,39 and even nearing 40.

 

Kohli has the fitness to play for many years.

( if only selection was based on fitness ) 

 

His dip in form is irreversible and will only further regress from here. He has not been batting consistently for atleast 2 years if not more. Don’t Know any other batsman that has done that and picked up a peak batting form. Plus what has happened now - he is mentally just not there. 
 

 

[AKane]

I think he will do better. Everyone who quit captaincy be it Ian Botham or SRT did better following the relinquish of the responsibility.

 

Kohli should do better - how much better we will see. But I expect him to be much better. 

[QuarantineTormentino]

The reason behind Kohli’s batting slump isn’t the burden of captaincy or anything, it’s because of his flawed batting technique. For some reason he has turned into a front foot merchant these days and pretty much completely lost his back-foot Play ability. Add to this his inability to sweep/use his feet against the left arm spinners and you can understand why his shot making appears so limited. This is the exact reason why opponents who are disciplined enough are able to keep him quiet with that outside off-stump line: because they know that his only response to that line, no matter the length, is to either leave the ball or flash his bat at it. Pretty much everybody’s figured it out by now that if you can sustain a line out side off for him for a long time he will eventually get out caught behind nicking one. For this reason I don’t expect any turnaround in Kohli’s luck unless he swallows his ego and makes a few drastic changes to his technique

[Majestic]

He will retire after home series vs Australia.

[AuxiliA]

I don't have much hope in his batting tbh. 

[Cricket_Hacker]

He could retire if he doesnt find form this year

[sorak]

To be a devils advocate, he will probably have one good peak year of cricket surrounded by multiple 35 avg periods. Hope that peak year won't trigger calls for captaincy from his pr. :)

[Suhaan]

He must retire as early as possible

[Clarke]

Its all upon him, if he's mentally accepting the present and future he can be in top 5-10 batsmen for some years. There's enough guidance available from India's batting prowess from earlier generations including the current head coach. His fitness should keep him going and its all a matter of focus on the right goals, be it working with the new captain and the other batsmen or spending time in nets vs gym. 

 

His businesses will also benefit from his batting performances, hope he sees it that way.

Edited January 18, 2022 by Clarke

[dilliboy]

He will improve him form considerably. 

Won't become the beast he was pre 2019 but he'll be back to being a top class test and ODI batsmen. 

However I do think it's time for him to retire from international t20

[Stan AF]

The sooner the better.

[RajBan]

Kohli will remain an average batsman for the rest of the career. He has lost the hunger, still into ego/politicking mode and don't exhibit any  humility  and guts to get back to his best. I expect Kohli to completely move out of cricket  as he won't be able to make his way into adminstration or management.

[prudent_kreeda]

4 hours ago, RajBan said:

Kohli will remain an average batsman for the rest of the career. He has lost the hunger, still into ego/politicking mode and don't exhibit any  humility  and guts to get back to his best. I expect Kohli to completely move out of cricket  as he won't be able to make his way into adminstration or management.

Politics ?

[HamHindustani]

Hope he finds his batting form. Much needed for the 2023 WC.

Long term it would be hilarious to hear him as a Hindi commentator, uncensored version.

[goose]

i believe in cycles. the cornerstone of financial markets, astrology, the seasons, and all human behaviour. there is no historic precedent for a batsman of his pedigree to go into free fall and stay there. he will rise.

[SRT100]

17 hours ago, Majestic said:

He will retire after home series vs Australia.

 

Thats so selfish.

 

He is finished already, the BCCI should dump him when he fails in the home series v Sri Lanka.

[Vijy]

should do okay in ODIs. not hard to tuk-tuk around these days on pattas with no wkt-taking bowlers and avg 40+ (maybe even 50+). in tests, his back foot game is missing, technique has big holes, and his fishing tendencies are affecting him strongly. I don't think he will do well in tests.