Virat Kohli vs Younis Khan

[Adorable Asshole]

Strangely couldn't find any previous poll. Virat imo.

 

[subshakerz]

If Virat slipped on a banana after his gym session and was forced to retire today, then Younis.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

If Virat slipped on a banana after his gym session and was forced to retire today, then Younis.

What if he didn't?

 

[subshakerz]

What if he didn't?

Virat is on the upswing, so he will overtake Younis in a year or two once he gets some more foreign cred under his belt.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Probably Kohli. Better against lateral movement and bounce.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

What about Keith Miller?

 

[Adorable Asshole]

What about Keith Miller?

Better than Sachin

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Better than Sachin

That's already established. Most players are better than him. But where does Keith Miller fit in all this?

 

[Adorable Asshole]

That's already established. Most players are better than him. But where does Keith Miller fit in all this?

He can't fit here. He is taller than these manlets.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

He can't fit here. He is taller than these manlets.

Sure, another coconut almost dropped on my head while trying to reply to you. What's going on.

 

[BazBall21]

Younis was better against spin but I would much prefer Kohli against a deep pace attack and would also take him on a flat pitch.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

They’re basically equal since Younis was significantly better against spin and Kohli is significantly better against pace

 

[Adorable Asshole]

They’re basically equal since Younis was significantly better against spin and Kohli is significantly better against pace

But you will be facing pace significantly more than spin so Kohli is better than Younis.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

But you will be facing pace significantly more than spin so Kohli is better than Younis.

Depends on the conditions but yea I think Kohli is slightly better

 

[BazBall21]

Ability against pace is inherently more important by a decent distance. It's not like Kohli is crap against spin.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Not sure it’s more important. If that was the case Younis wouldn’t have ended up with an ATG record

 

[BazBall21]

Younis was elite against spin and was safe enough against pace for the era he played in. He aimed to see quality pace out and feast on spin and weaker pace bowlers. Alastair Cook and Rahul Dravid had similar methods. This is a less successful strategy in eras like the 90s and the one Kohli has played in because your scoring outlets with the same approach will naturally drop a lot against deep pace attacks. Lack of range against pace is why he was never a good white ball batsman.

Ability play spin is very important, but ability against pace is vastly more important because pace comes in much more quantity and much more quality.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Younis doesn’t pass the eye test but his overseas record matches up very well to guys like Dravid, Sanga, and Ponting. Pretty underrated. Agree that Kohli is slightly better tho

 

[Coronis]

Younis was elite against spin and was safe enough against pace for the era he played in. He aimed to see quality pace out and feast on spin and weaker pace bowlers. Alastair Cook and Rahul Dravid had similar methods. This is a less successful strategy in eras like the 90s and the one Kohli has played in because your scoring outlets with the same approach will naturally drop a lot against deep pace attacks. Lack of range against pace is why he was never a good white ball batsman.

Ability play spin is very important, but ability against pace is vastly more important because pace comes in much more quantity and much more quality.

fwiw in the period their careers overlapped:
Younis (33-39) 4482 @ 54.00 17 tons 10 fifties (58 @ home, 51 away)
Kohli (22-28) 4497 @ 49.41 16 tons 14 fities (55 @ home, 44 away)

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Younis would still average at least high 40s like Kohli if he played in this era with a similar away record