Virat Kohli to settle down in London with his family ?

[Chakdephatte]

8 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

 

Kohli has not been an elite batter in SENA conditions since the 2018 England tour.  

 

Both his ODI and Test record since then in those conditions are testament to that. 

 

This part I agree. 

 

8 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

 

Sai Sudarshan should be groomed for 2027.  

Could have named anyone for but him. For South Africa. 

[Nikhil_cric]

1 minute ago, Chakdephatte said:

 

This part I agree. 

 

Could have named anyone for but him. For South Africa. 

Sudarshan was very impressive as #3 in South Africa not long ago . At least needs to be given a fair run. 

Edited July 27, 2024 by Nikhil_cric

[Chakdephatte]

1 minute ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Sudarshan was very impressive as #3 in South Africa not long ago . At least needs to be given a fair run. 

That was three matches, including one easy chase. 

 

I think you have access to his stats against Hard Lengths. I also suspect his leg side power game which is just a basic requirement nowadays. 

[Ultimate_Game]

1 minute ago, Chakdephatte said:

That was three matches, including one easy chase. 

 

I think you have access to his stats against Hard Lengths. I also suspect his leg side power game which is just a basic requirement nowadays. 

 

For ODIs he's pretty decent. Wouldn't pick him for T20s but for ODIs his game is more than decent.

[Nikhil_cric]

Just now, Chakdephatte said:

That was three matches, including one easy chase. 

 

I think you have access to his stats against Hard Lengths. I also suspect his leg side power game which is just a basic requirement nowadays. 

 

Not saying he's the finished product yet. For that matter Gill has weaknesses even now but makes the ODI side. 

 

Sai has a good technique for a #3 batter and he is the best timer of the ball after Gill. 

 

 

 

[Nikhil_cric]

2 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

For ODIs he's pretty decent. Wouldn't pick him for T20s but for ODIs his game is more than decent.

Exactly. He's an ODI batter, especially at #3.  Definitely not a T20 batter. 

[Chakdephatte]

2 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

For ODIs he's pretty decent. Wouldn't pick him for T20s but for ODIs his game is more than decent.

Where would you play him? And why would you settle for decent? 

 

We have Jaiswal for opening and Pant for middle among left handers. X factor players who have more well rounded game. That does not make hin bad, but again, why would you settle for decent? 

 

3 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

For that matter Gill has weaknesses even now but makes the ODI side. 

What weaknesses? 

[Kron]

1 minute ago, Chakdephatte said:

Where would you play him? And why would you settle for decent? 

 

We have Jaiswal for opening and Pant for middle among left handers. X factor players who have more well rounded game. That does not make hin bad, but again, why would you settle for decent? 

 

What weaknesses? 

Sai is a no?

Gill is a yes. Next kohli? That would be Gill? 

[Ultimate_Game]

2 minutes ago, Chakdephatte said:

Where would you play him? And why would you settle for decent? 

 

We have Jaiswal for opening and Pant for middle among left handers. X factor players who have more well rounded game. That does not make hin bad, but again, why would you settle for decent? 

 

 

Play him at 3. Posted my ideal team for the ODI WC on the previous page without the seniors.

[Nikhil_cric]

Pathirana's trajectory is like a left arm bowler's at times .

 

Very difficult to track. 

[Adamant]

7 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

 

You see it as flawed because you are a disingenuous sycophant. 

 

Kohli after Southampton Test 2018 has played 19 Tests vs SENA in SENA.

 

 

Averages 31.9 at a strike rate of 45.

 

That's as mediocre as it gets. Cherrypicking random tours to suit your narrative seems to be the only thing you're good at. 

 

 

See this is what happens when you have no logic.

We all know Kohli went through a bad phase.

 

At that time he was not scoring in any format of the game, be it Odis t20s or tests.

 

He has picked up scoring rate in other formats and topped our batting charts in SA on the last successful tour and everyone knows that he is good in Australian conditions.

 

You are the one cherry-picking here, including only stats after 2018.

[Adamant]

5 hours ago, Number said:

Pujara and Rahane were dropped. Despite Pujara being better than Kohli. 

Kohli only survived in the test squad due to his huge PR machinery. 

Kohli was not dropped because of his stellar record, Rahane and Pujara now avg 38 and 41, Kohli even aftwr the slump averages 49 and was our best batsman in the last SA tour.

[putrevus]

I see some morons still not getting over Kohli. 

 

Kohli was rightly  backed by the team , even in his worst period , he was compable to the best period of guys like KL Rahul or Rohit.How many tours did Rohit miss again.

 

If he does well in Australia, he can play till 40 , he is fit and should play more tests.

 

Hope he has enough motivation . His legacy as best player of his era and GOAT whiteball batsman is set even if he does not play a single match.

 

All he needs to do is enjoy his cricket.He carried Indian cricket for more than a decade without much help.

Edited July 27, 2024 by putrevus

[Number]

2 hours ago, Adamant said:

Kohli was not dropped because of his stellar record, Rahane and Pujara now avg 38 and 41, Kohli even aftwr the slump averages 49 and was our best batsman in the last SA tour.

 

Pujara was also dropped in 2021 when he averaged 46 or so, that isn't big difference and both of them averaged nearly same in the last 3 years before Pujara was dropped.

This isn't Kohli's fault but definitely his PR plays a role, if he wasn't a big star he would have got dropped too with Pujara.

 

 

 

[Ultimate_Game]

3 hours ago, putrevus said:

I see some morons still not getting over Kohli. 

 

Kohli was rightly  backed by the team , even in his worst period , he was compable to the best period of guys like KL Rahul or Rohit.How many tours did Rohit miss again.

 

If he does well in Australia, he can play till 40 , he is fit and should play more tests.

 

Hope he has enough motivation . His legacy as best player of his era and GOAT whiteball batsman is set even if he does not play a single match.

 

All he needs to do is enjoy his cricket.He carried Indian cricket for more than a decade without much help.

 

The only carrying he did was carrying the arthi of our ICC tourneys  hopes for more than a decade. Thanks to Bumrah for overcoming this panauti to finally get us a title as the "King" left no stone unturned in continuing to make India RCB of world cricket.

 

We all saw how much he "carried" the team when Indian youngsters were able to beat Aus in Aus in 2020-21 when the "King" ran home. He hasn't carried shyte and was the anchor round our necks for more than a decade.

[Praveen 06]

6 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

The only carrying he did was carrying the arthi of our ICC tourneys  hopes for more than a decade. Thanks to Bumrah for overcoming this panauti to finally get us a title as the "King" left no stone unturned in continuing to make India RCB of world cricket.

 

We all saw how much he "carried" the team when Indian youngsters were able to beat Aus in Aus in 2020-21 when the "King" ran home. He hasn't carried shyte and was the anchor round our necks for more than a decade.

Only player to won the u19 wc n all loi icc trophies. Also won the test maces, keep crying dude

Edited July 27, 2024 by Praveen 06

[Ultimate_Game]

2 minutes ago, Praveen 06 said:

Only player to won the u19 wc n all loi icc trophies. Also won the test maces, keep crying dude

 

u19 trophy  We win u19 trophies for fun 

 

He didn't win anything... Gambhir and Dhoni did the 2011 WC final just like Bumrah, Pandya and Axar did the WT20. We all saw how the "King" nearly doomed the team with his 48 ball 50. Thanks to Bumrah for bailing us out 

[Praveen 06]

29 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

u19 trophy  We win u19 trophies for fun 

 

He didn't win anything... Gambhir and Dhoni did the 2011 WC final just like Bumrah, Pandya and Axar did the WT20. We all saw how the "King" nearly doomed the team with his 48 ball 50. Thanks to Bumrah for bailing us out 

Take eno n sleep well.

 

Kohli won the mom in 24 t20 wc final n top scorer 

Top scorer in 2013 ct final

Scored meaningful 35 runs in 11 wc final..

Won u19 wc n test maces as captain

Won 3 Pott in icc events 

Achieved the no1 rank in all formats.

 

 

Edited July 27, 2024 by Praveen 06

[Kron]

16 hours ago, putrevus said:

I see some morons still not getting over Kohli. 

 

Kohli was rightly  backed by the team , even in his worst period , he was compable to the best period of guys like KL Rahul or Rohit.How many tours did Rohit miss again.

 

If he does well in Australia, he can play till 40 , he is fit and should play more tests.

 

Hope he has enough motivation . His legacy as best player of his era and GOAT whiteball batsman is set even if he does not play a single match.

 

All he needs to do is enjoy his cricket.He carried Indian cricket for more than a decade without much help.

Kohli did well at times. At times not. But don't say he carried the team. He did not

[Adamant]

14 hours ago, Number said:

 

Pujara was also dropped in 2021 when he averaged 46 or so, that isn't big difference and both of them averaged nearly same in the last 3 years before Pujara was dropped.

This isn't Kohli's fault but definitely his PR plays a role, if he wasn't a big star he would have got dropped too with Pujara.

 

 

 

No it does not, Kohlis AWAY record is way superior to Pujara, it has nothing to do with PR