What does Kohli need to surpass Tendulkar?

[Burgey]

I can't believe someone who started this whole discussion in their usual earnest manner is accusing other people of being overly invested in it.

 

[cnerd123]

Be as invested in it as you want, that was a terrible point to make (if not trolling)

 

[Burgey]

How could anyone take this discussion seriously?

 

[cnerd123]

How could anyone take this discussion seriously?

Good to see you admit that you actually agree that the pressure Sachin was under was unique and unparalleled in the history of the sport, and that pretenders like Ponting, Waugh and Border wouldn't have been as great if they were in his shoes.

 

[Gnske]

How could anyone take this discussion seriously?

I could, it's a great topic that has been perverted greatly

 

[Burgey]

I agree. That's why the discussion can't be taken seriously. As you have noted in your usual erudite manner, the topic itself is first rate.

 

[Burgey]

Good to see you admit that you actually agree that the pressure Sachin was under was unique and unparalleled in the history of the sport, and that pretenders like Ponting, Waugh and Border wouldn't have been as great if they were in his shoes.

That's the part which can't be taken seriously.

 

[Shri]

Sachin performed at his best in Chennai. Therefore, Sachin is better than Bradman.

 

[Burgey]

Was he a Chennai specialist?

 

[Shri]

Laxman is the doctor. Don't see how he could be the Chenn-eye specialist in the team.

 

[ankitj]

Kohli wins the pressrure debate.

Virat Kohli knows about pressure. He is Sachin Tendulkar for the Twitter generation, with 23.3 million people hanging on his every emoji. When he bats, a country of 1.3 billion fidgets with vicarious need. Most of us can barely cope with trying to make ourselves happy but Kohli is in a blissful state where pressure is a drug that stimulates all kinds of achievement. He averages more than 50 in all three forms of cricket, an unprecedented record, and has turned the extraordinary into the everyday.

He probably will not mind, then, if we add a bit more pressure. Virat, you may be the only person who can save Test cricket.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2018/mar/05/virat-kohli-test-cricket-india

 

[Burgey]

At least they didn’t have to fidget for long in the series against Australia.

 

[Victor Ian]

Why is this pressure thing still being argued? It is the most subjective 'stat' ever. Why is Waugh/Ponting not better because a billion envious fans were willing them to fail? Bring back a peer reviewed proof that adulation makes one perform worse or give it up.

 

[harsh.ag]

Why is this pressure thing still being argued?

Obviously because you are enlightened and the others are not.

 

[Burgey]

The enlightened one is TOTAB.

 

[cnerd123]

Why is this pressure thing still being argued? It is the most subjective 'stat' ever. Why is Waugh/Ponting not better because a billion envious fans were willing them to fail? Bring back a peer reviewed proof that adulation makes one perform worse or give it up.

At this point its just a battle between Burgey and I on who is most willing to flog this already dead and rotting horse longest

He was winning and that annoyed me so i'm back in.

 

[ankitj]

Where did Sunilz disappear?

 

[Burgey]

***** forgot to log in as that forum member.

 

[sunilz]

Where did Sunilz disappear?

PROTIP: Never take daily ranting of a person going through mid-life crisis seriously.

 

[sunilz]

Why is this pressure thing still being argued? It is the most subjective 'stat' ever. Why is Waugh/Ponting not better because a billion envious fans were willing them to fail? Bring back a peer reviewed proof that adulation makes one perform worse or give it up.

Looks like common sense is not so common after all.