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Is Abhishek Sharma is best T20 Batsman India has ever produced?


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7 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Nobody comes close to Kohli. Let Abhishek dominate a WC like how VK did in 14/16. Or GOAT knocks to match 2016 Mohali and 22 MCG. 

I think Abhishek will have a good WC.

 

Out of the 6 non minnow matches India will potentially play think he will hit at least 2 of his trademark 70(30).

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It how you look at it, some will suggest kolhi or rohit. But they were accumulator and most of the resources were directed towards them -- they were asked/allowed to play at their own pace they can face 50 balls and whatever they can..

 

1st true t20 batter to come to Ind side was/is Sky and from there you can compare others.

 

Its about what is the baseline for a t20 batter is ?? Comparing to other team who were your their best t20 player according to you  ??? 

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2 hours ago, tapandrun said:

It how you look at it, some will suggest kolhi or rohit. But they were accumulator and most of the resources were directed towards them -- they were asked/allowed to play at their own pace they can face 50 balls and whatever they can..

 

1st true t20 batter to come to Ind side was/is Sky and from there you can compare others.

 

It’s about what is the baseline for a t20 batter is ?? Comparing to other team who were your their best t20 player according to you  ??? 

Rohit has been useless in t20 World Cups till 2024. He was one of main reasons for all those slow starts along with KL Rahul.

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7 hours ago, deathmonger said:

I think Abhishek will have a good WC.

 

Out of the 6 non minnow matches India will potentially play think he will hit at least 2 of his trademark 70(30).

Thing with Kohli is that he was untouchable in '14 and '16. But what he did in 2012, even that will be a dream tournament for many of these youngsters. Then the 2022 MCG knock which came at a time when he was struggling for runs, probably the worst phase of his career. Ok knock in 24 final, got MOTM (even though I don't rate that knock even close to his top 5 in T20 WCs). The body of work is insane. MOTM in SF, F...ATG knocks in must win games like Mohali 2016, 2014 SF....GOAT knock in 22, repeated maulings of Pak who to be fair were a top T20I team in most of the editions where Kohli took part. 

 

Forget Indians. I won't put even Malinga, Gayle, ABDV, Warner anywhere close to Kohli in T20s. He is to T20s what Bradman is to tests, so far ahead of his peers. Game will change in the future, we may see freaks like Abhi/Head striking at 200....but unlikely to see anyone own his peers the way Kohli did for so long. 

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Actually Abhishek is on his way to becoming greatest T20 opener ever.  At this point Fastest to reach 5000 runs in terms of balls. 4 out of top 5 are lower order like Russell, Maxwell.. etc.  He is the only opener.  Pretty soon he will become an ATG T20 opener.  SKY was expected to eclipse everyone. But his big game failures went against him. But

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3 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Actually Abhishek is on his way to becoming greatest T20 opener ever.  At this point Fastest to reach 5000 runs in terms of balls. 4 out of top 5 are lower order like Russell, Maxwell.. etc.  He is the only opener.  Pretty soon he will become an ATG T20 opener.  SKY was expected to eclipse everyone. But his big game failures went against him. But

SKY was already old when he debuted

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He needs one clutch major international tournament: hopefully he leads us to world cup glory Insha Allah 

 

As an aside I was watching the India T20i dream team draft that Akash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar did on ESPN Cricinfo 

 

Utterly flabbergasted that neither chose Abhishek , or Tilak. Bangar chose KL and Chopra got Sehwag in lol

 

Pretty sure There was a point where Rohit was still up for grabs but Bangar picked Gill and KL 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Sooda said:

He needs one clutch major international tournament: hopefully he leads us to world cup glory Insha Allah 

 

As an aside I was watching the India T20i dream team draft that Akash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar did on ESPN Cricinfo 

 

Utterly flabbergasted that neither chose Abhishek , or Tilak. Bangar chose KL and Chopra got Sehwag in lol

 

Pretty sure There was a point where Rohit was still up for grabs but Bangar picked Gill and KL 

 

 

 

We have to understand the role he plays. Bit like Sehwag did in Tests. He is not always going to come off. I am astonished by this consistency. I expected only 50% of what he has done so far given his high risk game.  Look at Sanju who tries to do the same but fails badly with consistency. Guys like win matches even before taking the field. Teams have to break their heads to come up with plans against such guys.

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Kohli has more consistency with more crucial knocks at a healthy sr he definitely is the best India has ever produced.

 

Abhishek is halfway through although not as much consistency or crucial knocks yet his scoring rate is simply audacious and never seen before. Easily the most dangerous batsman we've produced in this format.

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i want to see abhishek in 50 overs. every other country would have made this happen by now. it's not like we're dominating.

 

as for the comparison with kohli. the game has changed tons since his peak. greatness is always a real time perception that a player is doing something no others are doing, again and again and again. that 'thing' or metric changes from era to era. kohli's blend of consistency, personal average, and chasing down totals by himself was unmatched in T20s. that skillset is whollly inadequate today when strike rates have exploded. 

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