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Virat Kohli vs Hashim Amla

Better test bat

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Socerer 01

International Captain
BazBall21 said:
His record in South Africa is his finest attraction. Better player of high pace than Rahul Dravid.
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his decline is mostly mental and half of it seems to be concentration and just passion as other than leaving a gaping hole for spinners to target in his defence and planting his front foot too strongly he was technically as sound as one could be

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Virat Kohli was flawless

Batsmen make errors, but for this knock, Kohli was at war with mistakes.
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this was in the middle of his decline for eg and he was similarly near flawless in Adelaide when he scored that 50 in the DN test
 
BazBall21

BazBall21

International Captain
trundler said:
Kohli's home conditions didn't get tough until about 2020 though. That's when he fell off a cliff. He did away in tough conditions in his peak but that was somewhat short-lived.
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Yeah I mentioned that in my latest reply. Never a great player on rank turners (2015 series against SA and 2017 series against Australia). The pitches at home 2020 onwards and his age being a conventional declining starting point were a perfect storm
 
BazBall21

BazBall21

International Captain
Cheteshwar Pujara didn't get to play Pakistan and Zimbabwe. When removing those two opponents from Virender Sehwag's final record, the disparity in career average between the pair is only two runs. And Pujara had to bat in vastly tougher conditions on the whole. It might seem unnecessary to exclude Pakistan, but Sehwag played predominantly on incredibly flat pitches against the old enemy because both boards were scared of losing. While Sehwag did face some very good bowlers from Pakistan like Asif and Akhtar, you can't expect one of them to bowl a magic ball every time in such harsh conditions. Pujara likely would have been fine facing them or indeed the Pakistan attack of his time on similar pitches in his pomp.

And critically, I don't think Sehwag can emulate Pujara's top accomplishments in 2018; three hundreds against prime Pat Cummins in Australia (with decent support) and an average of 40 in England on absolute landmines. While Sehwag was a destroyer of spin, Pujara was equally a beast on rank turners before his natural decline. Pujara batting at no3 reduces the disadvantage of Sehwag's opener tax too. The one thing that still remains in Sehwag's favour is his strike rate; he has the ability to give his bowling attack extra time on flat pitches, and at least in spinning conditions he can get more runs than Pujara if there's a quick collapse with him at the crease. But nevertheless, I'm not sure that overwhelms Pujara's superior overseas achievements.

I am a fan of Sehwag, but Pujara edges it for me.
 
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