ABDV is the best batsman in the world right now...

[Old guy]

Vo toh IPL ke liye' date=' not for tests [/quote'] well i was trying to be cheeky but my point was that any one can become number 1 in future and kohl probably looks like best bet right now to challenge abdv in future but right now there is no comparison . also who knows how abdv will be playing then ? if kohli can improve so can he as he will also give up keeping so it will make things easier and he might start scoring bigger hundreds like before

[bulbul]

AB de Villiers' batting career so far...   
                  Matches Runs Average Strike rate 100s/ 50s 
Tests - before 2009   48 3134 41.78 52.97 7/ 15 
Tests - since Jan 2009 44 4034 64.03 55.16 12/ 20 
ODIs - before 2009 76 2330 36.40 84.91 3/ 14 
ODIs - since Jan 2009 83 4001 62.51 99.97 13/ 22 
T20Is - overall 51 867 21.67 121.25 0/ 4 
IPL - overall 74 1662 34.62 134.90 1/ 10

Best Test batsmen since Jan 2009* (Qual: 2000 runs) 
Batsman Tests Runs Average 100s/ 50s 
AB de Villiers 44 4034 64.03 12/ 20 
Hashim Amla 43 4011 59.86 15/ 16 
Kumar Sangakkara 40 3686 56.70 13/ 15 
Jacques Kallis 39 3342 56.64 15/ 8 
Michael Clarke 62 5356 53.56 18/ 15 
Thilan Samaraweera 34 2662 53.24 7/ 12 
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 33 2402 52.21 6/ 11 
Rahul Dravid 31 2640 51.76 9/ 10 
VVS Laxman 31 2259 50.20 4/ 18 
Sachin Tendulkar 42 3228 49.66 8/ 17

Top batsmen in ODIs since Jan 2009* (Qual: 2500 runs) 
Batsman Inngs Runs Average Str rate 100s/ 50s Ave x SR RPI x SR 
AB de Villiers 80 3867 61.38 99.05 12/ 22 60.80 47.88 
MS Dhoni 100 4058 61.48 88.27 5/ 29 54.27 35.82 
Virat Kohli 119 5429 53.75 91.13 19/ 29 48.98 41.58 
Hashim Amla 70 3535 53.56 89.88 10/ 22 48.14 45.39 
Tillakaratne Dilshan 120 4931 46.08 89.08 16/ 19 41.05 36.60 
Shane Watson 93 3760 43.21 91.79 8/ 21 39.66 37.11 
Jonathan Trott 61 2596 50.90 76.55 4/ 19 38.96 32.58 
Kumar Sangakkara 125 5346 46.89 81.60 8/ 40 38.26 34.90 
Michael Hussey 83 2874 42.89 87.80 1/ 22 37.66 34.47 
Gautam Gambhir 77 3038 42.19 87.37 6/ 21 36.86 34.47 

ps : RPI is here :--D

[gaurav92]

ABDV unsold in the Nanda's IPL Auction :((

[SLICKR392]

So apart from Ishant Sharma, whose the best bowler in the world right now?

[kaptaan]

namma kohli No.1 :icflove:

[kaptaan]

[SLICKR392]

Stand correct. Kohli is. Choker AB!

[Yoda-esque]

Good one

[Detonator]

Still ABDV is the best. Kohli didnt face VVS Ashwarne. :hatsoff:

[Temujin Khaghan]

BOSS mode is on :yay: any format ... any ground ... any attack :finger: smoked steyn for 24 runs in 1 over

[rageaddict]

Kohli is not even fit to tie " you know what "

[Temujin Khaghan]

Kohli is not even fit to tie " you know what "

OTT dont you think... everyone in the thread who agree ABDV is no.1 also agree Kohli is the future no.1 in all formats go troll elsewhere.

[SLICKR392]

Kohli is not even fit to tie " you know what "

Yeah right! It was there for everyone to see around the world when Kohli clobbered the chokers when it matter in the WT20.

[fineleg]

Words from Virat Kohli:

Kohli: "He (AB) is the best player in the world by far. He has shown it every now and then, and he has shown it again today why he is rated the number one in the world in any format. Today was one of the days we needed someone to win the game from that tough situation. One of the best innings in T20 I have seen, the way he was striking the ball under pressure. We thought it was a below-par score in Bangalore. Generally you get 170. Chris got us to a decent start, the way AB played, he took it away from the opposition."

[SLICKR392]

^ Matured stuff from Virat.

[Jersey #10]

Virat has grown from a boy to a man today :(( Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk

[fineleg]

VK has grown more mature, and ABDV is an out of this world best batsman.

[Old guy]

He is beat in world but sometimes when you keeps seeing Kohli perform always we seem to forget what this guy can do .. Well Kohli has good habit of losing it in ipl hand coming back into form for India so I won't worry :p

[sillymidoff]

why is kohli even being discussed in this thread. bring kohli into the discussion when he has a couple of good series on the trot in tests.

[Old guy]

why is kohli even being discussed in this thread. bring kohli into the discussion when he has a couple of good series on the trot in tests.

He already did but Ofcourse you did not follow them Kohli did better in South Africa than what abdv does in India that's all I have got to say :winky: