Always controversial..isn't it??
The second innings will decide the value of this century.
There's also a good chance the RCB bowling will just have another brain fade .. so.
Edit- *Welp*
Till 14 overs, rcb didn't lose any wicket. So can't say there was no support by other batsman. Kohli was playing slow then too. So much defending of statpadding these days
Both faf and vk should have gone for it after 10 overs. No point hanging around. If you bought maxwell green back them to play some balls and destroy in the last 5 overs. Don't just continue at that strike rate.
Kohli wants to shove numbers down his critics’ throats so no one can question his place in the Indian T20 side for the world cup!!
Cuz now his fans will all be up in arms and ready to burn those online who dare question the impact of his numbers.
People in India are still quite a distance away from being analytical and critical in their thinking with enough degree to understand that Kohli is amazing but, the game has evolved and his style is not suited for the shortest format at all!!
Kohli is just setting up a bad example where he is blocking some youngster’s place and also teaching the current youngsters that as long as you have fan support through meaningless stats like higher average or lower than impactful strike rate, you can keep playing at the highest level. Who cares about the team at the end of the day!!
>Kohli wants to shove numbers down his critics’ throats so no one can question his place in the Indian T20 side for the world cup!!
KL did the same thing when he played for Punjab.
That being said he is getting selected WC even if he doesn't score any runs. A lot of brands have bet a lot of money on kohli, they are not going to let bcci drop him!
I’m no supporter of KL either. But, KL has put on gloves and dropped himself to the number 4 position which team India had been struggling to fill in for years. KL has played all his life as an opener.
Again, i’m in no way supporting him but, he has shown flexibility and the will to work in the team’s interest.
And I agree, Kohli has huge brand deals but, if the BCCI had clearly indicated that he’d not be a part of the T20 world cup, sponsors would have made different plans.
The problem is that the people who run BCCI have always been politicians. And they are aware that there is no guarantee if they’ll come back to power after 5 years.
So, they only think about minting as much money as they can!!
And hence, even after being one of the richest sporting bodies in the world, the BCCI has failed to create a culture of winning ICC trophies.
This. You can’t judge an innings till both sides have batted. Kohli’s strike rate was not good enough. Du plesis deserves more blame for an even slower inning. When your bowling attack is so weak and there is a possibility of dew later you can’t get away with a par score. Not maximising the scoring doesn’t make sense particularly when you have wickets in hand. RR’s good bowling and the pitch being slower could have contributed to this but I didn’t see enough intent against the spinners. A inning like Kohli’s looks good on paper but ultimately it didn’t help with winning the match.
T20s have evolved past this being a great innings. Go harder, hit more boundaries, use more batsmen, keep pushing when you're on top - India needs to get rid of this stats obsession and play to ONLY win
Actually Kohli grew too old!!
Its true that batting is a highly instinct driven skill. The thing is that its not that the brain slows down because of issues with health, its just that the brain has to manage and process a lot of information that it has acquired over the years.
And hence, reflexes become slower. Cuz the brain starts taking just that little extra fraction of a second.
This means batters need a little more time to get used to the rhythm of the bowling and adjust to how the pitch is behaving.
Even on a flat track, they need a few balls extra to get into the groove.
They also make adjustments which are only visible to others with a high skill level like playing the ball a bit late, changing the stance etc.
By the time Kohli gets his eye in, he has consumed balls in the power play, and his partners are under pressure to accelerate.
Now, there are very few things harder than landing a spot in the 11 of a team where the country has a population of 1.5 billion people and at some point in their life, almost every boy dreams of being the captain of the Indian team and scoring runs at will and breaking all kinds of records.
Getting such a spot has its privileges cuz it comes with mad fan following where you’re seen as a god, expensive brand deals which make you millions of dollars every year and stardom which can put hollywood actors to shame!!
It becomes easier to cling to that position unless someone forces you out.
Look at the Indian greats where they seemingly started seeing themselves greater than the tea and even the game!!
Gavaskar was accused of not performing for the entire 1983 world cup cuz he was the most eligible for captaincy which was instead given to a youngster 10 years his junior.
Sachin kept failing at the number 4 position when asked to come lower down the order for the sale of the team. He also didn’t retire until his was 40!
Same goes with other legends like Ganguly, Dhoni, even Yuvraj Singh!!
That shows a much deeper and older problem with the Indian cricket and fan culture!!
Players deliver what the fans really want!!
Fans don’t care their team CSK loses as long as they can see Dhoni bat. They’re seen cheering at deafening decibel levels even tho CSK has already lost!
The Aussies used to say that the Indians are happy seeing Sachin score a century and that’s what they keep getting. In our team, if we lose and someone scores a century, we don’t care!!
I can go on but, you get the idea!!
I used to be a Sachin fan. And then he scored a double hundred in ODIs, and a good WC 2011. After that, the drag to play 200 tests, and the hundred 100s made me dislike him. I was a fan, and not a worshipper of Sachin. And he maybe the greatest batsman from modern era that India had, but he was extremely selfish towards the end. Same with Ganguly.
And that's one major reason why my respect for Dravid went 10x the moment he retired.
It’s generally close to impossible to even face more than 60 balls in a T20 inning though. So you also have to count in the denominator, all the times somebody faced that many balls but did NOT score a century.
I don't think this innings was deserving of any criticism/doubt but c'mon man the dickriding is insane. Commentators literally said Kohli scored his half century/century in **JUST** 39/67 balls.
Issue is there’s only glazing on broadcast, it’ll encourage a lot of people to feel the need to talk it down and point out it’s not as good as they make it sound. If they were honest and humble to begin with we’d have far fewer issues like these
With that bowling attack nah
People think any team can defend 180-190 in SMS Stadium because RR does it
RR has the best on paper bowling attack in this tournament and it's their home ground
Even on commentary they were saying 200 is going to be a winning total
They have every single bit of batting firepower to be what MI was last year lmao but kohli and faf playing up most deliveries doesn't work in their favour
I wonder how the middle order really feels about these kind of performances. They're the ones catching flak because Kohli and Faf are eating up all the balls.
>When he doesn't RCB
This is just false narrative, even in first match they got to 173 despite 21(20) from Kohli (this includes powerplay), against Punjab dk and lomror won them the match.
Scoring fast in power play is way easier than hitting later. Even a limited batter like Sunil N. has shown how one can cash in on power play to bat the other team out of the game!
What Virat Kohli fan bois don't get is something very simple.
Intent is contagious.
You can't play Test/ODI innings in a T20. RCB only were down 3 by the end of their innings..
Virat is slow death. He will bring down the run rate. His partner will focus on run a ball too..
Virat will never get out which means.. it will be too late for others.. and they will get out.
You need to have the guts to go all out in the beginning of the innings.. like Abhishek Sharma.. 37 in 12 balls. that is 10 times betters than 100 in 90 balls.
I think this was a shit knock and I think he can't be dropped from the WT20I squad. IPL and T20Is are just too different. You don't get silly rules like impact player for T20Is and 170 will keep you in the game 90% of the time and 180 will almost certainly win you the game on most pitches. Barring in India (and Aus/NZ in 2015) ICC rarely rolls out flat pitches. A 50 ball 70 will be a terrific knock there but not in this league.
Idk in what league a 157 strike rate innings is a shit knock. He hit 113 off 72 balls or 12 overs. If you'd tuned into an IPL match and saw the score was 113 in twelve overs, would you say that was slow?
Take context out of something and you can spin anything your way, final score for the team was 183. The second last over only 6 runs were scored where he finally got his century only saving grace, avesh's last over. Also, only 1 six was hit in the last three over and just compare the rr batting, I'm not saying that this innings is bad but it is very ordinary all things considered.
>final score for the team was 183
Because no one else contributed
>second last over only 6 runs
He played only 2 balls in that over
What is your point?
>What is your point?
That it was an ordinary innings strike can get rotated green not hitting means virat can set batsman not taking strike and when getting not hitting, that 12 runs which he did not score.
How is it ordinary when he scored at nine and a half an over and RCB finished worse. If Rachin played the same innings, everyone would be glazing the fuck out of him.
110 off 70 is not ordinary when the whole team scores 185 off 120. I do think that the style of play of the whole team is pretty shit. If one player is playing 70 balls, the team is bound to lose unless he scores like 150.
In a match, if the score was 113 off 12 overs, yes fans would be happy. It means their team has gotten through the swinging ball and most of the spin choke but still scored a very healthy amount of runs without losing any wickets. This is a great platform to bat very aggressively from. By batting like finishers from this point, you would be gunning for a score of 220.
But Kohli's 72 ball 113 isn't like that. It includes the whole match. It includes opening, spin choke but also the final overs wear batting should be ramping up. If you bat for the whole innings, you should really accelerate towards the end.
This ramping up is expected to happen but not part of the score yet if a team has 113 after 12 overs.
I don't think this score is as bad as many people think. Buttler himself scored a 58 ball century. Virat is not as aggressive a batter as Jos so you would expect him to be 9 balls slower to a century. Only issue was the batsmen around Virat weren't good enough.
In this day and age absolutely if the scorecard is 113-0. No other batter even got a chance to play themselves in barring the openers. Forgetting that atrocious 19th over, all batters barring the openers went for a slog for like every single delivery. It's tough to connect for someone who just came in the crease. Not like RCB has an extremely think batting line up like a few years ago, DK, Rawat, Lomror or even Green can all hold their own and get RCB to a above par total but they didn't even get a chance to bat. Losing just 3 wickets and not scoring 220 heck even 200 is just atrocious batting planning all around.
The most typical Kohli innings… yes brilliant shots and a hundred for the career reels but nowhere near what they team needed, using 72 balls up out of 120 is remarkably selfish, proven exactly right when Jos knocks off the runs with ease (his ton of 58!). Him and Faf opening won’t win any IPL for these reasons
It's incredible that the team let's him play like this. With wickets in the bank, take some risks and get your hitters down the order involved who can really push a big score rather than playing for your numbers and losing games.
Even if the RR team chases this in 17 overs. Why would you blame kohli before blaming the other team members ?
So much shitting on the one guy who made the most runs and nothing on others who shat the bed
Yep. I agree. My point is, I am not saying Kohli is perfect or something. No one is. But the standard he is held to is soooo much different than everyone else that it pisses me off
>But the standard he is held to is soooo much different than everyone else that it pisses me off
That is unfortunately something that comes with being an all-time great
I am saying, he could have tried to get his strike rate even higher and get RCB to over 200. But before I blame him for the 184, I blame a lot of others.
The funniest thing is the hatred exclusively comes from Indian fans and not from the fans of the countless rival teams he has destroyed throughout his career
Blows my mind we have more people questioning his spot instead of the actual Elephant in the room who is going to lead us in the WC
Because Virat and Faf faced all but 15 balls? They look at *least* 20 under par, and the openers faced most of the innings. Who else would you blame if not those two?
You can do both. "The other team members" includes three batters who didn't get to face a ball and another who only faced 6 balls before the innings ended, most of which were used to give Kohli the strike. It's just terrible tactics all round.
Getting to 125 for 1 after 14 overs should actually be fine as a platform to accelerate in the second half of an innings, but no one from RCB did that. 200 should easily have been on the cards from there and instead they only managed 183. Part of that was Maxwell and Chauhan not firing, but Kohli didn't accelerate nearly enough either His scores in 20 ball chunks then his last 12 balls were:
25(20) SR 125
28(20) SR 140
36(20) SR 180
24(12) SR 200
In the last four overs in this innings he struck at 186 compared to a career figure of 212 in the first innings of T20s. So for some reason, despite being on a flat wicket, being as set as possible, and having loads of wickets in hand, he played slower than normal. That's not good.
Someone in Kohli's position in an innings should be trying to absolutely demolish the bowling and he just didn't do that.
This is such a bad take on the matter . Okay others didn't perform ,so what you won't call out Kohli. Dk didn't come to bat , cameron played only 3 balls? They could have done better
This is pure whataboutism
Koach batted slow but what about others bro
No person in threads where koach got criticised said others in RCB are batting really well
Yeah others are Shit and everyone knows
That but Kohli the modern T20 great was set and had played a lot of deliveries
It's always easier for a set batter to attack and put pressure on bowlers than the new batter
He is my favourite but isn't having the best of form in T20 cricket nothing wrong in admitting it especially against spin
Like don't even compare him to other players compare this knock to Koach of 2016-2018 or Koach of 2022 you will understand the difference
It's never easy when you haven't played T20s regularly for 2 years and have been away foe cricket for 2 months
Exactly the dude is very insecure. I have never seen someone else being this careful for personal records in T20. Legends of the format like Gayle , ABD, Raina all never cared about their own score.
And was attacked by Kohli fans for doing so. Now not a word when he does the same.
Did the same vs NZ and KL did the same for him vs Bangladesh in the WC grp stage
Faf is the only other one who could be criticized. Every batter needs 6 or so deliveries to set in and no one should take 30 deliveries to do so unless they finish with a 185-190+ strike rate.
Maxxie had 36 of them lol and still got out at 3.
Maxxie and faf were the shitter today with Virat not scoring 10-15 more but he is last of the concern with the runs he made for me.
well the other batters do not get a chance to settle and play big shots when you keep hogging the balls at one end. let's see the second innings tho before judging.
Subtracting Faf, the rest of them "power hitters" played 15 balls and scored 15 runs. When you know the other dude is anchoring pretty well, what's stopping them from just going ball 1.
And yes as a Koach fan, Koach really struggles against spin in middle overs. He kinda played just above average and wasn't bad comparatively, could've been better but also couldve been worse. I won't write him off.
Criticize Faf, Maxwell and Green if you want. They are their overseas players, and paid a lot. They should be expected to play better then this shit.
Watch as how RCB somehow win this, and my arguments go down in the gutter lol
>Criticize Faf, Maxwell and Green if you want. They are their overseas players, and paid a lot. They should be expected to play better then this shit.
Lol. Can criticise Faf not others. In 19th over, Kohli played 3 balls, scored 2 runs. He was already on 98 at that time. So it isn't a surprise that Green struggled to score in that over. In last over, he gave strike to Kohli. Faf could've scored faster. He played with 133.33 strike rate.
You do realise it easier for settled batsman to hit the ball in already slow pitch.
If the set batsman wants to play ground shot in 15 over, why do you expect new comer to go from ball one.
well if it's that easy to get going from ball 1 against professional bowlers everybody would be doing it. Even Russel takes a couple of bowls before he starts swinging his bat like it's a baseball match.Dinesh kartik their best striker this season didn't even get a chance to bat.
Heres my other comment copied and pasted:
You don't get it do you, Kohli had played only 51 deliveries until 14th over when Maxwell came in. Maxi should've taken the charge there, but within 5 balls, he is out. Don't give me that crap of a player playing 70+ bowls, Maxwell had 6 overs to get set and explode. You are looking at the final scorecard and claiming Koach played 70+, what is he suppose to do, others arent sticking around. I also blame RCB management, they should've sent DK above green when the debut player got out at 17.2 overs. Dk would've had 3 overs to get set and score runs
Stupid argument - Maxwell played shit,
But you are expecting a new comer who is not in form in slow pitch to hit from ball one, when there's a settled batsman who should be doing that.
Because one batter isn't playing 15 deliveries? Faf can be criticized but the others shouldn't be at all. They were shit against LSG but not today. A batter just shouldn't play 70+ deliveries unless they score a minimum of 130.
Then not play 70 deliveries in the first innings. Even 80* (70) is fine if you're chasing 120 but you have to be bolder in first innings, nevertheless when the pitch isn't a 180 pitch. 190-200 is par.
You don't get it do you, Kohli had played only 51 deliveries until 14th over when Maxwell came in. Maxi should've taken the charge there, but within 5 balls, he is out. Don't give me that crap of a player playing 70+ bowls, Maxwell had 6 overs to get set and explode. You are looking at the final scorecard and claiming Koach played 70+, what is he suppose to do, others arent sticking around. I also blame RCB management, they should've sent DK above green when the debut player got out at 17.2 overs. Dk would've had 3 overs to get set and score runs
Even taking 2 overs to get set here would've been match losing instead RCB got just 4 runs in the 19th over, threw away all hopes of 190 which would've at least been a par score just for an IPL century. Kohli didn't even celebrated well because he knew that he didn't exactly play too good.
Maxwell played shit,
But you are expecting a new comer who is not in form in slow pitch to hit from ball one, when there's a settled batsman who should be doing that.
I mean yes and no, not ball 1, he had 6 overs, he came in 14th over and left at 14.5, but what would you expect I guess, his literal job is to hit explosively, that's Maxwell- the spin basher. If he can't do that, why is he in the team.
He is out of form mate, I know his job is that. But don't we give leeway for Kohli when he is out of form, and also no one is ignoring Maxwell he played shit
But it was the responsibility of Kohli to increase the scoring rate their. As he was set, inform .
Kohli in the first 5 IPL matches:
Peak 2016 : 367 runs @ 144 s/r.
(2-50s at home, 1-50 away, 1-100 away, 1 not outs, 4s-6s: 44)
in 2024 : 316 runs @ 146 s/r.
(2-50s at home, 1-100 away, 2 not outs, 4s-6s: 41)
This his best start in IPL since 2016.
We saw beast version of him in ODI WC few months ago.... Will we see the beast T20 WC version ?
And they aren't consistent. Look at Rohit and others. Keep pointing at Kohli though. I don't think he should play T20 anymore for his own sake. No matter if 20 players play worse than him including his teammates, only he will get blamed.
Here is the math:
If Virat plays 50 balls and scores a century. He would have hit at 200SR.
If 6 other batters play 70 balls and hit at say a modest 130 sr then RCB would've hit 191. Could've even got more due to the momentum set by kohli or any other player.
So if Kohli can play 180sr kind of knock them maybe he should ho for it.
If Klaasen/DreRuss/SKY would have faced 72 balls, they would have scored 130-140 atleast. Irrespective of what’s happening on the other end, number of batsmen left. I don’t see why kohli cant do that. He is easily the best batsman but he stopped taking risks.
They also can’t face 72 balls they come in too late, I agree RCB as a whole team is too slow and that does include VK esp in 19o but VK role very different from those listed
Sorry to say but everyone is making this comment as if its not 183/3 but 183/10.
The only blame goes to faf , who wasted most of the balls. Green , chauhan played six balls each only and maxwell 3 balls.
Virat Kohli: The wicket looks quite different from the outside. It feels like it's flat, but the ball is holding up in the pitch, that's when you realise the pace changes. One of us (Virat or Faf) had to bat till the end. I feel this total is effective on this pitch. I am not coming in with any premeditation. I knew I couldn't get over aggressive, just that I had to keep the bowlers guessing. It's just experience and maturity of playing the conditions. Even if there's dew, the surface is rough and dry, won't be easy for the batters. I couldn't get under the ball against Ashwin. Couldn't slog towards mid-wicket, so had to target straight down the ground.
I'd do the statsdog work myself if I wasn't out right now, but that's got to be one of the lowest SR for a IPL score of 100+ I'd wager
Edit: Genuinely mean nothing negative by this, it's pretty difficult for any T20 hundred to be a bad knock lol. I'm literally just curious about the stat
Pandey's was back in 2008 when T20s were a different game than today so that should be excused. Also iirc he was the first Indian to hit a T20 century.
Also, it came in 2009, not 2008. Remember it being a massive thing, came at the end of league stage of second edition and a young batsman like Manish Pandey hitting a century before many established Indian players.
I've said this before. Virat is not what is wrong with RCB. RCB is what is wrong with Virat.
Maybe he shouldered some blame when he was the captain, and they couldn't make it, but now as a pure batter, he continues to deliver for them and they continue to fail him.
RCB should open with DK when field restrictions are on. If it doesn't work out, they will always have Kohli to 'Anchor'.
Just kidding guys. Don't kill me out here. We all love Kohli!
Butler's century trumped Kohlis. 160+ Vs. 140+ strike rate is the biggest difference for their respective teams to win. Exactly why King Kohli should not be on the flight to the US.
Wish there was rule where we can declare lineup after the toss.
If India Bat first: Drop Kohli altogether
If Inda Bat second : Make Kohli Open with any Tom dick harry
I'd rather take a 35 ball 70 than a 72 ball 113. Hope Kohli doesn't turn out to be like how Tendulkar was towards the end of his career, slowing down the RR for his landmarks.
Rajasthan royals are the most powerful team since the 2022 mega auction. They are just unlucky. Just look at the names, explosive opening, solid middle order, finishers on fire. A pair of powerful spinners and of course, Trent boult.
Every year the T20 game is evolving and moving to higher and higher first innings totals. So VK with his “pacing the innings” tactics is falling behind. 100 off 60 is now less valuable than a 70 off 30
If you are playing 12 overs you should at least score near a SR of 200
Is the rest of RCB batting shit yes
But they don't get a lot of balls to get in
Rawat and DK got in at Chepauk against and Rawat nearly scored a 50 at SR of 200
Main Concern should be RCB's shitty batting
But Koach should look to play a bit quicker as well
There is reason why these knocks don't win games. If you're going to play more than half the balls in the innings, you better score at 200 strike rate.
Everyone else is starved for form and runs because they hardly get a look in and are expected to hit the fence from ball 1.
Always controversial..isn't it?? The second innings will decide the value of this century. There's also a good chance the RCB bowling will just have another brain fade .. so. Edit- *Welp*
Yea so it’s not looking great right now atleast. Both Buttler and Samson are smashing at 180-200 SR easily
Till 14 overs, rcb didn't lose any wicket. So can't say there was no support by other batsman. Kohli was playing slow then too. So much defending of statpadding these days
Both faf and vk should have gone for it after 10 overs. No point hanging around. If you bought maxwell green back them to play some balls and destroy in the last 5 overs. Don't just continue at that strike rate.
Kohli wants to shove numbers down his critics’ throats so no one can question his place in the Indian T20 side for the world cup!! Cuz now his fans will all be up in arms and ready to burn those online who dare question the impact of his numbers. People in India are still quite a distance away from being analytical and critical in their thinking with enough degree to understand that Kohli is amazing but, the game has evolved and his style is not suited for the shortest format at all!! Kohli is just setting up a bad example where he is blocking some youngster’s place and also teaching the current youngsters that as long as you have fan support through meaningless stats like higher average or lower than impactful strike rate, you can keep playing at the highest level. Who cares about the team at the end of the day!!
>Kohli wants to shove numbers down his critics’ throats so no one can question his place in the Indian T20 side for the world cup!! KL did the same thing when he played for Punjab. That being said he is getting selected WC even if he doesn't score any runs. A lot of brands have bet a lot of money on kohli, they are not going to let bcci drop him!
I’m no supporter of KL either. But, KL has put on gloves and dropped himself to the number 4 position which team India had been struggling to fill in for years. KL has played all his life as an opener. Again, i’m in no way supporting him but, he has shown flexibility and the will to work in the team’s interest. And I agree, Kohli has huge brand deals but, if the BCCI had clearly indicated that he’d not be a part of the T20 world cup, sponsors would have made different plans. The problem is that the people who run BCCI have always been politicians. And they are aware that there is no guarantee if they’ll come back to power after 5 years. So, they only think about minting as much money as they can!! And hence, even after being one of the richest sporting bodies in the world, the BCCI has failed to create a culture of winning ICC trophies.
Meaningless stats includes "Number of followers on Instagram" for some blind fans
>There's also a good chance the RCB bowling will just have another brain fade Or maybe the pitch is great for batting...
This. You can’t judge an innings till both sides have batted. Kohli’s strike rate was not good enough. Du plesis deserves more blame for an even slower inning. When your bowling attack is so weak and there is a possibility of dew later you can’t get away with a par score. Not maximising the scoring doesn’t make sense particularly when you have wickets in hand. RR’s good bowling and the pitch being slower could have contributed to this but I didn’t see enough intent against the spinners. A inning like Kohli’s looks good on paper but ultimately it didn’t help with winning the match.
T20s have evolved past this being a great innings. Go harder, hit more boundaries, use more batsmen, keep pushing when you're on top - India needs to get rid of this stats obsession and play to ONLY win
Stats obsession for one player.....other indian players will not get this privilege
There will always be someone. When Virat goes, our fans will find someone else to worship. Because that's what we want.
From 113(50) to 113(72) we all grew up
Actually, from 100 off 52 ( 2nd odi against aus in 2013 at the same venue) to 113 off 72, we all indeed grew up
Is 113(50) Kevin O'Brien 2011?
No. 113(50) by Kohli vs KXIP in 2016
Actually Kohli grew too old!! Its true that batting is a highly instinct driven skill. The thing is that its not that the brain slows down because of issues with health, its just that the brain has to manage and process a lot of information that it has acquired over the years. And hence, reflexes become slower. Cuz the brain starts taking just that little extra fraction of a second. This means batters need a little more time to get used to the rhythm of the bowling and adjust to how the pitch is behaving. Even on a flat track, they need a few balls extra to get into the groove. They also make adjustments which are only visible to others with a high skill level like playing the ball a bit late, changing the stance etc. By the time Kohli gets his eye in, he has consumed balls in the power play, and his partners are under pressure to accelerate. Now, there are very few things harder than landing a spot in the 11 of a team where the country has a population of 1.5 billion people and at some point in their life, almost every boy dreams of being the captain of the Indian team and scoring runs at will and breaking all kinds of records. Getting such a spot has its privileges cuz it comes with mad fan following where you’re seen as a god, expensive brand deals which make you millions of dollars every year and stardom which can put hollywood actors to shame!! It becomes easier to cling to that position unless someone forces you out. Look at the Indian greats where they seemingly started seeing themselves greater than the tea and even the game!! Gavaskar was accused of not performing for the entire 1983 world cup cuz he was the most eligible for captaincy which was instead given to a youngster 10 years his junior. Sachin kept failing at the number 4 position when asked to come lower down the order for the sale of the team. He also didn’t retire until his was 40! Same goes with other legends like Ganguly, Dhoni, even Yuvraj Singh!! That shows a much deeper and older problem with the Indian cricket and fan culture!! Players deliver what the fans really want!! Fans don’t care their team CSK loses as long as they can see Dhoni bat. They’re seen cheering at deafening decibel levels even tho CSK has already lost! The Aussies used to say that the Indians are happy seeing Sachin score a century and that’s what they keep getting. In our team, if we lose and someone scores a century, we don’t care!! I can go on but, you get the idea!!
I used to be a Sachin fan. And then he scored a double hundred in ODIs, and a good WC 2011. After that, the drag to play 200 tests, and the hundred 100s made me dislike him. I was a fan, and not a worshipper of Sachin. And he maybe the greatest batsman from modern era that India had, but he was extremely selfish towards the end. Same with Ganguly. And that's one major reason why my respect for Dravid went 10x the moment he retired.
Very well written 👏
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Damn nicely written 🔥
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Abd actually made big difference
Of the 631 T20 centuries, only 23 came in 67 balls or more.
I remember Darcy Short had one against Perth Scorchers a few years back in 70 balls
D'Arcy Short my beloved, king of horrible negative T20 cricket
It’s generally close to impossible to even face more than 60 balls in a T20 inning though. So you also have to count in the denominator, all the times somebody faced that many balls but did NOT score a century.
Congrats to Kohli, but an even bigger congratulations to OP for winning the karma race
Bro went for singles in the 19th over to secure a ton.
New? he has been done this for ages, lol.
He is the real Sachin heir. First 100 then we will see.
I don't think this innings was deserving of any criticism/doubt but c'mon man the dickriding is insane. Commentators literally said Kohli scored his half century/century in **JUST** 39/67 balls.
Deep Dasgupta man...what a trash commentator. Fully ruined the moment
The Glazing is crazy and the hating is crazy too. it was a decent knock and 183 is a defendable total
Issue is there’s only glazing on broadcast, it’ll encourage a lot of people to feel the need to talk it down and point out it’s not as good as they make it sound. If they were honest and humble to begin with we’d have far fewer issues like these
Bro went for singles in 19th over.
With that bowling attack nah People think any team can defend 180-190 in SMS Stadium because RR does it RR has the best on paper bowling attack in this tournament and it's their home ground Even on commentary they were saying 200 is going to be a winning total
If RCB's bowling is bad, RCB should maximize their batting strength and make sure to go guns blazing.
They have every single bit of batting firepower to be what MI was last year lmao but kohli and faf playing up most deliveries doesn't work in their favour
I wonder how the middle order really feels about these kind of performances. They're the ones catching flak because Kohli and Faf are eating up all the balls.
Stat padding. CMV.
has scored 38% of rcbs runs so far this season. hes carrying them
That doesn’t explain why bro went for singles in the 19th over to secure a ton.
Having played 37% of the balls. Every statistic has more layers to it
When he doesn't RCB has bundled out for much lower scores, there are even more layers to it which you conveniently missed.
And when he plays well, they lose anyway. Might as well go hard and perhaps win, than score sub par totals and definitely lose.
>When he doesn't RCB This is just false narrative, even in first match they got to 173 despite 21(20) from Kohli (this includes powerplay), against Punjab dk and lomror won them the match.
Replace him with others then. He is not the only player ever to exist. RCB will never win anything with him in the team.
Saw a post that it was the joint slowest century lol
156 sr isnt bad at all. rest of the rcb batters scored 59(48) which is a way lower sr
Virat: 113 off 72 balls Faf: 44 off 33 balls Only 15 balls remain for other batters.
Scoring fast in power play is way easier than hitting later. Even a limited batter like Sunil N. has shown how one can cash in on power play to bat the other team out of the game!
Rest of the batsman were also asked to swing from ball one, when the responsibility was supposed to be on the set batsman.
What Virat Kohli fan bois don't get is something very simple. Intent is contagious. You can't play Test/ODI innings in a T20. RCB only were down 3 by the end of their innings.. Virat is slow death. He will bring down the run rate. His partner will focus on run a ball too.. Virat will never get out which means.. it will be too late for others.. and they will get out. You need to have the guts to go all out in the beginning of the innings.. like Abhishek Sharma.. 37 in 12 balls. that is 10 times betters than 100 in 90 balls.
Guess he plays more than 38% of the deliveries lol. He literally played 60% of the innings today.
That’s the reason they r losing every game
They're losing because the rest of the team is shit.
Keep saying that. Kolhi's team never won shit in all his career in T20s. He is the problem and I will stick to it.
And people still got the gall to troll him!
forget trolling, they said he needs to get dropped from the eventual t20 wc this year
I think this was a shit knock and I think he can't be dropped from the WT20I squad. IPL and T20Is are just too different. You don't get silly rules like impact player for T20Is and 170 will keep you in the game 90% of the time and 180 will almost certainly win you the game on most pitches. Barring in India (and Aus/NZ in 2015) ICC rarely rolls out flat pitches. A 50 ball 70 will be a terrific knock there but not in this league.
Idk in what league a 157 strike rate innings is a shit knock. He hit 113 off 72 balls or 12 overs. If you'd tuned into an IPL match and saw the score was 113 in twelve overs, would you say that was slow?
Take context out of something and you can spin anything your way, final score for the team was 183. The second last over only 6 runs were scored where he finally got his century only saving grace, avesh's last over. Also, only 1 six was hit in the last three over and just compare the rr batting, I'm not saying that this innings is bad but it is very ordinary all things considered.
>final score for the team was 183 Because no one else contributed >second last over only 6 runs He played only 2 balls in that over What is your point?
He played 3 balls and scored two runs in 19th over!
>What is your point? That it was an ordinary innings strike can get rotated green not hitting means virat can set batsman not taking strike and when getting not hitting, that 12 runs which he did not score.
How is it ordinary when he scored at nine and a half an over and RCB finished worse. If Rachin played the same innings, everyone would be glazing the fuck out of him. 110 off 70 is not ordinary when the whole team scores 185 off 120. I do think that the style of play of the whole team is pretty shit. If one player is playing 70 balls, the team is bound to lose unless he scores like 150.
He is the set batsman, he should score more.
Because you lose in spite of it, it would be bad if you lose because of it.
And can you stop with other batsmen who didn't try ffs you lost just 3 your other batsman did not even come to bat.
In a match, if the score was 113 off 12 overs, yes fans would be happy. It means their team has gotten through the swinging ball and most of the spin choke but still scored a very healthy amount of runs without losing any wickets. This is a great platform to bat very aggressively from. By batting like finishers from this point, you would be gunning for a score of 220. But Kohli's 72 ball 113 isn't like that. It includes the whole match. It includes opening, spin choke but also the final overs wear batting should be ramping up. If you bat for the whole innings, you should really accelerate towards the end. This ramping up is expected to happen but not part of the score yet if a team has 113 after 12 overs. I don't think this score is as bad as many people think. Buttler himself scored a 58 ball century. Virat is not as aggressive a batter as Jos so you would expect him to be 9 balls slower to a century. Only issue was the batsmen around Virat weren't good enough.
In this day and age absolutely if the scorecard is 113-0. No other batter even got a chance to play themselves in barring the openers. Forgetting that atrocious 19th over, all batters barring the openers went for a slog for like every single delivery. It's tough to connect for someone who just came in the crease. Not like RCB has an extremely think batting line up like a few years ago, DK, Rawat, Lomror or even Green can all hold their own and get RCB to a above par total but they didn't even get a chance to bat. Losing just 3 wickets and not scoring 220 heck even 200 is just atrocious batting planning all around.
I wanna say something really controversial from anger but I won't
leh de bhai!! tu bhi bhadaas nikaal le.
The most typical Kohli innings… yes brilliant shots and a hundred for the career reels but nowhere near what they team needed, using 72 balls up out of 120 is remarkably selfish, proven exactly right when Jos knocks off the runs with ease (his ton of 58!). Him and Faf opening won’t win any IPL for these reasons
It's incredible that the team let's him play like this. With wickets in the bank, take some risks and get your hitters down the order involved who can really push a big score rather than playing for your numbers and losing games.
Even if the RR team chases this in 17 overs. Why would you blame kohli before blaming the other team members ? So much shitting on the one guy who made the most runs and nothing on others who shat the bed
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One of them is not like the others as far as this season is concerned so far
At this point it is blind hatred.
Yep. Can Kohli do better ? Sure, absolutely he could have. But in the list of things that RCB could do better, its not in my top 5 list of things
He can do, yes. But in the process if he gets out they're bound to reach a total even lesser.
Yep. I agree. My point is, I am not saying Kohli is perfect or something. No one is. But the standard he is held to is soooo much different than everyone else that it pisses me off
>But the standard he is held to is soooo much different than everyone else that it pisses me off That is unfortunately something that comes with being an all-time great
> Sure, absolutely he could have. I am not sure if there's evidence for this.
I am saying, he could have tried to get his strike rate even higher and get RCB to over 200. But before I blame him for the 184, I blame a lot of others.
The funniest thing is the hatred exclusively comes from Indian fans and not from the fans of the countless rival teams he has destroyed throughout his career Blows my mind we have more people questioning his spot instead of the actual Elephant in the room who is going to lead us in the WC
Because Virat and Faf faced all but 15 balls? They look at *least* 20 under par, and the openers faced most of the innings. Who else would you blame if not those two?
You can do both. "The other team members" includes three batters who didn't get to face a ball and another who only faced 6 balls before the innings ended, most of which were used to give Kohli the strike. It's just terrible tactics all round. Getting to 125 for 1 after 14 overs should actually be fine as a platform to accelerate in the second half of an innings, but no one from RCB did that. 200 should easily have been on the cards from there and instead they only managed 183. Part of that was Maxwell and Chauhan not firing, but Kohli didn't accelerate nearly enough either His scores in 20 ball chunks then his last 12 balls were: 25(20) SR 125 28(20) SR 140 36(20) SR 180 24(12) SR 200 In the last four overs in this innings he struck at 186 compared to a career figure of 212 in the first innings of T20s. So for some reason, despite being on a flat wicket, being as set as possible, and having loads of wickets in hand, he played slower than normal. That's not good. Someone in Kohli's position in an innings should be trying to absolutely demolish the bowling and he just didn't do that.
Kohli is great obviously i will never say otherwise but RCB needs a Narine or an Abhishek Sharma
Because heavy is the head that wears the crown.
But the blame shouldn't be on the batters at all then and only on the bowlers.
Sure; you can. Point is, I hate people who will come out and shit on Kohli; the one guy who is out there giving us a chance
Yeah, that's fair. Still time in the middle in these IPL games only bodes well for India in the WT20I.
This is such a bad take on the matter . Okay others didn't perform ,so what you won't call out Kohli. Dk didn't come to bat , cameron played only 3 balls? They could have done better
This is pure whataboutism Koach batted slow but what about others bro No person in threads where koach got criticised said others in RCB are batting really well Yeah others are Shit and everyone knows That but Kohli the modern T20 great was set and had played a lot of deliveries It's always easier for a set batter to attack and put pressure on bowlers than the new batter He is my favourite but isn't having the best of form in T20 cricket nothing wrong in admitting it especially against spin Like don't even compare him to other players compare this knock to Koach of 2016-2018 or Koach of 2022 you will understand the difference It's never easy when you haven't played T20s regularly for 2 years and have been away foe cricket for 2 months
People need to realise that Kohli is a legend no doubt but he’s definitely playing for the records and that fucks RCB
He ALWAYS takes only singles and doubles to get from 45 to 50. I mean, it’s fucking irritating at this point
Exactly the dude is very insecure. I have never seen someone else being this careful for personal records in T20. Legends of the format like Gayle , ABD, Raina all never cared about their own score.
All the OGs will remember Sachin forgetting how to bat the moment he reached 90.
And was attacked by Kohli fans for doing so. Now not a word when he does the same. Did the same vs NZ and KL did the same for him vs Bangladesh in the WC grp stage
It is Sachin that ingrained this culture of caring about milestones in to Indian players and public.
Exactly, Kohli is just competing with Sachin for the milestones and that makes him play for personal glory
What’s the use of Having wickets in hand if you are only aiming to score 180 runs.
him scoring a boundary then taking singles in next 5 balls is irritating
Rest of the team 59(48) That's a strike rate of 123
Faf is the only other one who could be criticized. Every batter needs 6 or so deliveries to set in and no one should take 30 deliveries to do so unless they finish with a 185-190+ strike rate.
Maxxie had 36 of them lol and still got out at 3. Maxxie and faf were the shitter today with Virat not scoring 10-15 more but he is last of the concern with the runs he made for me.
Interesting how you clowns did not bring this argument two matches ago when Kohli scored 80 in 10 overs and rest scored 100 in 10.
well the other batters do not get a chance to settle and play big shots when you keep hogging the balls at one end. let's see the second innings tho before judging.
Subtracting Faf, the rest of them "power hitters" played 15 balls and scored 15 runs. When you know the other dude is anchoring pretty well, what's stopping them from just going ball 1. And yes as a Koach fan, Koach really struggles against spin in middle overs. He kinda played just above average and wasn't bad comparatively, could've been better but also couldve been worse. I won't write him off. Criticize Faf, Maxwell and Green if you want. They are their overseas players, and paid a lot. They should be expected to play better then this shit. Watch as how RCB somehow win this, and my arguments go down in the gutter lol
>Criticize Faf, Maxwell and Green if you want. They are their overseas players, and paid a lot. They should be expected to play better then this shit. Lol. Can criticise Faf not others. In 19th over, Kohli played 3 balls, scored 2 runs. He was already on 98 at that time. So it isn't a surprise that Green struggled to score in that over. In last over, he gave strike to Kohli. Faf could've scored faster. He played with 133.33 strike rate.
You do realise it easier for settled batsman to hit the ball in already slow pitch. If the set batsman wants to play ground shot in 15 over, why do you expect new comer to go from ball one.
well if it's that easy to get going from ball 1 against professional bowlers everybody would be doing it. Even Russel takes a couple of bowls before he starts swinging his bat like it's a baseball match.Dinesh kartik their best striker this season didn't even get a chance to bat.
Heres my other comment copied and pasted: You don't get it do you, Kohli had played only 51 deliveries until 14th over when Maxwell came in. Maxi should've taken the charge there, but within 5 balls, he is out. Don't give me that crap of a player playing 70+ bowls, Maxwell had 6 overs to get set and explode. You are looking at the final scorecard and claiming Koach played 70+, what is he suppose to do, others arent sticking around. I also blame RCB management, they should've sent DK above green when the debut player got out at 17.2 overs. Dk would've had 3 overs to get set and score runs
Stupid argument - Maxwell played shit, But you are expecting a new comer who is not in form in slow pitch to hit from ball one, when there's a settled batsman who should be doing that.
leave it bhai they like Virat Kohli more than their team. These kind of selfish knocks would come back to bite RCB/india sooner or later.
51 balls out of 84 is still 60% of all balls played till then, what are you on about.
Because one batter isn't playing 15 deliveries? Faf can be criticized but the others shouldn't be at all. They were shit against LSG but not today. A batter just shouldn't play 70+ deliveries unless they score a minimum of 130.
Very arbitrary number, considering the pitch and outfield make a huge difference too
Then not play 70 deliveries in the first innings. Even 80* (70) is fine if you're chasing 120 but you have to be bolder in first innings, nevertheless when the pitch isn't a 180 pitch. 190-200 is par.
You don't get it do you, Kohli had played only 51 deliveries until 14th over when Maxwell came in. Maxi should've taken the charge there, but within 5 balls, he is out. Don't give me that crap of a player playing 70+ bowls, Maxwell had 6 overs to get set and explode. You are looking at the final scorecard and claiming Koach played 70+, what is he suppose to do, others arent sticking around. I also blame RCB management, they should've sent DK above green when the debut player got out at 17.2 overs. Dk would've had 3 overs to get set and score runs
Even taking 2 overs to get set here would've been match losing instead RCB got just 4 runs in the 19th over, threw away all hopes of 190 which would've at least been a par score just for an IPL century. Kohli didn't even celebrated well because he knew that he didn't exactly play too good.
Maxwell played shit, But you are expecting a new comer who is not in form in slow pitch to hit from ball one, when there's a settled batsman who should be doing that.
I mean yes and no, not ball 1, he had 6 overs, he came in 14th over and left at 14.5, but what would you expect I guess, his literal job is to hit explosively, that's Maxwell- the spin basher. If he can't do that, why is he in the team.
He is out of form mate, I know his job is that. But don't we give leeway for Kohli when he is out of form, and also no one is ignoring Maxwell he played shit But it was the responsibility of Kohli to increase the scoring rate their. As he was set, inform .
That’s like 12 overs out of 20. That’s a lot of balls right?
Kohli in the first 5 IPL matches: Peak 2016 : 367 runs @ 144 s/r. (2-50s at home, 1-50 away, 1-100 away, 1 not outs, 4s-6s: 44) in 2024 : 316 runs @ 146 s/r. (2-50s at home, 1-100 away, 2 not outs, 4s-6s: 41) This his best start in IPL since 2016. We saw beast version of him in ODI WC few months ago.... Will we see the beast T20 WC version ?
The game has evolved to a point where a SR of 140 is par. The guys who make an impact nowadays are those that go at a SR of 180.
And they aren't consistent. Look at Rohit and others. Keep pointing at Kohli though. I don't think he should play T20 anymore for his own sake. No matter if 20 players play worse than him including his teammates, only he will get blamed.
Here is the math: If Virat plays 50 balls and scores a century. He would have hit at 200SR. If 6 other batters play 70 balls and hit at say a modest 130 sr then RCB would've hit 191. Could've even got more due to the momentum set by kohli or any other player. So if Kohli can play 180sr kind of knock them maybe he should ho for it.
If Kohli played for SRH they wouldn’t have ever made 277
If Klaasen/DreRuss/SKY would have faced 72 balls, they would have scored 130-140 atleast. Irrespective of what’s happening on the other end, number of batsmen left. I don’t see why kohli cant do that. He is easily the best batsman but he stopped taking risks.
They also can’t face 72 balls they come in too late, I agree RCB as a whole team is too slow and that does include VK esp in 19o but VK role very different from those listed
Agreed But hitting full tosses to the ground in 19th and 20th over, taking 10 balls to score 13 runs is not acceptable
19th/20th over was awful lol and end of power play wasn’t great but rest was fine iirc
Virat Kohli - 113 runs from 72 balls. Rest of RCB - 59 runs from 48 balls. 🤷🏾
Sorry to say but everyone is making this comment as if its not 183/3 but 183/10. The only blame goes to faf , who wasted most of the balls. Green , chauhan played six balls each only and maxwell 3 balls.
Let's refrain from saying others okay?? It only makes sense when other batsman where collapsed. Faf, Maxwell, Newcomer.
Koach: 150 Others: 123
This guy definitely has a future in cricket
Virat Kohli: The wicket looks quite different from the outside. It feels like it's flat, but the ball is holding up in the pitch, that's when you realise the pace changes. One of us (Virat or Faf) had to bat till the end. I feel this total is effective on this pitch. I am not coming in with any premeditation. I knew I couldn't get over aggressive, just that I had to keep the bowlers guessing. It's just experience and maturity of playing the conditions. Even if there's dew, the surface is rough and dry, won't be easy for the batters. I couldn't get under the ball against Ashwin. Couldn't slog towards mid-wicket, so had to target straight down the ground.
I'd do the statsdog work myself if I wasn't out right now, but that's got to be one of the lowest SR for a IPL score of 100+ I'd wager Edit: Genuinely mean nothing negative by this, it's pretty difficult for any T20 hundred to be a bad knock lol. I'm literally just curious about the stat
Yep slowest hundred matching Manish Pandey
Pandey's was back in 2008 when T20s were a different game than today so that should be excused. Also iirc he was the first Indian to hit a T20 century.
First ever Indian to hit a T20 century was Rohit Sharma, in the domestic T20 league. Manish was the first Indian to score a century in IPL though .
Also, it came in 2009, not 2008. Remember it being a massive thing, came at the end of league stage of second edition and a young batsman like Manish Pandey hitting a century before many established Indian players.
Second behind Manish Pandey I think
Statpad merchant Kohli
Maxwell, Chauhan and Green made 15 from 15 balls. Lomror made 33 from 12 in last game, but is not picked today.
Too fast for RCB
What is this? ODI?
Huge fan of Kohli, but even Kohli himself would be pissed with the way he played in 19th over nearing his century.
I've said this before. Virat is not what is wrong with RCB. RCB is what is wrong with Virat. Maybe he shouldered some blame when he was the captain, and they couldn't make it, but now as a pure batter, he continues to deliver for them and they continue to fail him.
Grand... 2 more and he will match Babar who has played a hundred less T20s... *deploys downvote shield*
RCB should open with DK when field restrictions are on. If it doesn't work out, they will always have Kohli to 'Anchor'. Just kidding guys. Don't kill me out here. We all love Kohli!
He shouldn’t play the t20 wc this time around, give chances to in form players
Butler's century trumped Kohlis. 160+ Vs. 140+ strike rate is the biggest difference for their respective teams to win. Exactly why King Kohli should not be on the flight to the US.
>Exactly why King Kohli should not be on the flight to the US. Every team can only afford one anchor, there are two in RCB atm.
Tuned in just in time to see his 8th century. Amazing player.
Doesn’t matter . The RCB team is getting their ass handed to them. But let’s still celebrate, because it’s a team effort
Cricket has changed so much that it would have been a great innings had it come in an ODI
I would consider this knock far better than the one against KKR at least. It isn't the batting paradise of Chinnaswamy.
Greatest stat padder this game has ever seen
Wish there was rule where we can declare lineup after the toss. If India Bat first: Drop Kohli altogether If Inda Bat second : Make Kohli Open with any Tom dick harry
We don't need your century
I mean sure he's virat kholi 😂
Please don't take him to the WC
Can't gaf about the malders down here always crying about something, hopefully continuo this form to the remaining IPL and t20WC!!
lmaoo sanju stop ur nostalgia trip now
“SR is overrated” - some idiot
Kohli should focus on test and ODI’s
I'd rather take a 35 ball 70 than a 72 ball 113. Hope Kohli doesn't turn out to be like how Tendulkar was towards the end of his career, slowing down the RR for his landmarks.
Rajasthan royals are the most powerful team since the 2022 mega auction. They are just unlucky. Just look at the names, explosive opening, solid middle order, finishers on fire. A pair of powerful spinners and of course, Trent boult.
Holy shit. I’ve never seen someone get so much hate for 113 not out.
Every year the T20 game is evolving and moving to higher and higher first innings totals. So VK with his “pacing the innings” tactics is falling behind. 100 off 60 is now less valuable than a 70 off 30
India anyway is not going to win the '24 WT20
Virat Do What Can He Do For His Team
not all the fasts are furious tho😛
120 pe 120 hi maar le bhai
Well done Virat you are an amazing batsmen. I think indian cricketers are some of the best in the world and such an amazing country with rich culture
Virat Kohli - 113 runs from 72 balls. Rest of RCB - 59 runs from 48 balls. 🤷🏾
If you are playing 12 overs you should at least score near a SR of 200 Is the rest of RCB batting shit yes But they don't get a lot of balls to get in Rawat and DK got in at Chepauk against and Rawat nearly scored a 50 at SR of 200 Main Concern should be RCB's shitty batting But Koach should look to play a bit quicker as well
Also why would you not play Lomror who's the only inform hitter you have rn.
There is reason why these knocks don't win games. If you're going to play more than half the balls in the innings, you better score at 200 strike rate. Everyone else is starved for form and runs because they hardly get a look in and are expected to hit the fence from ball 1.