Pap Finn Keighl
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AB way more destructive than Kohli and it would have been more evident if Both played in a tougher era like 90s.
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Virat Kohli vs Sachin Tendulkar
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honestbharani
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And they called me a Virat fanboi.
Burgey
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In 20-30 years time when test cricket is still being played, people will look back and realise that Kohli’s ongoing emphasis on the primacy of that format, despite being the premier LO/ T20 player of his time and captain of India as the IPL developed into the biggest money spinner in the game, was massively important in test cricket not only surviving but continuing to thrive in India and in general.
It’s going to be a massive legacy for him imo
It’s going to be a massive legacy for him imo
OverratedSanity
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Kohli will be remembered as the last Indian captain that tried his best to make test cricket the Premier format. Love him for it but it's hard to say he's important or influential because of it since all it probably did was delay the inevitable a bit.
I don't see any players from the next generation following his lead. They've all grown up with the IPL. Kohli's generation is the last one that grew up believing test cricket is number 1.
I don't see any players from the next generation following his lead. They've all grown up with the IPL. Kohli's generation is the last one that grew up believing test cricket is number 1.
capt_Luffy
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I am not so sure about the next generation not believing in Test's supremacy; as a member of that generation. I grew up watching IPL, but not once I thought that T20s or ODIs are superior to Tests, instead pretty much the other way around. I haven't played cricket much far, but I still believe (or it just might be me wanting to believe) that anyone who truly loves and understands cricket will always see Test as a much more important format.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I think (or at least, hope) the option of having 5 continuous days of live sports that lasts a minimum 7 hours, esp. during the day time, will be an important consideration as that is content you may not get in other forms. Like others have said, I feel that ODIs will be the ones that phase out than tests.
Bowlers Tendulkar faced:
Imran
Botham
Marshall
Wasim, Waqur, Shoaib, saqlain
Donald, Pollock
McGrath, warne
Murali, vass
Ambrose, Walsh
Gough, Hoggard
Steyn
Johnson, b lee, Gillespie
Cairns, Vettori, bond
Streak, olanga, strang
Dillon, p Edwards
M Rahman
Kohli:
Starc, Cummins, Hazelwood
Johnson, Lyon
Rabada, steyn
Malinga, hearth, Matthews
Anderson, broad
West Indies
Hasan Ali, m Amir
Boult, southee
Bangladesh bowlers
Imran
Botham
Marshall
Wasim, Waqur, Shoaib, saqlain
Donald, Pollock
McGrath, warne
Murali, vass
Ambrose, Walsh
Gough, Hoggard
Steyn
Johnson, b lee, Gillespie
Cairns, Vettori, bond
Streak, olanga, strang
Dillon, p Edwards
M Rahman
Kohli:
Starc, Cummins, Hazelwood
Johnson, Lyon
Rabada, steyn
Malinga, hearth, Matthews
Anderson, broad
West Indies
Hasan Ali, m Amir
Boult, southee
Bangladesh bowlers
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capt_Luffy
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In all honesty, thinking on Sachin's career length and that it's ODIs only; the difference in quality isn't 'that' huge.
I still think the quality of bowling faced and the pitches back then favour Sachin
capt_Luffy
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Fair point. But I also think Virat's chasing record favours him. And I also think the pitches weren't necessarily worse for batting, the run scoring was just slower and the play having only one ball made it more difficult for big shots in the end overs
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
Also Virat averages 14 more than Sachin, and a better century/match ratio. It’s not that they have identical records, that we can declare Sachin superior on the basis of tougher conditions
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
AB also batted lower down the order, and his average got bolstered by that. Doesn’t have half the number of hundreds Kohli does.
Tendulkar also had fifties, hundreds in odi finals, world cups, tournaments
Sachin could even bowl
However you make good points too and the average difference as the other poster mentioned
capt_Luffy
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Bowling is a totally different point. I am talking about as a pure batsman. As for 100s and 50s in finals; Sachin played two World Cup finals and severely flopped in both. Kohli had some vital runs in both his ODI World Cup finals. As for the rest of the World Cups; I would say they both are pretty equal.....
PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
Good point. Difference in stats make up for the difference in eras
Pap Finn Keighl
International Debutant
Kohli matches Sachin, Viv and AB in Avg after era adjustment, but a league below them in Strike Rate.
OverratedSanity
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I don't have a pro Sachin bias. But a massive anti modern odi bias. The format has been a ****ing joke for a decade and you have complete muppets putting up what would've been ATG numbers in the 90s. What held kohli back from Sachin was the lack of a truly great world cup which he's corrected. But the overall numbers I couldn't give a **** about. They are worthless.
PlayerComparisons
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Interesting