***Official*** India in England 2014

[hendrix]

Pujara>Kohli...

but other than that there's the small matter of Amla, De Villiers, Sangakkarra, Chanderpaul, and Clarke to surpass...which I think he'll do but he hasn't done it yet.

 

[Daemon]

This is basically my point and how I would have worded it if I wasn't a massive ****. Kudos.

You wrongly worded a wrong argument. Kudos.

 

[Contra]

Pujara>Kohli...

but other than that there's the small matter of Amla, De Villiers, Sangakkarra, Chanderpaul, and Clarke to surpass...which I think he'll do but he hasn't done it yet.

I think Pujara is equal to Kohli not better, even though Pujara might have done more so far in his international career, I can't help but think that Kohli is the guy who is more likely to succeed against top quality attacks in adverse conditions than Pujara. That 119 he got against SA was seriously special, it was a high quality counter attacking century which very few players (Indian or otherwise) are capable of playing. I'd easily take Pujara over Kohli on Indian pitches though.

 

[hendrix]

Pujara largely protected Kohli from the new ball in South Africa.

I agree that Kohli is capable of more special and counter-attacking innings, but Pujara's technique is absolutely superb and I expect him to score more runs in tougher conditions than Kohli.

Kohli will probably end up with the better record, but I think that will be due to having had the benefit of Pujara at 3.

 

[Jono]

Lol at Pujara being better than Kohli. What's next, people are going to say Sachin and Dravid are better.

Spare me.

 

[Esperance]

the indian team is p. ****ing good though. i doubt bradman in his prime would bat any higher than 8 if he could.

 

[Furball]

Da ****??? That can't be a serious statement??

100% serious.

 

[Adders]

Never mind that **** Kohli.........I wanna know when KP was ever a serious contender as best bat in the world. Not even the best bat in his country.........either of them.

 

[Furball]

Not even the best bat in his country.........either of them.

Laughable.

 

[harsh.ag]

Kohli behing ABdV, Amla and Sangakkara at the moment for me. Pujara and Chanders right behind.

 

[Adders]

Just for the record as I'm not sure it reads clearly, by "either of them" I did mean either of KPs countries.

 

[91Jmay]

Give me Warner as well as much as it pains me to say. What he does against new ball attacks is absolutely devastating to teams.

 

[Flem274*]

looks like furball judges players by their best work rather than their normal work.

 

[Flem274*]

chanderpaul is better than kohli

 

[Furball]

looks like furball judges players by their best work rather than their normal work.

A little, yeah. I'm trying to provoke a bit of discussion but Kohli's played some absolutely nonsense innings in ODI cricket, he's due one in a Test match. Unfortunately he's unlikely to play many matchwinning innings the way KP did because he's got a joke of a bowling attack behind him.

 

[Furball]

Just for the record as I'm not sure it reads clearly, by "either of them" I did mean either of KPs countries.

Yeah I understood that, I just thought the idea that KP wasn't England's best batsman during his career was utterly laughable.

 

[Furball]

Give me Warner as well as much as it pains me to say. What he does against new ball attacks is absolutely devastating to teams.

2nd innings downhill skiier.

 

[Adders]

Yeah I understood that, I just thought the idea that KP wasn't England's best batsman during his career was utterly laughable.

Well that's at least a debatable point..........what's not debatable is that SA have had 3 better batsmen during KP's career. So no, he has never been the best batsman in the world.

 

[Furball]

How many of those 3 batsmen could have done what KP did to Steyn at Leeds?

 

[91Jmay]

Dave Warner in 1st innings 41.55

Virat Kohli in 1st innings 33.80