Smith SA (away) or Kohli's India (home): Which had the more impressive record?

[subshakerz]

No you can. That SA would have also lost hypothetical home WTC finals against Aus/Eng.

WTC finals are played in England.

 

[Coronis]

They count against India's away record, we cant ignore them. Anyways let's get back to the real topic.

Actually thats India’s neutral record

 

[ma1978]

I think India’s success really bothers subz

that aside, let’s have this conversation in 2030 when India still will not have lost a test series at home

edit: India will have won ever series it plays at home. In all seriousness, the best chance to beat India was Australia and England recently and with Smith in decline and England rapidly going over a hill, it feels like it could be 5+ years before there is any remotely credible opposition.

 

[subshakerz]

I think India’s success really bothers subz

that aside, let’s have this conversation in 2030 when India still will not have lost a test series at home

edit: India will have won ever series it plays at home. In all seriousness, the best chance to beat India was Australia and England recently and with Smith in decline and England rapidly going over a hill, it feels like it could be 5+ years before there is any remotely credible opposition.

Nah. I am a big fan of the Dravid/Dhoni team.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Nah. I am a big fan of the Dravid/Dhoni team.

You mean the one that lost tests and series at home

 

[subshakerz]

You mean the one that lost tests and series at home

Only towards the end.

 

[ma1978]

That team had some stars but on accomplishment, it doesn’t come close to this the Kohli / Sharma India team, principally because the bowling is an order of magnitude better

 

[subshakerz]

That team had some stars but on accomplishment, it doesn’t come close to this the Kohli / Sharma India team, principally because the bowling is an order of magnitude better

Let's see. 2WCs, Champion Trophy, No.1 in all three formats, wins in NZ and Eng. Yeah I would say it comes close.

 

[ma1978]

Let's see. 2WCs, Champion Trophy, No.1 in all three formats, wins in NZ and Eng. Yeah I would say it comes close.

talking testa. I’d take without question the 2 BGSs in Australia, and of course the home dominance over anything the Dhoni / Dravid side did. I also think their period of excellence was short.

 

[Socerer 01]

Let's see. 2WCs, Champion Trophy, No.1 in all three formats, wins in NZ and Eng. Yeah I would say it comes close.

winning in NZ then is not the equivalent of winning in NZ today

 

[subshakerz]

talking testa. I’d take without question the 2 BGSs in Australia, and of course the home dominance over anything the Dhoni / Dravid side did. I also think their period of excellence was short.

I wasn't even comparing them to begin with except to say that I was a fan of that team and they were successful in their own right because the charge, as usual from your side, is that I am anti-India.

 

[capt_Luffy]

I wasn't even comparing them to begin with except to say that I was a fan of that team and they were successful in their own right because the charge, as usual from your side, is that I am anti-India.

You're not anti-India subs, you're just a massive 2000s wanker.

 

[ma1978]

I wasn't even comparing them to begin with except to say that I was a fan of that team and they were successful in their own right because the charge, as usual from your side, is that I am anti-India.

I don’t think you’re anti India. I think you are blinded by nostalgia.

but who knows maybe I am in my Ricky Ponting love

 

[Socerer 01]

You're not anti-India subs, you're just a massive 2000s wanker.

i think he likes the 90s more tbh

 

[capt_Luffy]

i think he likes the 90s more tbh

He likes the 90s Pakistan and WI more, and the 2000s India and Australia.

 

[honestbharani]

Lol @ subzi liking 2000s India. Dats just his attempt to mask the obvious hatred - the ol' "oh I dont like the current gen but the last gen was better" etc.

 

[Spark]

You're not anti-India subs, you're just a massive 2000s wanker.

Mid-2000s nostalgia might just be the worst kind of cricket nostalgia, not least because so many of us also grew up watching cricket in those days and are fully aware of just how silly the rose-tinted glasses view of those teams and players can be.

 

[Socerer 01]

Mid-2000s nostalgia might just be the worst kind of cricket nostalgia, not least because so many of us also grew up watching cricket in those days and are fully aware of just how silly the rose-tinted glasses view of those teams and players can be.

yeah at least make it about the 80s, then you can wax lyrically all you want about how you had Gods play cricket with mortals and hit everyone with the “i watched them play u fool, kids these days dont know how good we had smh”

 

[subshakerz]

i think he likes the 90s more tbh

Yup I have a soft spot for the 90s in the sense that I think it was crickets greatest decade. 2000s was a drop down.