How does this explain ODI chases being disproportionately difficult until very recently, and Test 4th innings chases still being insanely difficult (even when the pitch is holding up)? After all, they all know what they're doing.
AB doesn’t need openers setting him up a good foundation. Looks like some people only remember his fastest ton.Its always fun to watch AB score quick high runs and I felt really bad for him when he missed out double ton vs Bangladesh last year (saw that game live). Comparing Kohli and AB would be comparing oranges and apples. They both have their own unique way of batting, they bat at different positions and both have a different role in their respective teams. Kohli looks to stabilize innings in early to mid overs while AB is there to carry forward an already stabilized innings to a great total. If they both switch roles, they will fail to play their roles more often than not. If openers don't give a stable start to South Africa then AB might fail, similarly Kohli might struggle to accelerate the innings if he comes down the order. AB mostly used to open till around 50th innings. Here are some head to head stats, draw your own conclusions.
I do have Sachin's record. Will probably fetch Viv's record too and post a comparison later.
I think its better to exclude Sachins teen years for a fair comparison.
how about excluding every player's match where they scored less than 50?
Something's surely not right there. How can they both have been out caught more than 100% of the time?
Dont be silly, everyone knows Sachin career was unusually long and he started when he was a school boy.
so it's the other players' fault that Sachin was a boy among men before he came of age?
Maybe he is just saying that your career stats will suffer if you start playing at 17, nothing wrong with that imo.
Well yes. Because they weren't good enough to play international cricket.
True, but they retained their average for not making that mistake
Depends on which player you rate higher.
"Mistake" haha.
Its official now.
Yeah. Sachin after he started opening in '94 onwards in NZ was a different beast. Even before that, he had a pretty good WC in '92 and played standout knocks against strong attacks like Pakistan and WI as a teenager. Averaging 30+ in those days was more than good enough.
