Virat Kohli's Century Monitor

[Kumar]

who gives a **** on ODI cricket, Im mor einterested in his test performances, mind you Raina is still a great ODI player, and most people are noe forgetting that just because kholi is doing well...

[Number]

if you take stats of batsmen's performance (their average) against top 5 cricket teams (AUS,ENG,SA,SL,IND,PAK) (means teams who had some sort of consistency throughout the last decade and half) only two batsmen are ahead of kohli (50), one is beven( 52) (obviously!) and other is hashim amla(51) who too had struggled against australia. other thing stat shows that MSD (48) is better then ABD (45) and gayle is absolute joke (34). i see some idiots here , complaining about the subcontinent "roads", even if you exclude matches played in the subcontinent, thing dont change much, its beven (53), kohli (48),amla (46), ABD (43), MSD (38) and every body's favourite gayle at (31) lol a guy had 2 good IPL season and you all are hugging his nuts.

lol. :two_thumbs_up:

[jairamesh]

Kohli has played multiple odi innings this year alone which most players do not play in their whole career' date=' case in point against SL in Aus chasing 320, against Pakis in Asia Cup chasing 330 and today. I am sure if Chandimal or Akmal had played even one knock similar to that the whole internet would have been down for a day :giggle:[/quote'] Ah Chandimal, I was fond of this guy when he started. But in his last two games as a wicket keeper his antics and incessant over appealing for nothing has pretty much nailed him as Sanga's successor. Really found him annoying in the last two games.

[saurabhg]

^ No one is saying he is a bad player. I would reserve that for the likes of Raina (who' date=' IMO, can't bat even for giggles). Just saying all this is a bit of excess. There are a lot more things he needs to do before being called things like "most destructive" etc.[/quote'] the giggles player was instrumental in beating u loins in ODI 3, 4.... as well as setting up big totals in asia cup, hobart chase (ur resentment is understandable, my sympathies r with u) :hysterical::hysterical:

[saurabhg]

I put down these achievements purely because 90% of all ODIs played in the subcontinent end up being played on roads even I could go and bat on. I am going purely by what I see. Small boundaries' date=' with ropes being brought in even further, stupifyingly fast outfields that mean you don't have to earn your runs, wickets with zero help for the faster bowlers, wickets where you play through the line at will, wickets on which technically inept players like the Rainas, the Yusufs and the Yuvrajs score heaps. Just going by what I see.[/quote'] I was a big fan of aravinda de silva but out of his 11 ODI centuries, only 2 came outside subcontinent.... :omg::omg: 1 against zimbabwe in harare, n one against pakistan in nairobi..... after taking ur logic in consideration guess i'd have to reconsider my opinion of aravinda :((:((

[rkt.india]

Kohli in a zone of his own Just how far is Virat Kohli ahead of his peers now? Sample this. It is an achievement for Manoj Tiwary, a very fine batsman, to get a game. Rohit Sharma, probably the most talented of the lot, wonders how he can make some runs, somehow. Ajinkya Rahane seems to have accepted his position on the sidelines for now. Kohli, the youngest of the four, thinks he has no business getting out soon after reaching a hundred. You can bat in the zone. Kohli, at the moment, is living in the zone. When you are so far ahead of others, you can feel lonely at the summit. Kohli is searching for higher peaks to conquer. You aim to improve on your routine. Kohli's routine right now is making centuries. So now, he wants to make them "big". As if making 133 not out, 108, 66, 183, 106, 1, 38 and 128 not out in your previous eight innings is not big enough. That 38 he made in the third ODI bothered him. He was disappointed that he got out, disappointed that he took 65 balls to make 38, disappointed because he rarely fails nowadays. "So I thought about it in the nets," Kohli said. His brand of thinking was to bash every bowler during practice with an intensity that was searing to even watch. On the eve of this game, he was clobbering everything thrown at him in the nets. Spinner or fast bowler, Indian or Sri Lankan. He almost broke Ashok Dinda's hand with a piledriver of a drive. Come match situation today, and Kohli the brute became Kohli the machine, again. Lasith Malinga's swinging yorker had taken out Gautam Gambhir in the first over. Kohli jogged in and calmly left his first ball alone. The man's aggression may be in-your-face, but he knows an international batsman has to respect international bowlers at times, though he can display his intent when he gets the chance. The first came off his ninth ball, a short one outside off from Malinga. Kohli hooked. Not the desperate hook borne out of insecurity, but a calculated, crisp one. The ball almost went for six over deep midwicket. Intent shown, he went back to displaying more respect again. He was 23 off 40 at one stage, a strike-rate lower than what he managed in the third ODI. Today, though, he was determined not to throw it away. When Kohli starts churning the singles and twos calmly, you know he has switched into marathon mode. His fifty soon came, in 65 balls, with just two boundaries. Meanwhile, Virender Sehwag sparked briefly and went, Rohit's struggles continued, Tiwary fell after a start. Kohli was asked what his approach was with Rohit, probably playing for his place in the XI. He said he told Rohit to let him take all risks as a set batsman and try to play himself in. Too bad Rohit lasted 14 balls. Kohli finally found support from Suresh Raina. Apart from some nervy running initially, there was no knowing that they had come together at 109 for 4 chasing 252. Kohli had an explanation for the running as well. "They have some really good fielders inside and [we made] an error of judgment. You don't run singles off good fielders. It can happen every now and then but after that [we] pretty much sorted it out - who has a good arm, who is quick across the outfield and in the inner circle. [We] made a few mistakes but corrected them quickly." The explanation shows that Kohli and panic just don't go together. "It is very easy to [panic]," Kohli said, before going on to tell why he doesn't. "When you play about eight dot balls it is very easy to step out and go for that big one. But when you get out you realise that you lose one more wicket and the new guy going in, he might play 10-15 dot balls more. So you have that advantage over that guy coming in to bat because you are set. You can actually start rotating the strike and hit the odd balls in between for boundaries. "It is all about analysing what's going on in the middle. Today was not one of those quick wickets. Wickets in Sri Lanka are pretty slow so it was all about assessing that. We have players like Viru bhai [sehwag], Suresh and MS [Dhoni] coming in who can smash the ball at will. My job was to make sure we don't lose any more wickets. That's what I and Suresh discussed in the middle. Because defending 250 you need to take wickets at regular intervals. So our main plan was to stop that and try and create some sort of partnership. We knew we had the batting Powerplay and we [can] cash that in the end." Fifty-five runs came in the batting Powerplay, Raina got to another fifty, Kohli to another century, after which he finished the game in the 43rd over with eight boundaries off his final 16 deliveries. Kohli's been cracking hundreds for nearly a year now but he said the vice-captaincy, which he got during the Asia Cup in March, had made him more responsible. "If people think you have those qualities for handling responsibility I have been given a post, I was happily surprised with it and I feel much more responsible when I play in the middle. Not that my behaviour or my attitude towards my team-mates has changed. It is all about thinking yourself in a more responsible way. That's how you get more mature. If you are given challenges you got to live up to it and it makes you mature as a player and as a person as well." His growing maturity and productivity is reflected in the fact that he has already made more than a 1000 ODI runs this year, after making 1381 in 2011. We are fortunate to be witnessing one of the most productive steaks in international cricket. His young peers are lucky to be witnessing a live manual every day on how to manage their careers. Whether they learn from it, and how they apply it is another matter. http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-india-2012/content/current/story/574935.html

[velu]

Disagree. Kohli has more bigger overs (12 runs +) consistantly than Gayle or the others you metioned without even much effort when he is on song

are you trying to bluff us :nervous: this stat is very difficult to get from any sites :icflove:

[Prakat]

He's got his priorities right. I don't think he frets about scoring hundreds. Instead he thinks about going on and not letting the milestone distract him. if he gets out at -110 then he gets pissed with himself especially if there are overs left or runs to get, he doesn't think 'I got a ton. Good enough.'

[psrb4u]

Well not really, every batsman is as destructive as Kohli when he is set. We can look at the batsman like ABD, Gayle, Sehwag, Watson and many more.

[psrb4u]

Kohli is in great form perhaps it might be the best period of his life.

[Sidhoni]

[SLICKR392]

viv scored the quickest 4000 runs in 97 matches and kohli is now 3863 runs in 89 matches!

You have to see the No. of innings. Viv made it in @ 88 matches. Kohli's got 2 more to go.

[velu]

[JaFanatic]

You have to see the No. of innings. Viv made it in @ 88 matches. Kohli's got 2 more to go.

yea kohli can achieve that with the kinda form he's in!B->but to break that record he needs to score 137 in his next innings itself thats quite a tough one

[diga]

with the kind of form Kohli is in, he should be our #3 in tests ala ponting,an attacking #3. But I guess, Pujara/VVS will most probably occupy the slot against NZ

[Ultimate_Game]

You have to see the No. of innings. Viv made it in @ 88 matches. Kohli's got 2 more to go.

You got to understand that Viv played lots of odis which had 60 overs in an innings, a luxury Kohli never had. I would factor in the 60 overs as well in these records. E.g., if 5 years from now odis are reduced to 40 overs an innings globally it would be extremely unfair for the future players to be measured against the 50 overs odi yardstick.

[Ultimate_Game]

with the kind of form Kohli is in' date=' he should be our #3 in tests ala ponting,an attacking #3. But I guess, Pujara/VVS will most probably occupy the slot against NZ[/quote'] Pujara is more suited to #3. Let Virat play at 4 or 5.

[jind]

come on moderators yaar, when you merge a thread...keep the original title.. Where did I open a thread with the title Is there a more destructive batsman in the game today than Kohli when set? ... Mine was Kohli Kohli Oye - 13th ODI Century :fail:

[JourneyMan]

At the start of innings yes, but when Kohli's set in the middle of the innings nobody comes close to Kohli IMO. It doesn't matter whether power-play is on, whether all the fielders are on the boundary, whether it's a spinner or pacer, Kohli takes the bowling apart.

Same goes for Gayle. Kohli is batting very well at the moment but some people are getting really carried away. The same guys are going to start abusing him as soon as he has a poor streak (which nearly every player does).

[jusarrived]

Same goes for Gayle. Kohli is batting very well at the moment but some people are getting really carried away. The same guys are going to start abusing him as soon as he has a poor streak (which nearly every player does).

The point is its more than 'vary well ' . 13 hundreds at the age of 23 , is better than anything we have seen so far . forget him going thru bad from , if he retires tomorrow hes already scored and won more matches than half the ODI greats .