India in South Africa * kohli!

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Re: India in South Africa * kohli!

@phoenixdesi

I have the honor of watching all top 6 live in ground and on TV of course. With an exception of Richards and maybe chappel, Kohli is far better than any of other top 6. remember, this is the highest ranking which these players achieved in one given year. so zaheer may have achieved this ranking by scoring heavily in one year against india in pak on dead pitches but the real question is how did these players perform over a longer period. here are my 2 cents

zaheer was terrible against fast bowling…averaged i think 25 against WI. never scored heavily in Australia, nz and WI. failed in india miserably too. only scored in pakistan and england

dean jones better than kohli? really…no way. Kohli has 33 centuries in ODI and i think 20 test centuries. and kohli has always scored so heavily while chasing…a big big achievement. jones was a good ODI player but not so good in test matches

Gower/miandad…well miandad was also not so good against genuine pace. never scored against mighty WI until 1988 series when WI had a weaker attack. gower was not good in pressure. never scored in 2nd innings. and struggled against genuine pace.

VIV was class act…no question…and so was greg chappel although chappal never really bothered touring india and pakistan on regular basis, so not sure how good he was against spin

kohli scored 4 test centuries in 4 test matches in Australia…and i think 5 or 6 centuries in SAF so far. all on bouncy tracks. and like i said above, he has scored so many runs chasing which is amazing… and scored so many runs as skipper under pressure. anyway, just my opinion. you can disagree

Zaheer Abbas’s then 25 average against WI mighty bowling is equivalent to today’s 60 average. So I’ll take it any given day.

And Miandad never good against pace? Jeez. OK!!

Theek hai bhai, Kohli behtar hai. Aap khush rahen, hamara kya hai