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Dravid in 2011 vs Kohli in 2018

Which is better?


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subshakerz

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Dravid I think.

It wasn't just Anderson bowling well, it was Broad having a great series.

Plus Dravid was late career, not even peak, so it's a bit more impressive. And he completely outperformed the rest of the Indian lineup.
 

Daemon

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Dravid was opening, spending 2 days in the field etc. Team was getting pumped. Was unreal.

Kohli’s was superb too but just a bit less. His nearly 100 run partnership with Umesh was perfection though. Washington should take notes.
 

OverratedSanity

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I think on paper both series are equally as impressive. Both had little support from their teammates (Dravid more so imo, because I could argue Pujara's ton at Southampton was actually better than any of Kohli's efforts). But Dravid's just passed the eye test more imo, and while all series against good bowling require luck to some extent (dravid was dropped once or twice IIRC), Kohli was way more scratchy and jammy by comparison.

Also the biggest difference is that Dravid ran out of partners in all three of his tons. Was not out at both Lord's and the Oval and was forced into slogging at trentbridge because Broad ran through the lower middle order in one over. He actually could've scored 100+ more runs that series (and that's a conservative estimate considering how good he looked in all three tons) if he hadn't been left stranded each time.
 

honestbharani

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I think on paper both series are equally as impressive. Both had little support from their teammates (Dravid more so imo, because I could argue Pujara's ton at Southampton was actually better than any of Kohli's efforts). But Dravid's just passed the eye test more imo, and while all series against good bowling require luck to some extent (dravid was dropped once or twice IIRC), Kohli was way more scratchy and jammy by comparison.

Also the biggest difference is that Dravid ran out of partners in all three of his tons. Was not out at both Lord's and the Oval and was forced into slogging at trentbridge because Broad ran through the lower middle order in one over. He actually could've scored 100+ more runs that series (and that's a conservative estimate considering how good he looked in all three tons) if he hadn't been left stranded each time.
I think Virat was out slogging at least twice in that series too, including that 149 when he was the last guy out.
 

subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
I think on paper both series are equally as impressive. Both had little support from their teammates (Dravid more so imo, because I could argue Pujara's ton at Southampton was actually better than any of Kohli's efforts). But Dravid's just passed the eye test more imo, and while all series against good bowling require luck to some extent (dravid was dropped once or twice IIRC), Kohli was way more scratchy and jammy by comparison.

Also the biggest difference is that Dravid ran out of partners in all three of his tons. Was not out at both Lord's and the Oval and was forced into slogging at trentbridge because Broad ran through the lower middle order in one over. He actually could've scored 100+ more runs that series (and that's a conservative estimate considering how good he looked in all three tons) if he hadn't been left stranded each time.
Dravid also was late stage career. He seemed to be past being able to produce this level of awesome series but he did whereas everyone knew Kohli was in his peak.
 

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