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Do ICF-ers (and Cricketicz in particular) still think Kohli is Test material?


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Even if I wish Kohli to get more chances to play' date=' the need of the hour is to make him realise the importance of earning his place in the team and to BEHAVE. It'll do not harm to him if he's asked to sit out and mull over his performance and behaviour.[/quote'] Agree with you. He must understand he cannot take his place for granted.
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Kohli fails even on easy paced tracks. He has proved several times he is found wanting at Test level. Rohit may or may not succeed. But he looks a better prospect than Kohli for tests.
Rohit also has a loose technique to play swinging ball. Kohli at least in ODIs have proved that he can play on bouncy and swinging conditions in SA and England. He took time to settle down even in ODIs for his first 15-20 ODIs. He will do well same in tests as well. If we start discarding players like this, we will need a new player in every series. We need to give them time to settle down. It is not easy to score runs on these pitches against a genuine pace attack. I still remember how Dada, Dravid, and Laxman struggled in 1999 on their first tour to Australia.
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Rohit also has a loose technique to play swinging ball. Kohli at least in ODIs have proved that he can play on bouncy and swinging conditions in SA and England. He took time to settle down even in ODIs for his first 15-20 ODIs. He will do well same in tests as well. If we start discarding players like this, we will need a new player in every series. We need to give them time to settle down. It is not easy to score runs on these pitches against a genuine pace attack. I still remember how Dada, Dravid, and Laxman struggled in 1999 on their first tour to Australia.
Good post dude. Really good. Need to give some time to kohli and all other youngsters. Kohli is a great talent. He will come good as he gets some exp.
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Virus Kohli is the Yuvraj Singh of this series. His aggregate of 43 runs in 4 innings is only better than that of Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav. His average of 10.75 is even worse, its just marginally better than Ishant Sharma's. I consider Ishant a better batsman as he has shown he can survive much longer. Virus Kohli is the worst batsman in the entire XI. We cannot afford to play this turd any longer. Let's have someone else to fail at #6. This Ashwin dude can teach a thing or two about batting to our #6 batsmen. Better he could be our #6
wow, ur really pissed off at this team, how about using ur full anger in killing duncan fletcher, might help india :winky:
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well tbh, kohli has been struggling, but there are not many who will do well after the trio retires, so one of the middle order batsman has to be kohli, even if his technique is not right, he has to correct it,he has to be given 20 matches nd improve himself, coz theres no one better waiting

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Spot on and also he will have no chance at Perth against Aussie pace attack.:giggle:
bro only rohit played the short ball well in barbados vs australia in t20.... he`ll do well in perth, just that he has to remove his lazyness aside nd better improve reflexes,coz the ball will whistle past the the bat
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bro only rohit played the short ball well in barbados vs australia in t20.... he`ll do well in perth, just that he has to remove his lazyness aside nd better improve reflexes,coz the ball will whistle past the the bat
that was T20 ffs:facepalm:
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In Rohit's case it is not be the technique' date=' [b']but the temperament which causes him to fail. Lets see how he does at Perth
he seems to have improved his temperament since his comeback to the ODI team. Lets see how he copes up with Test cricket.
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The sad thing is here on ICF, we have reached such level that we already have found people who would be happy to see Rohit Sharma fail now just like there are some hidden people who have been enjoying Kohli's failure off late but not trying to show. . I am a big Kohli fan, but would love Sharma to go and score some runs. I don't care if that puts Kohli out of the team, as a fellow Indian, Sharma will get my support.

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denial? or are just being patient rather than posting knee-jerk reactions like you're when the team starts losing. Whats your thoughts on this? Kallis first 16 tests 609 runs @ 25, look where he is now.
The guy hasn't showed any improvement at all. He has no defence. and the worst thing of all, his attitude sucks. Just on the basis of his attitude, I would drop this fecker so he learns not to take his place for granted. I bet Kallis didn't look like a complete amateur like this Kohli in his initial tests.
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The sad thing is here on ICF' date=' we have reached such level that we already have found [b']people who would be happy to see Rohit Sharma fail now just like there are some hidden people who have been enjoying Kohli's failure off late but not trying to show. . I am a big Kohli fan, but would love Sharma to go and score some runs. I don't care if that puts Kohli out of the team, as a fellow Indian, Sharma will get my support.
Disappointed - Yes, Happy - No. Nobody is happy if a talented young cricketer fails but many people (including me) have an opinion that right now he is not ready for Test cricket and has a few flaws which he has to sort out and is too arrogant. He HAS to calm down a bit and control himself because too much aggression will not help his cause. As for Rohit - I consider him to be the most talented young player in World cricket today. He seems to have improved his temperament in the last few months so I expect him to succeed if he is given a chance.
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i think he is two shots he played today one pull and then straight drive they just reflected future ;) but he needs to change his attitude fingering crowd how old is this dum fawk lol

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One good test knock will set him right. Can happen to someone who has has had so much success so early in his career thinking he can replicate his ODI success in tests as well. These failures will act as the deterrent needed to get his focus right. He reinvented himself in the ODI format after losing his spot. No reason to believe he can't do that in tests. If we keep writing off every young batsman after a few failures, we would be left with no one and will need a new team every time. Also think Kohli's image works against him

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One good test knock will set him right. Can happen to someone who has has had so much success so early in his career thinking he can replicate his ODI success in tests as well. These failures will act as the deterrent needed to get his focus right. He reinvented himself in the ODI format after losing his spot. No reason to believe he can't do that in tests. If we keep writing off every young batsman after a few failures, we would be left with no one and will need a new team every time. Also think Kohli's image works against him
And he works pretty damn hard to maintain that image.
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One good test knock will set him right. Can happen to someone who has has had so much success so early in his career thinking he can replicate his ODI success in tests as well. These failures will act as the deterrent needed to get his focus right. He reinvented himself in the ODI format after losing his spot. No reason to believe he can't do that in tests. If we keep writing off every young batsman after a few failures, we would be left with no one and will need a new team every time. Also think Kohli's image works against him
Unfortunately, this is hard to explain to Rohit Worshipers, Kohliz haters. the fair weather fans, and the so called fickle(as mentioned too by someone) fans.
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Unfortunately' date=' this is hard to explain to Rohit Worshipers, Kohliz haters. the fair weather fans, and the so called fickle(as mentioned too by someone) fans.[/quote'] problem is we are in very difficult stage of series...some one need to be sacrificed... Gautham hit a 50+ so he cant dropped... Viru will get couple more chances Dravid and Lax may have retirement plans soon..so they will continue Dhoni is captain so the only BAt left is Kohli...it happens to anybody

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