Why doesn't Kohli need to play Duleep trophy to prove his place in the side?

[New guy]

He skips tours, never practices for the longer format and then stinks up all over the place. Even Sachin was never given such a free pass.

[Ultimate_Game]

He's done. No amount of playing Duleep, domestic or any other tourney is gonna help him. The guy is 38 and has been on a decline over the last 4 years - averaging 32-33 over the last 4 years.

 

There's a reason Indian team looks better without him. Our real stars have been our bowlers and lower order batsmen such as Pant, Jadeja, Ashwin, Axar, Washington Sundar etc. It's a travesty that we dropped likes of Sarfaraz and Jurel to bring back has beens Kohli and KL Rahul.

[Chakdephatte]

Kohli now plays only about 30 games per year. Apart from IPL. 

 

His 'workload management' has become 'lack of match practice'. There is no way out from here. 

[Lord]

Its called county cricket in his country

[deepdynamo]

Shocking stats since 2020...fking 4.5 years bad form...

 

 

Edited September 19, 2024 by deepdynamo

[Ultimate_Game]

56 minutes ago, deepdynamo said:

Shocking stats since 2020...fking 4.5 years bad form...

 

 

 

Nearly 5 years is not a temporary slump, it's almost half the career of most players. In fact Kohli's slump is now greater than his peak from 2014-2018, i.e. 4-5 years of peak and 5 years of slump.

 

He adds absolutely no value to the team. Averages around 33 as a top order batsman, can't bowl and drops catches. Better to have Axar who can at least bowl and will give you similar performance with the bat. Or go with Sarfaraz who has been our best domestic bat over the last 4 years.

[Bigg Brother]

Ashwin, Jaddu, Axar toil hard so that India can make it to Wtc final ,while these guys have to fight out for spot in XI in final while these losers (Kohli,Rahane) make sure we **** in pants in final everytime. 

[Ultimate_Game]

44 minutes ago, Bigg Brother said:

Ashwin, Jaddu, Axar toil hard so that India can make it to Wtc final ,while these guys have to fight out for spot in XI in final while these losers (Kohli,Rahane) make sure we **** in pants in final everytime. 

 

You can replace Kohli and KL Rahul with any random Ranji player and there wouldn't be any difference in the team's performances. When they've to show up in away series or in WTC final, they go missing as usual, and the bowlers get blamed despite the bowlers and lower order carrying the team to the WTC final.

[vvvslaxman]

I have a hunch if India had played without Kohli in the last few years we would have won more matches.

[Nikhil_cric]

It's not so much that he is not playing domestic as he hasn't worked on his game in the last 4 years. 

 

Root has ruthlessly worked on his game and he hasnt played a whole lot of domestic either. In fact, he goes and plays even overseas leagues. 

 

Root doubled down on the strokes where his averages were high and eschewed his low percentage shots.

 

Kohli has done nothing of the sort. Still trying to cover drive fast bowlers by advancing down the pitch .

 

 

 

 

[Vk1]

2 hours ago, Bigg Brother said:

Ashwin, Jaddu, Axar toil hard so that India can make it to Wtc final ,while these guys have to fight out for spot in XI in final while these losers (Kohli,Rahane) make sure we **** in pants in final everytime. 

absolutely true

[sensible-indian]

2 hours ago, Bigg Brother said:

Ashwin, Jaddu, Axar toil hard so that India can make it to Wtc final ,while these guys have to fight out for spot in XI in final while these losers (Kohli,Rahane) make sure we **** in pants in final everytime. 

Drives me crazy thinking about it lol.

 

Then we come up with genius moves like 4 pacer template (regardless of conditions overseas) while ignoring trimurtis non performance.

 

Man those were the dark days.

[vvvslaxman]

35 minutes ago, sensible-indian said:

Drives me crazy thinking about it lol.

 

Then we come up with genius moves like 4 pacer template (regardless of conditions overseas) while ignoring trimurtis non performance.

 

Man those were the dark days.

 

Oval pitch is the closest to subcontinent pitch. Ashwin is probably the biggest nemesis of Australians.   

 

Look at the 2021-2023 cycle. This guy was sitting out. But discarded Rahane came back straight into playing XI based on one innings in the IPL at wankhede.  We played 4 useless pace bowlers there. Ridiculous.

 

[Ultimate_Game]

3 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

I have a hunch if India had played without Kohli in the last few years we would have won more matches.

 

It's not a hunch, it actually has been shown. 2017 decider against Aus in Dharamshala, 2020-21 series in Aus, and the recent Eng series. The team has looked and performed better every time Kohli hasn't played. He's the "anchor" in the true sense of the word and has weighed down the team.

[The Realist]

7 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

He's done. No amount of playing Duleep, domestic or any other tourney is gonna help him. The guy is 38 and has been on a decline over the last 4 years - averaging 32-33 over the last 4 years.

 

There's a reason Indian team looks better without him. Our real stars have been our bowlers and lower order batsmen such as Pant, Jadeja, Ashwin, Axar, Washington Sundar etc. It's a travesty that we dropped likes of Sarfaraz and Jurel to bring back has beens Kohli and KL Rahul.

 

 Officially 35 but rumours...

 

[Austin 3:!6]

8 hours ago, New guy said:

He skips tours, never practices for the longer format and then stinks up all over the place. Even Sachin was never given such a free pass.

 

Comparing Sachin to Kohli in test cricket is blasphemy bro. The little man was on a different level and was batting brilliantly even during our test tour to Australia in 2011. He just lost his form in 2012 and retired next year.

[Austin 3:!6]

There was a term invented for Suresh Raina later in his career - 'Reluctant cricketer'

 

Kohli is going through the exact phase now

[Sandz]

Because his brand is bigger than these Mickey Mouse tournaments @New guy . Don’t play these.

[Ultimate_Game]

36 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

There was a term invented for Suresh Raina later in his career - 'Reluctant cricketer'

 

Kohli is going through the exact phase now

 

This phase may be applicable for countries like New Zealand with a small player pool, but in a country like India where there're plenty of replacements, this doesn't make any sense. Let him play RCB and try to win IPL.

[vvvslaxman]

2 hours ago, The Realist said:

 

 Officially 35 but rumours...

 

 

He looks like Stephen lang lol