Should Kohli be dropped for the English tour?

[subshakerz]

Simple question for a fresh option?

 

[ataraxia]

eagerly anticipating a poll landslide

 

[Thala_0710]

Everyone must surely say yes at this point. Expect everyone here to, but BCCI and ex players are well..... Even Gambhir who was thought to be finally be the guy who'll be strict with the seniors and remove them upon non performances, doesn't seem to be going that way.
Fully expecting Kohli and probably even Rohit to play the first test come June.

 

[vidiq]

This tour will be either the repetition of 2014 or the 2021 tour.

 

[Thala_0710]

This tour will be either the repetition of 2014 or the 2021 tour.

A repeat of 2021 would actually be outperforming expectations at this point.

 

[subshakerz]

A repeat of 2021 would actually be outperforming expectations at this point.

Yeah averaging in the 30s would be considered a win for him.

 

[Thala_0710]

Yeah averaging in the 30s would be considered a win for him.

Yeah, I don't see how he lasts the full 5 tests though. Even BCCI and the team management surely can't be that blind.

 

[capt_Luffy]

A repeat of 2021 would actually be outperforming expectations at this point.

I won't be even mad if he does like in 2021, but in all likelihood it will be worse.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Yeah, I don't see how he lasts the full 5 tests though. Even BCCI and the team management surely can't be that blind.

Underestimating them much.

 

[Coronis]

Yes but he won’t be.

 

[Johan]

No. He has to play. He is important for both teams, his presence would boost the team like Ian Botham's presence post-1986 Ashes, and his free wicket presence would add more intensity to the English team.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Yeah, can't justify having him for the whole tour. He should get two Tests out of charity because he's Virat Kohli™, but should be dumped for the remaining games if he fails.

 

[Ali TT]

They should give him until his home test at Lord's then drop him for the final two.

 

[subshakerz]

Yeah, can't justify having him for the whole tour. He should get two Tests out of charity because he's Virat Kohli™, but should be dumped for the remaining games if he fails.

I think he should be benched and have a replacement be there and replace him if he fails.

 

[capt_Luffy]

I can see the pattern in the "No" votes.......

 

[sayon basak]

No, he still has to get past Gambhir.

 

[sayon basak]

To be serious, I somehow have a feeling that he'll average 45-50.

 

[capt_Luffy]

To be serious, I somehow have a feeling that he'll average 45-50.

Bookmarking this

 

[Johan]

To be serious, I somehow have a feeling that he'll average 45-50.

35 me thinks, on a serious note

 

[Johan]

I can see the pattern in the "No" votes.......

you can't say that him pissing off Bairstow and Root in the 2022 one off test wasn't peak Cricket.