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***Official*** IPL 2024

centurymaker

centurymaker

Cricketer Of The Year
Kohli completed his 100 on his 69th ball.

Thats the slowest IPL hundred EVER.

Does he not know that T20 is no longer about run accumulation at 'good pace' but about getting as many as possible in as few deliveries as you can.. Its about net impact. Creating a big differential between runs scored and balls faced in shortest amount of time.

Far far better to get 50 off 25 then it is to score 100 off 69
 
centurymaker

centurymaker

Cricketer Of The Year
IMHO Kohli needs to bat at no.5 or something for India especially in the 1st innings. Can't have him facing too many balls and also force him to be more of a hitter rather than an anchor.

In the chase he is a lot better as he knows what rate he needs to bat at so he can bat higher up then.
 
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HouHsiaoHsien

International Debutant
centurymaker said:
Kohli completed his 100 on his 69th ball.

Thats the slowest IPL hundred EVER.

Does he not know that T20 is no longer about run accumulation at 'good pace' but about getting as many as possible in as few deliveries as you can.. Its about net impact. Creating a big differential between runs scored and balls faced in shortest amount of time.

Far far better to get 50 off 25 then it is to score 100 off 69
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The thing is if Kohli scores 50 of 25, RCB will collectively manage 160-170. Plus easier said than done vs the best attack of the season. Even Buttler and Samson took atleast 30 balls to reach their fifties, and they did it against the worst attack of the season
 
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HouHsiaoHsien

International Debutant
HouHsiaoHsien said:
The thing is if Kohli scores 50 of 25, RCB will collectively manage 160-170. Plus easier said than done vs the best attack of the season. Even Buttler and Samson took atleast 30 balls to reach their fifties, and they did it against the worst attack of the season
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And further it is Sawai Mansingh not Wankhede, and there were somewhat better batting conditions in the 2nd half.
 
centurymaker

centurymaker

Cricketer Of The Year
No one is blaming Kohli alone, rest of the players are garbage anyway but the sole good player has been playing this way since forever and is barely moving on from an outdated method, especially when batting 1st. This same method of batting has been India's downfall at each of the last few T20 World Cups. The T20 world has moved on from anchoring. Look at KKR. You have to start explosively.

He was like 37 off 32 balls while Faf was going a little quicker but their runrate was still like 8.5 rpo depite losing NO wickets for 13 overs.

In this period of T20 cricket and as an opener being 37 off 32 is unacceptable no matter who is bowling. He wasted 10 too many balls to get his initial 37 runs. Those 10 balls would have usually translated to another 15-20 runs later on. (plus the way he slowed down for his milestone in the 2nd last over). RCB should have scored 200 bare minimum. But it didn't happen thanks to **** lineup mainly and him still being stuck in 2012-16 mold of T20 batting.
 
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HouHsiaoHsien

International Debutant
centurymaker said:
No one is blaming Kohli alone, rest of the players are garbage anyway but the sole good player has been playing this way since forever and is barely moving on from an outdated method, especially when batting 1st. This same method of batting has been India's downfall at each of the last few T20 World Cups. The T20 world has moved on from anchoring. Look at KKR. You have to start explosively.

He was like 37 off 32 balls while Faf was going a little quicker but their runrate was still like 8.5 rpo depite losing NO wickets after 13 overs.

In this period of T20 cricket and as an opener being 37 off 32 is unacceptable no matter who is bowling. He wasted 10 too many balls to get his initial 37 runs. Those 10 balls would have usually translated to another 15-20 runs later on. (plus the way he slowed down for his milestone in the 2nd last over). RCB should have scored 200 bare minimum. But it didn't happen thanks to **** lineup mainly and him still being stuck in 2012-16 mold of T20 batting.
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I mean he was showing intent but it is tough to attack the best spin combo of the season in Sawai Mansingh in the first innings
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
centurymaker said:
No one is blaming Kohli alone, rest of the players are garbage anyway but the sole good player has been playing this way since forever and is barely moving on from an outdated method, especially when batting 1st. This same method of batting has been India's downfall at each of the last few T20 World Cups. The T20 world has moved on from anchoring. Look at KKR. You have to start explosively.

He was like 37 off 32 balls while Faf was going a little quicker but their runrate was still like 8.5 rpo depite losing NO wickets for 13 overs.

In this period of T20 cricket and as an opener being 37 off 32 is unacceptable no matter who is bowling. He wasted 10 too many balls to get his initial 37 runs. Those 10 balls would have usually translated to another 15-20 runs later on. (plus the way he slowed down for his milestone in the 2nd last over). RCB should have scored 200 bare minimum. But it didn't happen thanks to **** lineup mainly and him still being stuck in 2012-16 mold of T20 batting.
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I am not denying he could have tried more but its also hard to blame him when the other batsmen were and have been so ****. Maybe he is still batting in 2016 mold or maybe he is batting like that coz he knows the rest are so ****, either in form or ability. Either way, to me they had a slightly above par score for the pitch and conditions. Their bowlers and the way they are led are more to be blamed than the one guy who is actually holding the batting together.
 
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Ashwinashwath

School Boy/Girl Captain
He looks like jaded, does not have intent to score quickly and the rest are bogged down too as a result of the overhyped titan, the stellar VK pacing his innings like a tortoise, probably contemplating a retirement lack of motivation prevailing on the grand old man.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
I love how an entire team except one player can fail and yet its somehow the fault of that one player.

He batted through? - He did not take more risks - yeah, coz the others could not even lay bat on ball for the most part. But no, his fault.
The others are in **** form or just **** - That is because of the hype and attention on VK. Nothing to do with how good/bad the others are.

Seriously.... 8-)
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
The funny part is almost everyone who says this **** is a Sachin fan and when you can justifiably state the same about Sachin's failings, its never his fault, even when it is. :laugh:
 
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Himannv

Himannv

Hall of Fame Member
Yeah lol. He scored 113 striking at 156. Only one other player got to double figures and that was at an even worse scoring rate. Yet Kohli is to blame? :laugh:

I agree he could have scored quicker, but this is a trash side he's playing for - they're full of inconsistent bats and have only three bowlers who are decent. Faf is past it but is captain and they need Maxwell to become his 100-in-20-balls self. Cam Green badly needs someone with vision to figure out what to do with him. The Indian players they have aren't exactly great either.
 
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