Kohli's performance in India

[express bowling]

7 minutes ago, radhika said:

I swear I saw a picture of his where there were a few grey hair in his beard.

He has quite a few grey beards....but he averages  51   as captain...higher than his overall average....so, no need to worry on that count.

Edited September 25, 2016 by express bowling

[Silva]

You have to also take into account the fact that he is playing on the same pitches where Jadeja is averaging 15 with the ball.  Pitches have gotten a lot more bowler friendly in India. I don't think its possible to maintain an average over 50 unless you take advantage of some flat pitches at home. And I can't remember the last test match in India were it was a batting paradise. I remember back in the day It seemed like every other pitch was a patta where only scoreboard pressure would give you a result but those good old days are long gone.  I think you can safely say that pitches in SA new zealand, and australia are easier to bat on than in India. And even in england they arn't that difficult if the ball isn't swinging. kudos for Kohli as captain sacrificing his  stats for the better of the team though.

[Tibarn]

3 hours ago, Viper said:

At the moment jaddu looks better than rahane ... virat at 6 

 

Last 5 innings 78 runs he scored

Yeah, I always wanted to see Jadeja get a chance higher up the order. I think we gave up on his batting to early, and he is definitely more than a slogger. I think trying him at 6 would boost his confidence. The guy has some triple centuries, so he has shown the temperament to be a decent bat.   

[Adi_91]

4 hours ago, Viper said:

But but he is aggressive  if he scores 1 and cheer leads the team its fine according to some people. Double standards  at its best.

 

Ohh did i forget to add great captaincy skills like Rohit baba in vijay and pujara out. What a STRONG captaincy that is..

Any normal person will not select Rohit in the test team. VK has been showing too much love for that one hit wonder. 

 

Makes sense, after all Rohit's overall career and VK's domestic test average are very similar after all.

[gakgupta]

20 hours ago, Sandeep99 said:

I don't think so. Here is what I think -

 

1. He is not the most technically sound out there

2. He doesn't seem to have the temperament required for certain phases of test matches (most notably 2nd and 3rd innings)

3. He is trying to be over dominant.

 

The fact is that you can't dominate oppositions unless you have the right technique. If he wants to emulate someone like KP, he needs to tighten his basics. Assurance also gives you more freedom and opens up more options of scoring, not just a flick or a cover drive.

He has shown multiple times that he has temperament ....but these days, he has become too confident and aggressive....He has limited technique and he is trying to be KP or Viru bhai....which will never work out for him....

[rkt.india]

11 hours ago, radhika said:

I swear I saw a picture of his where there were a few grey hair in his beard.

and captaincy has nothing to do with it. 

[putrevus]

Kohli does not trust his defense enough to play long test  innings. He has been too impatient, he needs to calm down and start rotating strike and do exactly what he does in LOIs.Jury is still out on Kohli as a high class test batsman.

Unless he improves his record during this home stand, I don't think he will ever reach 50 plus average in tests.Whole team is weak against spin except Vijay and Pujara to some extent.

Rahane also need to score humongous runs in this home stand to make sure he is counted as top batsmen in world.

[chewy]

I think Kohli needs to do a Pujara to score run in India,

in other words, needs to curb his aggressive game plan on this slow turning tracks...he ain't an ABDV

[velu]

On 9/25/2016 at 2:11 PM, Lannister said:

When 300-350 are a par score in this age, he just couldn't care less as long as he contributes with his captaincy. I don't mind either if he is just in the team for his captaincy, as we have seen time and again how much negative impact a weak captain can have on the team. 

in this age we cant have a player just for captaincy ..

 

ps:-

which age are you talking about ?? somewhere else you said that in this age we have to maintain a SR f 60 in test matches 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[express bowling]

7 minutes ago, velu said:

in this age we cant have a player just for captaincy .. 

 

 

Kohli is averaging 51  in test matches that he has played as the captain of India....so that issue does not really arise.

[velu]

1 hour ago, express bowling said:

 

Kohli is averaging 51  in test matches that he has played as the captain of India....so that issue does not really arise.

 

i replied to the guy who said that we can have a player just for the captaincy

 

[Trichromatic]

Kohli's approach is not aggressive rather more ODI type. He plays too many shots for singles.

 

He failed in England for that reason only where he would poke ball outside off. In ODIs this works well for him as he is constantly looking to rotate strike. But in tests he should be more selective. He should go for shots if he wants runs but not for that outside off defense and singles.

 

Even Rohit Shamra, he tried to block a ball which was way outside off and got an edge in 2nd inning. Luckily there was no slip for that. What's the point of playing such shots? I can understand if he was going for a cut and looking to hit boundary. But just blocking the ball at that line doesn't make sense. It's more ODI approach and should be avoided.

 

Murali Vijay does well in this regard. He leaves the ball outside off and whenever he needs runs he will just step out, play a lofted shot for 6 or 4 which is much safer option as he is selecting the delivery to be attacked.