Legacy of "King" Kohli and "Hitman" Rohit

[Ultimate_Game]

The true legacy they have is of coming up short at intl level. They were the primary reason for the lost decade in shorter formats with 0 ICC trophies with their inability to show up when it mattered.

 

And now they've put a cherry on top and reinforced the legacy as the architects for the first ever home series loss to NZ. And that too to a mediocre Kiwi side which doesn't have Williamson or Boult, who retired before the series. The only decent pacer they have is Southee who's also about to retire. The best spinner in their team is Santner who's not even a first choice in Tests and had never before taken a 10-fer in a Test. This is the same kiwi side which lost 0-3 to SL just last month.

 

I've never seen any star come up so small at the intl stage the way our so called "King" and "Hitman" have.

 

Update: Architects of twin monumental failures - first Indian team to lose to New Zealand at home, and also the first Indian team ever to be clean sept at home.

 

The true legacy is making excuses such as "30 bad mins", "one poor session", "an off day", "one bad match", "kabhi toh yeh chalta hai" etc. Take out these lame excuses the so called superstars have nothing to show. In fact someone like Travis Head has a more impactful legacy in a couple of years than these leeches across nearly 2 decades. Feel for our bowlers that our greatest bowling in our history spearheaded by Bumrah and Shami has nothing to show for it thanks to these chokers.

Edited November 3, 2024 by Ultimate_Game

[The Realist]

Embarrassing and that in a 3 team sport.

 

The legacy can be seen in a near empty trophy cabinet, bar the SA implosion in the WT20. 

[Ultimate_Game]

48 minutes ago, The Realist said:

Embarrassing and that in a 3 team sport.

 

The legacy can be seen in a near empty trophy cabinet, bar the SA implosion in the WT20. 

 

Bumrah saved their asses that day else it would've been 0 ICC trophies since they became the mainstays of the team.

[Frustrated]

https://youtu.be/A3C_9ZV0l-I?si=5QRAmnT0tPZZmMmK.  Finally, our main stream media (who were seen assl!cking the seniors all these years) is fed up with these 2 non-performing jokers in the lineup.  And hv started a campaign for their removal.  

[Frustrated]

This was a writing on the wall for long time.  At some point, the luck was supposed to run out.  (The luck/luxury of lower order bailing the team out of tough situation).                    Both these jokers average less than GobarAzam in last 20 innings.  

[Manucrick]

they already ruined their legacy 

[jf1gp_1]

T20 winner. CT winner. ODI winner for Kohli and finally WTC winner in '25. 

[Sean Bradley]

There was never a legacy, their legacy is only against making heaps of runs on flat decks in meaningless ODIs against meaningless opposition. 

[Majestic]

2 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

T20 winner. CT winner. ODI winner for Kohli and finally WTC winner in '25. 

 

2 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

T20 winner. CT winner. ODI winner for Kohli and finally WTC winner in '25. 

T20I WC - Bumrah

ODI WC - Yuvraj 

CT - Dhawan

WTC - Let’s see

[Majestic]

Kohli is an all format ATG and a country great in Tests.

 

Rohit is a white ball ATG and just a good test player. Overall, behind the Fab 4 and Warner. So, not a top tier player.

 

We will talk about HTB Ashwin and Jadeja too in other threads. As for Bumrah and Pant, let them qualify the eligibility criteria first. There is no true top 10 cricketer contender in Indian team.

[jf1gp_1]

10 minutes ago, Sean Bradley said:

There was never a legacy, their legacy is only against making heaps of runs on flat decks in meaningless ODIs against meaningless opposition. 

This makes no sense. Virat has 6 100s in Australia. Which is same number as Sachin but in less matches. How many non-Australians have more 100s in australia. by the way flavor of the year Root has 0.  

[Number]

In LOIs their story is of so near yet so far. Always invariably choking at the last hurdle. CT17, WC 19, shitshow in WC22 SF. 

In tests Kohli is a legit Indian (strictly India's) great and that's about it.

[Ultimate_Game]

10 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

T20 winner. CT winner. ODI winner for Kohli and finally WTC winner in '25. 

 

9 hours ago, Majestic said:

 

T20I WC - Bumrah

ODI WC - Yuvraj 

CT - Dhawan

WTC - Let’s see

 

Had to be carried to the titles.

 

2011 ODI WC final - Gambhir and Dhoni

2013 CT - It was Dhawan's tourney and Ashwin & Jaddu won the final by defending 120 odd

2024 WT20 - Bumrah and the bowlers won an unwinnable match from 30 needed off 30 with 7 wkts in hand

WTC - Big fat duck

 

Since Kohli and Rohit became the leaders and the mainstays of the team, they didn't win anything. Old guard of Dhoni, Gambhir, Yuvraj won 3 tourneys whereas Kohli & Rohit won a big fat 0! That too despite having our best ever bowling lineup at their disposal in Bumrah and Shami.

[Ultimate_Game]

On 10/27/2024 at 12:23 AM, Number said:

In LOIs their story is of so near yet so far. Always invariably choking at the last hurdle. CT17, WC 19, shitshow in WC22 SF. 

In tests Kohli is a legit Indian (strictly India's) great and that's about it.

 

Cometh the Finals, cometh the choking and excuses... 30 bad mins, one bad match, one bad session etc. Even someone like Travis Head has made a much bigger impact than the so called "King" and "Hitman".

Edited October 28, 2024 by Ultimate_Game

[Ultimate_Game]

12 hours ago, Frustrated said:

https://youtu.be/A3C_9ZV0l-I?si=5QRAmnT0tPZZmMmK.  Finally, our main stream media (who were seen assl!cking the seniors all these years) is fed up with these 2 non-performing jokers in the lineup.  And hv started a campaign for their removal.  

 

Finally! Should've happened right after the 2021 WT20 where they shat the bed as usual.

[singhvivek141]

Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli has become like Pawan Singh & Khesari Lal Yadav of Bhojpuri Industry....their biases is turning it into an absolute joke. 

[chewy]

as Diwali coming, these two overrated and overhyped twats career can be described like fireworks — bright at first, but ultimately just a lot of noise and empty fizz

 

[Bigg Brother]

Both have legacy bashing minnows in bilaterals and statpadding. Never seen bigger stat padder than fatso Rohit Sharma. 

[diga]

their legacy started with whitewashes in Eng & Aus and I fear it may finish on the same note

[deepdynamo]

Two phases of Kohli's Test career