Will Root and Kohli finish their test careers with averages 50 or above?

[BazBall21]

Both unlikely. And Root needs to regain seriousness if he's going to finish with a higher average than he currently has now. Don't know why him and Stokes don't just bat like themselves. They weren't slow scorers.

 

[BazBall21]

Would be a tragedy if Kohli doesn't. I am hoping he has a few double tons left in him against WI or Bangladesh.

He's not been helped by the recent minefields at home.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Why tragedy? The cricketing gods don't owe him ****. He's been found lacking and deserves whatever he ends with.

 

[ankitj]

At the end of year 2019, Kohli was averaging 55

 

[Daemon]

He's not been helped by the recent minefields at home.

tbf he's still managed an average of 52 at home since 2018

 

[ankitj]

tbf he's still managed an average of 52 at home since 2018

What is it since 2020? He likely averaged 60+ between 2018 and 2020. Then may be averaged 30 since then

 

[Daemon]

What is it since 2020? He likely averaged 60+ between 2018 and 2020. Then may be averaged 30 since then

2018-2020 it was 38, since then it's been 59.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Everyone piled up the runs in the 2019 home season

 

[Sunil1z]

2018-2020 it was 38, since then it's been 59.

59 ? Are you serious?

 

[Daemon]

59 ? Are you serious?

No I made it up

 

[GIMH]

No I made it up

Thought so

 

[ZK$]

Kohli’s still averaging 60 at home which is higher than most ATG’s. An away average of 40 is just not good enough though.

 

[Coronis]

Kohli’s still averaging 60 at home which is higher than most ATG’s. An away average of 40 is just not good enough though.

Kohli=Jayawardene imo

 

[ZK$]

Kohli=Jayawardene imo

That looks right. Jayawardene is underrated on here tbh.

 

[Flem274*]

Kohli’s still averaging 60 at home which is higher than most ATG’s. An away average of 40 is just not good enough though.

Away averages of 40 aren't that common.

He ain't Tendulkar but he's still been a fantastic player and has some time to turn things around.

 

[Coronis]

Away averages of 40 aren't that common.

He ain't Tendulkar but he's still been a fantastic player and has some time to turn things around.

For players who ended up averaging 50 theres only Walcott (40.46) and Compton (36.88) I believe.

 

[Adders]

The Fab 4 was never anything more than talking point totally divorced from reality

It was always Smith

level

level

level

Some incredibly good players including the other 3

His sheer weight of runs in all conditions killed off the competition years ago

No it wasn't, that's just totally wrong. Go check the start of the fab4 thread.

I dont disagree with your assessment now, but when the fab4 was first a thing Smith was probably the least rated of them.

 

[Flem274*]

They also broke out at different times. Smith and KWs careers stuttered initially. Smith took a while to consistently convert 50s into tons (I believe during the 2013 India and English tours) while Root especially hit the ground running.

 

[Prince EWS]

No it wasn't, that's just totally wrong. Go check the start of the fab4 thread.

I dont disagree with your assessment now, but when the fab4 was first a thing Smith was probably the least rated of them.

Yeah I still rated Kohli higher than Smith until his recentish slump. Social has always had this thing with Smith and his higher raw average though.

 

[BazBall21]

Kohli has six hundreds in Australia, averages above 50 in South Africa where Asian batsmen go to die, and also had a better tour of England than Mahela was capable of. Can’t tell if this comparison is serious or not. Presume not.