What do you think of Virat Kohli?

[Jono]

Not really.

Jono, post the de Kock gif.

its like 5 posts above ffs

 

[OverratedSanity]

Not really.

Jono, post the de Kock gif.

Nothing de pink kock didn't deserve tbh. That was awesome

 

[Jono]

Not really.

Jono, post the de Kock gif.

Also, to be clear, this was a clear opportunity to post a GIF of a ****, but chose not to due to not wanting to be banned. But just wanting everyone to know that I could have.

 

[benchmark00]

Yeah I'm sure you have a full library of relevant pix pal.

 

[Zinzan]

What's wrong with his attitude?

He means to say he's combative, competitive, relentlessness & ****** **** good and we wish he was on our side

 

[Bahnz]

Martin Crowe has been writing a lot lately.

Not much of it has been worth reading.

He's really drunk the new age spiritualism Kool-aid hasn't he? I mean, if it got him through his cancer diagnosis then full power to him, but I think I preferred him when he was just a crotchety, bitter old ****.

 

[grecian]

Tbh, I hated him before he was good.

BTW what is the google-ad policy on repeated over-use of de kock, humour-wise obviously.

 

[benchmark00]

Got an ad for Dale Alcock developments aws. Western Australian based by the looks of it.

 

[Zinzan]

He's really drunk the new age spiritualism Kool-aid hasn't he? I mean, if it got him through his cancer diagnosis then full power to him, but I think I preferred him when he was just a crotchety, bitter old ****.

Ironically in an interview post his cancer treatment Crowe laboured the point about getting away from all cricket for a few years after the stress & emotional torment the whole Taylor affair caused him. This included watching it, writing about it and being involved to any extent what-so-ever. A moratorium that lasted all of about 3 months.

 

[uvelocity]

Tbh, I hated him before he was good.

BTW what is the google-ad policy on repeated over-use of de kock, humour-wise obviously.

not sure about google, but when i over-use de kock i get a little sleepy. like a nice cup of horlicks.

 

[jonbrooks]

Kohlander syndrome. When someone is so ****ing good and they aren't afraid to show that they are that ****ing good and people can't handle it. Basically just jelly.

I'm tired of hearing "Oh he's awesome, but he's a right ****". His dickishness has reduced a great extent over the last 2 years

It's ok to not like someone but still respect them. I don't particularly like Kohli but acknowledge he's one of the best players.

 

[jonbrooks]

not sure about google, but when i over-use de kock i get a little sleepy. like a nice cup of horlicks.

There is nothing like de Kock batting to put you to sleep.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Now KP is no more probably the best player to watch in world cricket.

Kohli that is not de Kock.

 

[jonbrooks]

Now KP is no more probably the best player to watch in world cricket.

Kohli that is not de Kock.

I think you'll find there are many ladies out there (and some men) who enjoy watching de Kock batting ...

 

[smash84]

It's ok to not like someone but still respect them. I don't particularly like Kohli but acknowledge he's one of the best players.

Awta

 

[YorksLanka]

still a male chicken tho...

 

[Jono]

Can't wait to see him live on Friday.

 

[Daemon]

I believe Saurabh Tiwary and Manish Pandey are better than him tbh. They look much more attacking have shown glimpses of what they could do in T20 games. Would like to see them given an extended run in ODIs.

Raina looks like the best prospect among the younger bunch...Nobody has shown the likelihood of a future Dravid or Sehwag anytime soon, let alone future Sachin...But Raina looks like he can give us the next Ganguly (the batsman, not the captain) if he keeps his feet on ground...

Kohli and Rohit, while both are talented, look like they have temperamental issues like Yuvraj, besides some technical issues.

If Kohli does his best, he can give us a very poor man's Dravid at best (not sure about tests, but in ODIs that might be the case).

IMO the guy has an awful attitude, personality wise.

As a player, he's not exactly going to set the world alight either imo. Seems to be better against pace than spin so a decent option at one down. Having said that, he's certainly no Dravid or Tendulkar or anything like that. Average at best imo. Good fielder I reckon and thats something the Indian team need.

Was somewhat promising sometime back but I doubt he will deliver consistently for India. Time on the sidelines and a few more games in the domestic circuit is probably best.

Fairly convinced that he will be the best of our next generation of batsmen.

Definitely not if you consider Gambhir to be part of the same generation.

And, probably not if you consider Raina to be part of the same generation.

He is gutsy and gritty, doesn't scream talent at all IMO. Could be a good solid player for India, but not one that will pull off the spectacular.

He reminds me of Ferguson. Seems to have a good temperament but I haven't really been blown away by his batting.

Came here to post about his 1000 runs in T20s at 110 this year but no visit to a players thread can be complete without quoting some terrible calls

 

[AldoRaine18]

1 – Virat Kohli has the most number of T20I runs in a calendar year already this year, with 625 runs in 12 innings. The previous highest was Kane Williamson in 2012 with 472 runs in 13 innings.

1 – Virat Kohli became the first batsman to score 75 runs or more in four consecutive innings in T20 Cricket. He scored 82*(vs Aus), 89*(vs WI), 75 (vs SRH) and 79 (vs DD).

1 - Virat Kohli has the most T20 runs (1653) at a single venue (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore) as he surpassed Samit Patel’s 1595 runs at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England.

1 – Virat Kohli has the most number of 50+ scores in T20I, crossing the half-century mark 16 times.

1 - AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli are the only pair in the history of T20 cricket to have three 150+ partnerships (215, 157,155)

1 – Virat Kohli scored the most runs(273) in the 2016 World T20. (group and knockout matches)

1 – Virat Kohli scored the most number of boundaries in the 2016 World T20 with 29 fours in total.

1 – Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 7000 ODI runs in just 161 innings when India played Australia in January. He broke AB de Villiers’ record, who reached the landmark in 166 innings.

1 – Virat Kohli is also the fastest batsman to score 24 ODI centuries in 161 innings, bringing his 24th ton against Australia earlier this year.

3 – Number of century partnerships between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers partnerships in IPL 2016 (157, 155 and 107)

5 – Number of 50+ run partnership between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers in IPL 2016 (157, 107, 59, 100*, 51)

11 – Number of 50+ scores in T20 Cricket by Virat Kohli in 2016.

100. 60 – Virat Kohli’s average in International matches (ODIs + T20Is) in 2016.

110 – Virat Kohli’s batting average in T20 cricket (T20Is + IPL) in 2016.

125 – Virat Kohli’s batting average in T20 Internationals only in 2016.

136.5 – Virat Kohli’s batting average at the 2016 World T20.

625 – Number of T20 International runs scored by Virat in 2016.

992 – Number of runs Virat Kohli has scored in his 17 T20 innings in 2016.

Virat Kohli’s scores in T20 matches this year –

80, 33, 79, 75, 89*, 82*, 24, 55*, 23, 41*, 56*, 49, 7, 50, 59*, 90*, 100*

 

[vcs]

He seemed to not have the same intensity for IPL as he did for internationals in previous seasons, his form would drop off a bit in IPL. Seems to be more focused on it this time around.