AB De Villiers vs Virat Kohli

[Johan]

Better Batsmen? all forms of game allowed, but if you only care for test go by tests, if only for test and ODI go by that, if you split format importance into 75-25 (or any split) go by that, if you only view test + LO tournaments go by that etc, just mention your standard/metric in comments.

 

[Stefan9]

ABD..Kohli hasn't shown he can save tests. ABD probably helped by not having the end of career fall off do to giving up international cricket earlier.

 

[Athlai]

It is AB in Tests, his record is crazy considering he kept for so much of it, but Kohli by a fair distance in the other formats.

 

[Thala_0710]

80-20 Tests-ODIs

 

[Coronis]

It is AB in Tests, his record is crazy considering he kept for so much of it, but Kohli by a fair distance in the other formats.

I mean 24/114 tests

 

[Athlai]

How many did Kohli keep for?

 

[DrWolverine]

ABD

 

[Srinath P]

AB in tests, = in ODIs, AB in t20s (not t20Is)

 

[Johan]

85-13-2

Tests-LO Tournaments-Bilateral ODIs

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

AB, because he’s a better bowler

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Test
AB > Kohli

ODIs
AB > Kohli

 

[sayon basak]

Test
AB > Kohli

ODIs
AB > Kohli

What about T20i's?

 

[Tejretics]

It is AB in Tests, his record is crazy considering he kept for so much of it, but Kohli by a fair distance in the other formats.

I don’t think Kohli is ahead of AB by a distance in either one-day or T20I matches—I’d say it’s very close in both!

 

[Thala_0710]

I don’t think Kohli is ahead of AB by a distance in either one-day or T20I matches—I’d say it’s very close in both!

Kohli is far ahead in T20I matches. In all of T20 cricket, it is close.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

AB easily better in ODIs

 

[Srinath P]

Kohli is far ahead in T20I matches. In all of T20 cricket, it is close.

AB is the biggest wasted potential in t20Is imo. If he had taken t20is more seriously, he had a shot at ending up with an average of 40+ and a strike rate of 150+.

 

[Coronis]

AB is the biggest wasted potential in t20Is imo. If he had taken t20is more seriously, he had a shot at ending up with an average of 40+ and a strike rate of 150+.

Can’t blame him for that.

 

[DrWolverine]

ABD took the most important thing in T20 quite seriously which made him the first foreigner to earn over ₹100 crores

 

[capt_Luffy]

ABD took the most important thing in T20 quite seriously which made him the first foreigner to earn over ₹100 crores

Can't argue. Legit IPL>T20Is and ABD is one of 4 best bats there (and arguably the 3rd most popular).

 

[Thala_0710]

Can't argue. Legit IPL>T20Is and ABD is one of 4 best bats there (and arguably the 3rd most popular).

3rd most popular? Sachin, Dhoni and Kohli surely. Rohit too probably