Is Kohli better than Ponting?

[SillyCowCorner1]

It's fun to compare Kohli to greats of yesteryear who played 70 odd test with 6000 runs. Hammond and Harvey are 2. We still don't think of Kohli as having had a complete career and times have changed but where does he rank compared to those 2?

I'd say he's currently ranked besides a Hanif Mohammed.

Conversion rate is comparable to those of Hanif's time

 

[Red]

Bit of a stretch to say Ponting's peak lasted till 2009. Ponting's peak ended with the 07 Ashes imo. Never really that great after that.

2000-2006 Ponting averaged 65 over 76 tests. He was phenomenal in those years. The best batsman of (most likely) the greatest XI to ever play tests together.

 

[TheJediBrah]

They are very similar in a lot of ways atm, except Ponting had a stronger team

if Kohli can average 65+ for another 5 years he will have Ponting covered

 

[Tom Flint]

Kohli will become the best batsman since bradman. Absolute genius

 

[Burgey]

Kohli will become the best batsman since bradman. Absolute genius

He’s not conclusively the best batsman since Steve Smith yet.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Short form cricket, Kohli.
Long form cricket, Ponting, for now.

End thread.

 

[Tom Flint]

He’s not conclusively the best batsman since Steve Smith yet.

Give it time

 

[Flem274*]

What kind of massive loser gets a nickname like king kohl? Pretty much confirms his small penis, or as I believe they say in Punjabi- shorty louder.

It's telling better players get called the people's champion, big daddy Kane or ross the boss. Root doesn't have a nickname yet because it would be unenglish

 

[slippy888]

Kholi just needs to calm down with his celebrations or he gonna end up a misunderstood cricketer

 

[andmark]

What kind of massive loser gets a nickname like king kohl? Pretty much confirms his small penis, or as I believe they say in Punjabi- shorty louder.

It's telling better players get called the people's champion, big daddy Kane or ross the boss. Root doesn't have a nickname yet because it would be unenglish

To be fair, the England players tend to get a Y at the end of their name as a nickname. It happens too much. Rooty, Cooky, Trotty, Stokesy, Broady, Swanny. Gone are the days of English creative nicknames like Giles being the King of Spain.

 

[Daemon]

What kind of massive loser gets a nickname like king kohl? Pretty much confirms his small penis, or as I believe they say in Punjabi- shorty louder.

It's telling better players get called the people's champion, big daddy Kane or ross the boss. Root doesn't have a nickname yet because it would be unenglish

Nobody really uses tpc or big daddy kane outside cw though.

The indians in facebook comments sections actually call him sandpaper smith.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Kholi just needs to calm down with his celebrations or he gonna end up a misunderstood cricketer

Best post you've ever made.

 

[TheJediBrah]

The indians in facebook comments sections

Nothing productive comes of a sentence starting with this

 

[Coronis]

It's fun to compare Kohli to greats of yesteryear who played 70 odd test with 6000 runs. Hammond and Harvey are 2. We still don't think of Kohli as having had a complete career and times have changed but where does he rank compared to those 2?

He’s nowhere near Hammond. Harvey is an interesting case, similar to a player like Viv with an early career peak and then a decline. I believe he’ll end up between these 2 players.

 

[Chrish]

Kohli >> Hammond..

 

[Burgey]

That’s hilarious.

 

[Burgey]

Give it time

How much time does he need, given they’ve each played roughly the same number of tests?

 

[vcs]

I think Kohli is ahead of where Ponting was after 70-odd Tests, stats-wise. CBA to look it up. Obviously has to keep it up for a fair bit longer to surpass him. His hunger for big scores and his incredible conversion rate should ensure he squeezes every bit of juice out of his peak years.

 

[Zinzan]

We'll have to wait and see, but I'm picking Kohli to finish up a superior Test bat to Ponting.

Ponting couldn't bat for jam in Indian conditions, and it's not like he had a tiny sample of games there. He batted 25 times and averaged just 26. Kohli's worst touring places (I'll ignore his 1 test failure in Bangladesh) are England & the Windies, where he averages 36, & I can only see his averages in those countries going up in the future.

 

[GotSpin]

Kohli is going to fall off a cliff IMO

He’ll start nicking off all the time once his eye isn’t as good