I guess Pakistanis are obsessed with Virat Kohli & probably also Jealous that India got a suitable Replacement after Sachin Tendulkar retired & left a huge void in India's Batting depth.
Yes, Indians are also Equally Appreciative of Pakistan's Talented Batsmen like Saeed Anwar, Ijaz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Javed Miandad, Inzamam ul Haq and others also.
Pakistani Bowling Line up was probably its Strongest during the 1992 World Cup which they Eventually Won - They had Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Mushtaq Ahmed - After that they got Saqlain Mushtaq, Shoaib Akhtar, Azhar Mahmood, Abdul Razzaq, Aaquib Javed and others. They were all World Class Bowlers & Playing against them was a Huge Challenge for any team.
Sachin played against these Bowlers & scored runs.
Sachin also played Glenn Mc Grath, Jason Gillespie, Brett Lee, Shane Warne, Jason Krejzaa from Australia & scored runs.
English Bowlers like Dominic Cork, Darren Gough, Andrew Caddick, James Anderson, Steve Harmison, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Graeme Swann etc.
New Zealand Bowlers - Chris Cairns, Daryll Tuffey, Shane Bond, Daniel Vettori, Dion Nash, Chris Harris, Scott Styris, Gavin Larsen etc etc
South African Bowlers - Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini, Pat Symcox, Faine De Villiers, Jacques Kallis, Lance Klusener, Nantie Hayward, Paul Adams, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel etc.
Re: I agree Completely with Mohammad Yousuf (Yousuf Youhanna)
by himamshu on Jan 19, 2017 01:51 AM
West Indies Bowlers - Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose, Ian Bishop, Carl Hooper, Franklyn Rose, Mervyn Dillon and others.
So Sachin had to face Stronger Bowling attacks from All over The World and Indian Team was Heavily Dependent on Sachin's performance to Win a Match or Series - The other Players used to Collapse after Sachin Got Out and Indian Team would easily Capitulate after he was dismissed,
The Opposition always wanted to get Sachin Out First so that they could break Indian Team's psyche & Win the match easily during the 1990's to 2010. Sachin was a One Man One Army show and everyone wanted his wicket badly.
By the time Virat Kohli entered Indian Team - We had Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Sachin himself (All of them were around 30 years at that time)and we had a Strong Batting line up by then.
Only when Virat started Scoring Centuries after Centuries while India successfully chased big scores was he considered good enough to replace the Aging Indian Batting line up.
After 2011 World Cup, many Big Players Retired and The Game of Cricket got Diluted from there onwards.
Hence Virat Kohli is Great according to His Generation of Cricketers & Sachin was Great During His 24 Year Career, since he was upto the task at hand.
Similarly Sir Donald Bradman & Sunil Gavaskar were Great during their Cricketing Point of Time - We Cannot Compare 2 Different Cricketers !!
I will Still Wait till Virat Finishes his Career & then comment.
Re: Re: I agree Completely with Mohammad Yousuf (Yousuf Youhanna)
by Jose Sucorinho Antao on Jan 22, 2017 12:05 PM
And not to forget the deadliest of western bowlers "Malcolm Marshall" whom Tendla faced
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Kohli won many matches for India, where as Sachin played for himself ,his percentage of winning with his big scores is very low. He earned fame and money for himself where as Kohli brought laurels to the country with his scores. Sachin is selfish cricketer like Gavaskar but Kohli plays for winning like Vishy. There is no comparison . I don't think pakistani player has not seen Kohli playing for India
kohli is better then sachin because of kohli's batting avg in all three format,strike rate,he is not narvous during the chasing,his dedication is great then sachin.
Re: kohli is better then sachin
by M S Dhoni on Jan 18, 2017 05:13 PM
had kohli played against walsh, ambrose, mcgrath, warne, lee, hadlee, bond, vettory, donald, ntini, murli, akram, imran, akhtar, yunus by now kohli would have been dropped from team...
just 1 simple question has kohli played even 10 world class bowlers in last 8 years ?????
Re: kohli is better then sachin
by M S Dhoni on Jan 18, 2017 05:14 PM
BTW kohli hs already shown on fast, bouncy n swinging pitches of england by making 139 runs in 10 innings that how better he is frm SACHIN :)
seems so boring & easy for batting.. back in 90's, even a score of 250 was considered very good in ODI's. Nowadays any one with average talent can score in International cricket. ICC has destroyed cricket.
Re: where r the bhakts..plz starts shouting..
by M S Dhoni on Jan 18, 2017 05:15 PM
kohli hs already shown on fast, bouncy n swinging pitches of england by making 139 runs in 10 innings that how better he is frm SACHIN :)
