TheJediBrah
Request Your Custom Title Now!
. . .
is this guy serious
bit of an extreme reaction from you anyway OS
Last edited:
-
Welcome to the Cricket Web forums, one of the biggest forums in the world dedicated to cricket.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join the Cricket Web community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.
Smith v Kohli (test match batting)
- Thread starter Teja.
- Start date
bit of an extreme reaction from you anyway OS
OverratedSanity
Request Your Custom Title Now!
No evidence he's Indian tbh. 
srbhkshk
International Captain
Smith's defo ahead by a decent margin even if not by as much as the average would suggest. I don't think Kohli and Williamson are the same level though - Kane averages 35 in India, 31 in England , 21 in SA and 27 in SL, Kohli's faults are less pronounced - averaging 36 in England and WI. In the countries they have both played in Kohli has a better average in almost every one except for WI where Kane is better and Australia where they average the same.
vcs
Request Your Custom Title Now!
He's also overrated by the ICC Rankings, how dare they rank him as the best batsman for close to a year. Must be run by Indians.
TheJediBrah
Request Your Custom Title Now!
Even if Kohli is overhyped that's just Indian cricket. When you get a player that good. It happened with Sachin for over 2 decades. Dhoni for a bit as well.
Compare it to fans of Kallis or Sangakkara, not even the same ballpark.
Compare it to fans of Kallis or Sangakkara, not even the same ballpark.
OverratedSanity
Request Your Custom Title Now!
srbhkshk
International Captain
Casuals don't hype him for tests anyway, it's mostly for LOIs where he is head and shoulders above the rest of the fab four.
Victor Ian
International Coach
Even if ma1978 is Indian, his opinion means nothing when painting Indians of a certain colour - kind of like mine with Australia.
Kohli is awesome. He is the best human batsman in the world at the moment. Kohli is due another blinder series and then we will all be considering if the gap is close again. Smith in his last two series has one grouse and one fail. It is all about how big he can go befoer he comes up against India or South Africa again. Smith did barely beter than what Cook did in an Ashes, so you could say Smith is just a slight improvement over cook - excpt that he has a few series of this kind of awesome under his belt. We'll see how he fares into the next few years.
Kohli is awesome. He is the best human batsman in the world at the moment. Kohli is due another blinder series and then we will all be considering if the gap is close again. Smith in his last two series has one grouse and one fail. It is all about how big he can go befoer he comes up against India or South Africa again. Smith did barely beter than what Cook did in an Ashes, so you could say Smith is just a slight improvement over cook - excpt that he has a few series of this kind of awesome under his belt. We'll see how he fares into the next few years.
Analysis in cricket is infantile compared to say, baseball or football or basketball.
There's zero discussion or analytic support around adjustment for conditions.
And this is not just a Kohli vs Smith argument. It can be used to support Kallis or Alec Stewart being highly underrated. It can be used to say AB We Villiers should be considered an ATG test batsman.
But the gulf between Kohli and Smith is not wide.
There's zero discussion or analytic support around adjustment for conditions.
And this is not just a Kohli vs Smith argument. It can be used to support Kallis or Alec Stewart being highly underrated. It can be used to say AB We Villiers should be considered an ATG test batsman.
But the gulf between Kohli and Smith is not wide.
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
He said 'Smith is probably ahead after the Ashes but I doubt by much'.
sunilz
International Regular
Since it is so fashionable to accuse Indian fan base of being biased without any proof , I am giving you an example of Anglo- Australian biasedness of certain cricket commentator with proof .
When Richie Benaud selected his ATXI , not even 1 WI pace bowler made his initial short list of fast bowlers ? Can there be more biasedness than this ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Benaud's_Greatest_XI
Then we also know that in Bradman's alleged ATXI there were 7 Australians . And these guys accuse other countries of overhyping their cricketers .
When Richie Benaud selected his ATXI , not even 1 WI pace bowler made his initial short list of fast bowlers ? Can there be more biasedness than this ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Benaud's_Greatest_XI
Then we also know that in Bradman's alleged ATXI there were 7 Australians . And these guys accuse other countries of overhyping their cricketers .
sunilz
International Regular
Are you seriously suggesting that all those pace bowlers were better than Marshall, Ambrose or Garner ?
Well he selected Imran probably because he was going for an all-rounder. Then other pace-man is Lillie. Barnes and Warne were spinners. Bit unconventional but I have seen lots of Cricket pundits choosing two spinners in their Xi. And Sobers can provide support as an all-rounder.
Not the Xi I would go for myself but seems sufficiently strong to me. I don't see any obvious bias that you insisting.
OverratedSanity
Request Your Custom Title Now!
Kohli has proven himself capable of having some inexplicable stinkers from time to time. Kane even when he disappoints never has a full series putting up tailenders numbers.
Kohli v Williamson is definitely closer than Smith v kohli is at this point.
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
This is how we felt when people used to rate Lara, Ponting or even Dravid ahead of Sachin when Sachin was batting at his peak. Indian fans then get accused and generalized of bias while Smith's fans do not get any of it right now.
vcs
Request Your Custom Title Now!
*one series*
That England series gets highlighted for Kohli over and over again because he gets compared to Smith. Pretty much every other batsman in history has one or two bad patches.