Virat Kohli is an Alien!

[Robinhood Pandey]

https://sports.ndtv.com/india-vs-we...first-indian-to-score-three-consecuti-1938633

 

[Imad.Khan]

https://sports.ndtv.com/india-vs-we...first-indian-to-score-three-consecuti-1938633

That explains the extra ordinary batting skills

Most Indians will hate me for saying this...........But IMO Kohli is way better than Tendulkar

 

[Vikki]

ROTE="Robinhood Pandey, post: 10898212, member: 149609"]https://sports.ndtv.com/india-vs-we...first-indian-to-score-three-consecuti-1938633[/QUOTE]
While I definitely admire his batting skills ,I don't rate him in the same ranks as tendulkar or Lara..the pitches have become flatter...rules became batting friendly with 3 power plays...free hits and 2 new balls in odis

That explains the extra ordinary batting skills

Most Indians will hate me for saying this...........But IMO Kohli is way better than Tendulkar

Temperamentally yes..skills wise no...

 

[SuvarnaTeja]

That explains the extra ordinary batting skills

Most Indians will hate me for saying this...........But IMO Kohli is way better than Tendulkar

Tendulkar faced best of the bowling attacks first from the Windies then Pakistan and then Australia.

Today which country's bowling attack is anything closer any of those those three?

 

[AyanRay]

That explains the extra ordinary batting skills

Most Indians will hate me for saying this...........But IMO Kohli is way better than Tendulkar

Few days ago I was watching higlihights of 1996 WC, where the commentators (Tony Grieg I think) referred to Sachin as the Greatest batsman in the world currently. He was 22 years old back then, by the time Sachin reached Kohli's age he was already a legend. Sadly Indian team is now completely depended on Kolhli just like they did on Sachin during the 90s.

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

38 centuries is no small feat.

like it or not but he is an alien

 

[Vikki]

Few days ago I was watching higlihights of 1996 WC, where the commentators (Tony Grieg I think) referred to Sachin as the Greatest batsman in the world currently. He was 22 years old back then, by the time Sachin reached Kohli's age he was already a legend. Sadly Indian team is now completely depended on Kolhli just like they did on Sachin during the 90s.

Hmm..not really..rohit ,dhawan and rayudu do well in odis

 

[Yaseen1]

cricket is man made game and played by humans so playing good not make any one superhuman

 

[Vikki]

38 centuries is no small feat.

like it or not but he is an alien

Of course its not a small feat..who would have thought that somebody could beat sachins records one day?but i dont think he could break sachins records in tests

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

Of course its not a small feat..who would have thought that somebody could beat sachins records one day?but i dont think he could break sachins records in tests

he can i guess!!

 

[Vikki]

he can i guess!!

He scored 6000 runs in his 7 year test career..he may play for another 7 years...let us assume he does extremely well and scores another 7000 runs..even then he falls short by 2000 runs..that is taking the best of the scenario

 

[padamchen]

Gavaskar is the best we have ever produced.

Cheers, Doc

I rate Dravid higher than both the other two.

 

[Tom M]

No, Dilip Doshi is the greatest.

 

[Proudpakistaniguy]

That explains the extra ordinary batting skills

Most Indians will hate me for saying this...........But IMO Kohli is way better than Tendulkar

The Kohli v Tendulkar comparison
24 Oct, 2018

• S RajeshCricinfo

Given that they are arguably the two most iconic modern-day ODI batsmen, it was quite fitting that Kohli emulated Tendulkar in reaching the 10,000-run mark in style: Tendulkar had reached his landmark by scoring 139 against Australia in Indore in 2001; Kohli went past the landmark with an unbeaten 157 against West Indies in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. They are the only batsmen to reach this landmark with centuries. With Kohli smashing Tendulkar's record of fastest to 10,000 ODI runs in terms of innings, it is a good time to compare Kohli's current stats with Tendulkar's, at the time the latter reached the landmark.

The overall numbers

When looking at the stats in isolation, there's little doubt that Kohli bosses the numbers. In terms of innings to reach the 10,000-run mark, he is 21% better than Tendulkar; in terms of average and innings per century, he is 40% better; his strike rate advantage is relatively lower at 7%.

Comparing Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar, at the 10,000-run mark in ODIs ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Based on these numbers, there is no doubt who wins the contest, but some of those comparisons are a bit unfair to Tendulkar. It's clear that ODIs are far more high-scoring now than they were when Tendulkar scored his first 10,000 runs; any comparison of numbers, especially strike rates, needs to take that into account.

In the 266 matches that Tendulkar played to reach the 10,000-run landmark, the average strike rate by other batsmen was 71.51; in Kohli's era it is 85.99. The average for other batsmen during Tendulkar's first 266 matches was 27.90; for Kohli it is 31.73. Taking that into account, it is clear that Tendulkar exceeds the average strike rate of his era by a much higher margin than Kohli, though Kohli remains better in terms of the ratio of averages. Tendulkar also won more Man-of-the-Match awards, but that is, to some extent, also a factor of the quality of his team-mates during that period.

Kohli V Tendulkar
Attribute Virat Kohli Tendulkar (till 10k) Tendulkar (Mar '94-2001)**
Inns 205 259 193
Ave 59.62 42.63 46.37
Ave factor^ 1.88 1.53 1.61
SR 92.51 86.52 89.61
SR factor* 1.08 1.21 1.22
Inns/100 5.54 9.25 6.89


^ Ratio of batsman's ave to ave of all other batsmen in those matches
* Ratio of batsman's SR to SR of all other batsmen in those matches
** Since Tendulkar first opened, till he reached 10k
Then, there is also the first 66 innings of Tendulkar's career, when he played in the middle order and wasn't the force he became when he started opening the batting. Exclude those matches, and his average in 193 innings after he started opening the batting (till March 31, 2001) goes up to 46.37, and his strike rate to 89.60. Factoring in the average and strike rate of other batsmen in those matches, his average factor goes up to 1.61, and the strike rate is clearly ahead of Kohli's. Also, Tendulkar's innings-per-century improves considerably.

The century machines

Kohli has racked up hundreds for fun in his ODI career so far, but the numbers below indicate Tendulkar was well ahead of his peers on this factor too. During the period after he started opening the batting, Tendulkar scored a hundred every 6.86 innings when batting in the top four, compared to other top-four batsmen who scored one every 24.7 innings. That means Tendulkar was around 3.6 times better than the others batting in the top four during that period. For Kohli, that ratio is about 3.11, which shows clearly that scoring hundreds has become a lot easier now than in the first half of Tendulkar's era. These ratios indicate just how remarkable both batsmen have been in their rates of scoring hundreds, but Tendulkar was at an even higher level compared to his peers, than Kohli has been in the current era.

Innings per 100 when batting in the top 4
* All other batsmen in the top 4 in all ODIs during Kohli's career/ between March 1994-2001

The chase masters

Kohli's numbers in run-chases are outstanding, but in that 1994-2001 period Tendulkar's stats in chases were pretty good too: he averaged 50.28, at a strike rate of 94.65, to Kohli's average of 68.54 at a scoring rate of 94.51. Applying the same yardstick in case of the overall numbers, Tendulkar's strike rate ratio is better, but Kohli's greatest strength has been his ability to make big scores in run-chases and stay unbeaten. Kohli has remained not-out 28 times in 116 innings when batting second, giving him a much higher average, and hence a higher average ratio.

Kohli V Tendulkar, In Chases
Attribute Virat Kohli Tendulkar (Mar '94-2001)
Inns 116 97
Ave 68.54 50.29
Ave factor^ 2.2 1.75
SR 94.51 94.66
SR factor* 1.11 1.29
^ Average of all other batsmen in those matches
* SR of all other batsmen in those matches
The presence of other big-hitters in the line-up has allowed Kohli to often bat in a more measured manner, but Kohli's special skill is his ability to play long innings at more-than-acceptable scoring rates, while cutting out the risks and increasing the success percentage. Several such innings have led to him smashing the record to the fastest 10,000 in ODI history by a long way, and going by the way he reached that landmark, it looks unlikely his hunger for runs will diminish anytime soon.


http://www.espncricinfo.com/story?id=25070847&the-kohli-v-tendulkar-comparison=

 

[Zhukov]

That explains the extra ordinary batting skills

Most Indians will hate me for saying this...........But IMO Kohli is way better than Tendulkar

Totally unfair to Match Sachin to Kohli.
Remember Bowlers of that time when Sachin Played?
No mandetory ball change meaning one side roughed up ball the vicious Inswingers out swingers in last 15 overs.
No Mendatory Power Play Restriction, The official Warmup time given to Batsmen of today to free up their arms
Cricket is being commercialized day by day favoring Batsmen and Reducing quality of Bowlers.
He Faced Legendary Fast Bowlers Bowlers like Glen McGraw, Alan Donald, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Curtley Ambrose, Shoaib Akhtar, Bret Lee.
And Spinners like Shane Warne, Saqlain Mushtaq, Murlidharan.
Add this to the Computer Aided Analysis and Technique Correction tools available these days to players.

Cricket is so much boring these days with so many runs scored and relentless hitting, so many one sided matches due to this reason. Not often to see low scoring nail biters these days.