HippoSucks Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Best Test and ODI player at the moment. But I think Kohli is very close to his level' date=' at least in ODIs. And Kohli is much younger, and so Kohli could be an even bigger legend at ABD's current age. In tests, ABD is really in a league of his own, Kohli has some real catching to do, to reach his level.[/quote'] Most people averaging over 50 in tests are pretty close to each other.
Old guy Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 Most people averaging over 50 in tests are pretty close to each other. Statistically maybe but anyone who has seen his innings like vs Johnson last year know he is something special ..
adi B Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 Statistically maybe but anyone who has seen his innings like vs Johnson last year know he is something special .. True.there's more to just stats,quality of the knock is also important ,abdv is class above the rest including sanga ,he avgs 40+ everywhere
Old guy Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 True.there's more to just stats' date='quality of the knock is also important ,abdv is class above the rest including sanga ,he avgs 40+ everywhere[/quote'] Only struggled in England but he was keeping and was little out of form otherwise has dominated everywhere .. Also some of innings you forget like vs Australia blocking all day without boundary being out of form after English tour and saving game .. Next match hitting 100 with team scoring at 6 rpo at Perth :giggle: He makes batting look easy and I don't even consider inning like yesterday while judging him that is just hitting talent but his ability to make any bowling look easy on his day is just freakish ..
MCGGG Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 He probably is the most valuable player, he's a star!!
Marut Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 Most people averaging over 50 in tests are pretty close to each other. This was true of the 80s and 90s. Not sadly any more.
jusarrived Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 When he is batting' date=' I get the feeling that he is playing tennis ball cricket. He just makes shot making look so easy.[/quote'] And hes so good to watch , even while slogging . I always thot Tendulkar had a touch more time to play his shots compared to the likes of Lara , Ponting or Dravid , but AB seems to have like a lot more time than even Tendular did . Thats how good he is .
jusarrived Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 Best Test and ODI player at the moment. But I think Kohli is very close to his level' date=' at least in ODIs. And Kohli is much younger, and so Kohli could be an even bigger legend at ABD's current age. In tests, ABD is really in a league of his own, Kohli has some real catching to do, to reach his level.[/quote'] Virat is a far superior ODI bat . ABD has no proven to be a match winner , hes just OK in that regard. Yesterdays inning was brilliant , but was it match winning ? SA would have got 350 anyway . He does well when there is no pressure
Sidhoni Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 ABDV should play at least some decent innings in a knockout game to be in contention of being crowned MVP.
Marut Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 Virat is a far superior ODI bat . ABD has no proven to be a match winner , hes just OK in that regard. Yesterdays inning was brilliant , but was it match winning ? SA would have got 350 anyway . He does well when there is no pressure You mean he is not a big match player? Yeah, ABD has to prove yet that he has the clutch gene. This WC will provide that opportunity, let us see what happens. But ABD has won many matches for SA chasing. He has been a let down only in major tournaments. He is still the best ODI player and if he can rectify his big match record he will be a legend.
jusarrived Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 You mean he is not a big match player? Yeah, ABD has to prove yet that he has the clutch gene. This WC will provide that opportunity, let us see what happens. But ABD has won many matches for SA chasing. He has been a let down only in major tournaments. He is still the best ODI player and if he can rectify his big match record he will be a legend. Nope not just the WC , its not all about the WC imo . AB dosent do much when chasing totals , all his best knocks are batting first when there is no pressure even yesterdays .
goose Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 i repeat - notice how unparalleled brilliance in the one-day format aways increases the stock of a player across all formats.
jusarrived Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 i repeat - notice how unparalleled brilliance in the one-day format aways increases the stock of a player across all formats. I remember saying the same thing & most of ICFrs laughed at me . Let me see if I can dig that thread up . ODI plays a huge role in the way people are rated & soon T20s will do the same
Old guy Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 you guys think people here rate above because of this inning ? i rate him for 2 contrasting innings he played against australia in same test series .. one was almost boundary less defence for whole day and other was brilliant 100 full of amazing strokes at perth . and i am sure no one here called anderson brilliant batsman like above when he broke this record ..
Guldozer Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 you guys think people here rate above because of this inning ? i rate him for 2 contrasting innings he played against australia in same test series .. one was almost boundary less defence for whole day and other was brilliant 100 full of amazing strokes at perth . and i am sure no one here called anderson brilliant batsman like above when he broke this record .. To be honest even before this innings I considered him to be the best in the world. I remember in the pink ODI vs Pakistan in 2013, he hit a century there too and the shots he played were absolutely amazing. Became a fan since. Though one bowler who he needs to learn to play is Afridi. He is Afridi's bunny. :--D
HippoSucks Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 you guys think people here rate above because of this inning ? i rate him for 2 contrasting innings he played against australia in same test series .. one was almost boundary less defence for whole day and other was brilliant 100 full of amazing strokes at perth . and i am sure no one here called anderson brilliant batsman like above when he broke this record .. You're rating him based on his previous innings, while many others are grossly overrating him because of his innings yesterday.
Old guy Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 To be honest even before this innings I considered him to be the best in the world. I remember in the pink ODI vs Pakistan in 2013, he hit a century there too and the shots he played were absolutely amazing. Became a fan since. Though one bowler who he needs to learn to play is Afridi. He is Afridi's bunny. :--D this guy gets out in strangest way to bowler you will never expect ... i have been his fan since days he used to open with smith and he always had shots but way he has improved his batting against swing is brilliant and imo he used to be sreesanth's bunny:giggle:
Old guy Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 You're rating him based on his previous innings' date=' while many others are grossly overrating him because of his innings yesterday.[/quote'] i do not even consider innings like this to judge players.. we all knew he can hit big so its nothing new and no one is overrating him he is best in world and has been since that england tour imo
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