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Virat Kohli vs kane Williamson
- Thread starter Narayana
- Start date
Rob Wesley
School Boy/Girl Captain
Kohli at prime was better but overall career, it is debatable. Williamson is probably just better.
Thala_0710
State Vice-Captain
I can't have Williamson over Kohli, with his record the way it is in SA, ENG, IND and SL. I just can't (not that it is brilliant in AUS either)
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I think both have become under-rated on here for different reasons.
Johan
International Captain
Kohli is on a ruthless mission to vindicate anyone who underrates him, Kane might shut his critics up in the Australia series.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Kane away is such a weird story these days, particularly as it's so blatantly stats driven. The guy played half of his away games in his first 3 years of his career before he had turned 24. I doubt there is any other player in the upper echelons of batsman that have a record so skewed due to scheduling.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Kohli's career has become under-rated because he's so crap right now and there's some natural recency bias there. I also think that right before his dramatic decline that his average undersold him a bit because his home pitches had become much more challenging than Williamson's and Smith's in particular.
Williamson's average flatters him a bit but he's underrated on here by dumb analysis by checklist merchants.
Johan
International Captain
yeah people really underestimate Williamson's home domination which is a quality and wins his teams a lot of games at home, which is ultimately what matters.
Narayana
U19 Cricketer
His average is 80+ in won matches, far better than any of the fab 4 member.
James
Cricket Web Owner
That's where it would be interesting to see a thread on Williamson vs Crowe.
PlayerComparisons
International Captain
Kanes failures in SA and Aus when he was 21/22 is a massive hole in his record
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Superb in WI in 2014, Aus in 2016, and one of the very few to conquer Yasir Shah in the UAE.
PlayerComparisons
International Captain
Averages since they turned 23
Williamson: 63.12
Kohli: 47.67
Williamson: 63.12
Kohli: 47.67
Thala_0710
State Vice-Captain
Away avg in SENA+IND+SL:
Kohli: 42.23
Williamson: 31.67
Away avg in SENA+IND+SL since they turned 23:
Kohli: 42.23
Williamson: 34.79
PlayerComparisons
International Captain
Good cherrypicking. I like how you’ve included SL but excluded Bang and WI who have had good bowling attacks at home in recent years. You’ve also excluded their WTC final performances.
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Bahnz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Kohli c 2014-2019 was a great batsman, and was just about as good as KW during this period (Kohli averaging 59 and averaging sub-40 only in England and Bangladesh, KW averaging 61 and averaging sub-40 only in SL and SA). 2020 onwards though it's a bit of a mismatch, even with KW's struggles away from home.
Thala_0710
State Vice-Captain
Firstly, picking the top 6 cricketing nations, and probably the tougher batting conditions is now cherry picking? Fine include WI as well, include the WTC finals as well. Here are the stats:
Kohli's avg: 42.04
Williamson: 34.68
Thala_0710
State Vice-Captain
Kohli wasn't about as good as KW from 14-19. He was much much better