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Kohli is the slightly better batsman but who is the better captain?
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Kohli vs Williamson (captaincy)
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Coronis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Nah Kohli is the worse batsman.
Also well, neither is test captain any more but one of them still captains their country in ODIs so I’ll go with Williamson.
Both led their teams to a WC final loss (though did NZ really lose?) Both also led their teams to a WTC final against each other, with NZ coming out on top.
fun fact: Bumrah sucks in the clutch, 2021 WTC final was one of only 2 matches where he’s taken 0 wickets - off almost 37 overs (the ofher was a low scoring home game dominated by spinners where he only bowled 6 overs).
capt_Luffy
Hall of Fame Member
Had both in a draft recently, after much thought made Kohli the captain.
Fuller Pilch
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Rohit led India to the 2023 WC final.
Coronis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
mb you’re right.
Coronis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Also captaincy is at an interesting place in tests atm. A lot of the time in the past it was a premier batsmen captaining their side. Definitely not the case today. Of current captains, you could only really say that about Braithwaite (Ervine for Zimbabwe too?). We’re also at a big point of turnover amongst captains, only one captain has been the leader of his team for over 5 years - Braithwaite again, since 2017 - in fact I think the next closest is Cummins since 2021.
Fuller Pilch
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
It depends if you prefer an overly animated aggressive captain or a cool and calm captain.
I personally prefer the latter which is why I rate Williamson above McCullum and Rahane above Kohli.
I personally prefer the latter which is why I rate Williamson above McCullum and Rahane above Kohli.
Socerer 01
International Captain
Rohit is a premier batsman as is Babar and Temba for their respective teams, arguably Shanto too
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Masood is captain now though.
Coronis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
By premier I meant clearly recognised as the number one bat in the team - which despite current form Kohli is still recognised as.
Shanto definitely hasn’t shown that yet, Babar is no longer captain, and SA I can’t even keep track of lately they’re such a mess, though if Bavuma continues he will probably be.
_00_deathscar
International Regular
That mother****er was so calm we had NZ 9 down at home in a test with like 100 runs left for NZ still and the ****er had fielders on the outer ring and boundary.
Kohli for all his faults isn’t losing that test.
Socerer 01
International Captain
nah no one recognises Kohli as that lol, Rohit has been our best batsman for a while now since Pant’s absence
capt_Luffy
Hall of Fame Member
That's stretching it a bit far; especially given Rohit's brilliance away.
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
I mean Kohli did have a brilliant tour of SA, where all our batsmen were struggling to get a run(bar KL).
PlayerComparisons
International Captain
Kohli probably would have averaged 100+ if he played the England series
Socerer 01
International Captain
would have been the 1st one to give the shocked pikachu face after losing his wicket to one of the rookies