Virat Kohli vs Graham Gooch

[PlayerComparisons]

Two good players of pace and bounce

 

[sayon basak]

Two good players of pace and bounce

Two players who retired at the peak of their careers.

 

[Johan]

one can't play the ball coming in and one can't leave the ball going out.

 

[Johan]

I think they'll average the same at the end of the England series, so wait.

 

[sayon basak]

I think they'll average the same at the end of the England series, so wait.

Not possible.

I just realized that even if Kohli scores 10 ducks in the 5 matches vs ENG, he'll end up with an average of 44.78.

So, it's safe to say, his average isn't going below 45 (he needs to score 46 runs in 10 innings to end up with an average of 45, assuming that he doesn't remain not out and bats in all the innings)

 

[PlayerComparisons]

He might retire with how bad the last few series have gone

 

[Johan]

Not possible.

I just realized that even if Kohli scores 10 ducks in the 5 matches vs ENG, he'll end up with an average of 44.78.

So, it's safe to say, his average isn't going below 45 (he needs to score 46 runs in 10 innings to end up with an average of 45, assuming that he doesn't remain not out and bats in all the innings)

what if he makes 250 runs in England?

 

[Johan]

He might retire with how bad the last few series have gone

Kohli is too shameless to retire without a big series, he'll get humiliated in England and then have a decent series against Windies at home and then retire.

 

[sayon basak]

what if he makes 250 runs in England?

45.99

 

[sayon basak]

He might retire with how bad the last few series have gone

Didn't he already say he's gonna play in the ENG series?

 

[Johan]

45.99

ok if he falls to 45 I'll vote Gooch, if he stays above 46 I'll vote him

 

[sayon basak]

ok if he falls to 45 I'll vote Gooch, if he stays above 46 I'll vote him

That makes zero sense, but cool.

 

[Johan]

That makes zero sense, but cool.

He lost his team the BGT, if he keeps this up, he'll lose them the England series too.

 

[sayon basak]

He lost his team the BGT.

Only his fault?

Remember, Gooch in the first five years of his career was as bad as current Kohli

 

[Johan]

Only his fault?

Remember, Gooch in the first five years of his career was as bad as current Kohli

This is just not true

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Pretty crazy how bad Kohlis declined. At one point he looked like he could reach Pontings level but now he’s being compared to guys like Boycott and G Smith

 

[sayon basak]

This is just not true

Gooch in first 5 years:-
2192 runs @33.7
Kohli in last 5 years:-
2022 runs @31.1

Pretty close.

 

[Johan]

Gooch in first 5 years:-
2192 runs @33.7
Kohli in last 5 years:-
2022 runs @31.1

Pretty close.

add in opener tax and consider the fact Gooch had a 470 run @ 57 with two hundreds tour of Windies

 

[sayon basak]

add in opener tax and consider the fact Gooch had a 470 run @ 57 with two hundreds tour of Windies

Virat also had a pretty decent 2023 (lol I'm not saying current Kohli is better, just tryna say that Gooch was an average batter for most of his career; and Kohli's 2016-2019 version was way better than any version of Gooch)

Btw will Kohli play beyond the ENG series? That'd be cool. We could have both of them average the same (Gooch could even go higher, who knows?)

 

[sayon basak]

@Johan And btw, where do you rank Gooch in your top batters' list? Top 50? Even higher?