The Kohli vs Tendulkar debate has been going on for a long time. Find it really silly that people are saying Kohli is a better player than Tendulkar was at that age. However what we tend to forget the kind of quick bowling and spin bowlers that Tendulkar played in that era of late early 90s and post 2000 too.
He has played against the likes of Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, Abdul Qadir, Saqlain Musthaq, Mushtaq Mohammad, Malcolm Marshall, Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose, Mervyn Dhillon, Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Ntini, Fanie De Villers, Brian McMillan, Jacques Kallis, Richard Hadlee, Glenn Mcgrath, Shane Warne, Dale Steyn, Bret Lee, Shoaib Akhtar, Ian Botham, Craig Mcdermott, Shane Bond, Daniel Vettori, Chaminda Vaas, Muralitharan, Jaysuriya, Heath Streak, Abdul Razzaq, Aaquib Javed, Azhar Mahmood, Danny Morrison, Chris Cairns, Jason Gillespie, Hansie Cronje, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Andrew Caddick, Dominic Cork, Darren Gough and many more.
Can you name one great bowler in Kohli's era who have been so dangerous as the above names. The Indian team of those days was always dependant on Sachin Tendulkar who was a one man army. And even today some anti-tendulkar fans say that he played for himself. Could be true, if he had not played for himself I do not think Indian Cricket Team would have been what it is today the number 1 cricket playing nation. The Indian Team would have been even worse than say Zimbabwe, Bangladesh team of those days if it was not T
Re: Tendulkar vs Kohli
by Chandra Mohan on Feb 20, 2018 11:00 AM
I am not saying that Kohli is a bad player. He is a very good player but not a great player for he has not faced great bowlers both quick and quality spinners. The bowlers of today are not consistent at all. If Tendulkar was as young as Kohli today, even he would have slammed all bowlers and made more centuries and runs than Kohli.
It took the likes of Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Dhawan, Raina etc all at least 4 - 5 yrs before they settled in their roles and have been playing some good cricket. Though this is not a debate about other players, people like Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik have been in and out of the team not getting consistent chances to play in the team. If they had been given an extended run like Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Dhawan, Raina, Dhoni etc.....even they would have been better players. Instead every other day, see that Manish Pandey / Rahane are always trolled on twitter.
Oops....I have said more than I have had to say. Hope people understand and stop making irrelevant comparisions.
The Kohli vs Tendulkar debate has been going on for a long time. Find it really silly that people are saying Kohli is a better player than Tendulkar was at that age. However what we tend to forget the kind of quick bowling and spin bowlers that Tendulkar played in that era of late early 90s and post 2000 too.
He has played against the likes of Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, Abdul Qadir, Saqlain Musthaq, Mushtaq Mohammad, Malcolm Marshall, Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose, Mervyn Dhillon, Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Ntini, Fanie De Villers, Brian McMillan, Jacques Kallis, Richard Hadlee, Glenn Mcgrath, Shane Warne, Dale Steyn, Bret Lee, Shoaib Akhtar, Ian Botham, Craig Mcdermott, Shane Bond, Daniel Vettori, Chaminda Vaas, Muralitharan, Jaysuriya, Heath Streak, Abdul Razzaq, Aaquib Javed, Azhar Mahmood, Danny Morrison, Chris Cairns, Jason Gillespie, Hansie Cronje, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Andrew Caddick, Dominic Cork, Darren Gough and many more.
Can you name one great bowler in Kohli's era who have been so dangerous as the above names. The Indian team of those days was always dependant on Sachin Tendulkar who was a one man army. And even today some anti-tendulkar fans say that he played for himself. Could be true, if he had not played for himself I do not think Indian Cricket Team would have been what it is today the number 1 cricket playing nation. The Indian Team would have been even worse than say Zimbabwe, Bangladesh team of those days if it was not T
Re: Tendulkar vs Kohli
by goldy on Feb 20, 2018 11:36 AM
It is not Kohli's fault that he had not chance to face great bowlers of previous era, he is doing best against whoever bowling against him. May be if he wud hv get a chance to play bowlers you mention, who knows may be even then he has the same records he has now. By this logic old players like gavaskar n sobers was even better player than tendulkar when bowlers was more fast n even helmet was not there, they dont used to cover pitch overnight, bats was not of such supreme quality. Point is everyone is great who is doing best in his era. By the way i think Kohli will hit at least 120 international century in his 18 year career. His best time is yet to come.
Re: Tendulkar vs Kohli
by goldy on Feb 20, 2018 11:36 AM
It is not Kohli's fault that he had not chance to face great bowlers of previous era, he is doing best against whoever bowling against him. May be if he wud hv get a chance to play bowlers you mention, who knows may be even then he has the same records he has now. By this logic old players like gavaskar n sobers was even better player than tendulkar when bowlers was more fast n even helmet was not there, they dont used to cover pitch overnight, bats was not of such supreme quality. Point is everyone is great who is doing best in his era. By the way i think Kohli will hit at least 120 international century in his 18 year career. His best time is yet to come.
Re: Tendulkar vs Kohli
by goldy on Feb 20, 2018 11:37 AM
It is not Kohli's fault that he had not chance to face great bowlers of previous era, he is doing best against whoever bowling against him. May be if he wud hv get a chance to play bowlers you mention, who knows may be even then he has the same records he has now. By this logic old players like gavaskar n sobers was even better player than tendulkar when bowlers was more fast n even helmet was not there, they dont used to cover pitch overnight, bats was not of such supreme quality. Point is everyone is great who is doing best in his era. By the way i think Kohli will hit at least 120 international century in his 18 year career. His best time is yet to come.
Re: Tendulkar vs Kohli
by goldy on Feb 20, 2018 11:37 AM
It is not Kohli's fault that he had not chance to face great bowlers of previous era, he is doing best against whoever bowling against him. May be if he wud hv get a chance to play bowlers you mention, who knows may be even then he has the same records he has now. By this logic old players like gavaskar n sobers was even better player than tendulkar when bowlers was more fast n even helmet was not there, they dont used to cover pitch overnight, bats was not of such supreme quality. Point is everyone is great who is doing best in his era. By the way i think Kohli will hit at least 120 international century in his 18 year career. His best time is yet to come.
Re: Tendulkar vs Kohli
by goldy on Feb 20, 2018 11:37 AM
It is not Kohli's fault that he had not chance to face great bowlers of previous era, he is doing best against whoever bowling against him. May be if he wud hv get a chance to play bowlers you mention, who knows may be even then he has the same records he has now. By this logic old players like gavaskar n sobers was even better player than tendulkar when bowlers was more fast n even helmet was not there, they dont used to cover pitch overnight, bats was not of such supreme quality. Point is everyone is great who is doing best in his era. By the way i think Kohli will hit at least 120 international century in his 18 year career. His best time is yet to come.
Re: Tendulkar vs Kohli
by goldy on Feb 20, 2018 11:39 AM
It is not Kohli's fault that he had not chance to face great bowlers of previous era, he is doing best against whoever bowling against him. May be if he wud hv get a chance to play bowlers you mention, who knows may be even then he has the same records he has now. By this logic old players like gavaskar n sobers was even better player than tendulkar when bowlers was more fast n even helmet was not there, they dont used to cover pitch overnight, bats was not of such supreme quality. Point is everyone is great who is doing best in his era. By the way i think Kohli will hit at least 120 international century in his 18 year career. His best time is yet to come.
in ODIs yes he can surely score more than 50 but sachin has equal centuries in test matches, Kohli has only 16 thus total at 51 is half way to reach sachin. So still we can't say. If kohli plays 5 more years, and scoring ten centuries on average per year, he should break the international centuries record but not sure for test centuries
I still remember my IIT days when we aere watching 17 year old Sachin hammering abdul qadir for sixes in our Hostel at Limbdi. Kohli may break records but sachin brought elixir to the dying moral of Indian team . Yes he was never a captain material but he was a lone fighter , a team player and a mentor. Kohli is arrogant and may not have the endurance of Sachin. Jai Hind
Re: Sachin is greatest
by vaskas das on Feb 19, 2018 05:00 PM
lone fighter... most of the guys of that era got 10K one-day runs. and kohli lone solider who could reach those figures at d moment
Alone made 2 centuries on his last SA Tour against Steyn n co. At the age of 37 Here entire team cudnt make 2 centuries in test series dat too in absence of Steyn... n u r comparing kohli with sachin... hw many centuries kohli made against Steyn, starcstarc, Anderson n broad....??? Forget abt McGrath, walsh, ambrose, Lee, warne, murli, hadlee, bond, akram, waqar, yunus etc...
Re: Sachin
by Soumya Kundu on Feb 20, 2018 12:44 PM
That's not a correct yardstick to compare the two. In fact, Kohli was the only player from either teams to score a century in the recent test series, albeit without steyn. However, i would conclude by saying that sachin was a better test batsman, but kohli is a better limited overs batsman.
RECORDS ARE MADE ONLY TO BE BROKEN. SO THERE IS NOT MUCH SURPRISE IF KOHLI OR ANY CRICKETER SURPASSES ANY RECORD OF SACHIN OR ANY OTHER CRICKETER. ONLY ONE FACTOR COUNTS WHETHER THE RECORD FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY OR OTHERWISE. SO THERE IS NOT MUCH LOGIC IN THE TOPIC.
RECORDS ARE MADE ONLY TO BE BROKEN. SO THERE WILL BE NO SURPRISE IF AT ALL A RECORD OF SACHIN OR ANY CRICKETER IS SURPASSED. IT IS JUST IN THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME. ONLY FACTOR COUNTS IS THAT WHETHER THE RECORD OR THE PERFORMANCE IS FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY OR OTHERWISE. SO THERE IS NOT MUCH LOGIC IN THE ENTIRE TOPIC.
