Virat Kohli mindset in T20 cricket is so outdated . Proper T20 players if they hit 1 boundary or six in an over , they try to hit 2 more in the over to make it a big over while Virat takes a single . T20 cricket has moved on and it's high time Virat also moves on from this
I would prefer 30 runs of 16 balls from an opener than scoring 83 runs after facing 60 balls in a T20 match while batting first . Below par knock from Kohli .
Lovely to see Sanjay Manjrekar bluntly criticising KL approach and made a bold statement that as a coach it's high time to tell him he doesn't have the temperament like Kohli , Dhoni or even Rohit to take it deep and win it . It's better he just has fun and looks to contribute.
Players would come & go but no one in Indian cricket would reach level of adulation and fan following like MS Dhoni. He is the biggest Superstar of Indian cricket in last 15 years . Just god level following . He is the greatest cricketer in history of IPL and i doubt anyone
If KL innings doesn't get called out by ex-cricketers, commentators & journalist, then its pretty much sure most of them don't understand T20 cricket or they are in pressure from broadcasters to not call out big names . Just shameful batting .
Highest individual score in MI today was 49 but still they reached 234 despite terrorism batting from Pandya but they mostly utilised their resources well . Utilised powerplay very well and everyone made sure entry point of all players was perfect. No shit anchoring to stay till
Is it so difficult to understand that more no of balls you play, your SR has to keep on increasing. 157 SR in totality seems good but here a batsman played 60% of balls of your innings. There was no loss of wickets till 14th over . Again same story of no one supporting him by
I am just amazed at how tactically smart these Aussies are . So much deep thinker of the game . Obviously it worked so looks great but they thought about it is an achievement itself. Having best skilled team is fine , but being tactical genius in white ball gives you the cup .
Why are Pakistani people giving so much importance to chutia like Sushant Mehta who has 0 knowledge about cricket and was Bollywood reporter 3 years before . He is not fan of Kohli too. Most of us in India have already muted him .
If KL Rahul becomes captain of Indian cricket team of any format,i would stop supporting my team . I already am not supporting my state team LSG because of this fraud KL .
@BCCI
Rohit Sharma & Babar Azam after 88 Test innings
Babar :
Runs - 3772
Avg -47.75
100s -9
Highest -196
Rohit :
Runs - 3677
Avg - 46.54
100s - 10
Highest - 212
Considering the kind of pitches Rohit has played he also has higher legacy than Babar in test till now .
Ashwin has taken 3 wickets in 3 test this series but no one has questioned his skill . Some fans and naysayers were belittling Jaddu when he took just 6 wickets in England . At the end we need to understand they are just support bowlers in these conditions and both are quality .
Rinku Singh should be lock in India's T20 11 in the WC and he should be soon drafted in the ODI team . I personally feel he is the player who might end our trophy draught.
Very disappointed with Rahul Rawat & Nikhil Naz saying Kishan had an average ipl but still better than Samson because he scored more runs . If the journalist themselves only talk about runs & not Strike rate , then these selectors , coaches would never be scrutinized .
If I would be Samson & not get selected for WC after this brilliant season as a player where he has done everything in terms of game sense, i would publically retire from Indian cricket and talk about how biased this management is for certain players. He has just been brilliant.
2023 , 2019 WC best team culture , no ill talks and fights amongst them still no WC while MS Dhoni was captaining such egoistic, insecure & toxic players around him once he became captain and won the WC with that team environment. No doubt he is a legendary captain 👏👏 .
This IPL final was lit and I was disheartened when RCB lost it because i started liking them from this season .Also these 2 teams were bottom 2 in season 1.
Kohli batting in WI in the conditions similar to today is suicidal . Rohit anyways would attack in powerplay and would get out after powerplay if he can't play at same tempo but this lad would do terrorism in middle overs by rotating strike . Rohit selection was one wrong but
Anyone sensible would never support what Kohli did last Sunday after match against GT . Those who are sitting in com box have been legends of the game and understand the game of cricket as much as you . You could have responded to them with your bat .
Iyer is a very good captain . Obviously every captain needs a good team . If KKR wins IPL all credit would go to Gambhir but Iyer has been captaining in IPL 2018 at very young age , he is tactically good, it's not everything is dictated by Gambhir on field. He also deserves some
Iyer has only played supporting role this IPL . There has been no focus on him as batter because KKR team combination has been built in a way where he has to take a back step and just contribute if required but someone like Iyer is still good enough to score 500 run if batting in
Happy Birthday to my favourite Indian batter currently and leader of Indian cricket Team . Man who lead by example in ODI WC by taking on himself to change the way Indian openers play as a captain. Long live Hitman ❤️
#HappyBirthdayRohitSharma
Keep aside fans , most neutrals would agree that Rohit is anyday more pleasing batter to watch mostly because of his lazy elegance, boundary hitting game .
Jadeja after Covid had practised to shuffle around crease and find his range in batting to maneuver field & was successful for around 1.5 years . He hit quality bowlers in Hazelwood, Starc here and also many in IPL where he had SR of 170 odd for 2 years . Suddenly in last 1 year
I don't know which cricket these legends watch . RCB lost its 3rd wicket in 15th over and just lose 6 wickets in their overall innings. You can say he wasn't at his best today and played too many dots against seamers in middle overs but to say he no one gave him support is shit .
Sunil Gavaskar said, "Virat Kohli would've definitely scored 120 had he got the support from his teammates. How much will Kohli do on his own? This is a team sport not a single man game". (Star).
Jaiswal doesn't have tattoos, doesn't roam around with Bollywood starkids , doesn't show his abs on Instagram. That's the reason he would never get hype and media coverage like certain someone on his app .
Virat Kohli Sahab jis din first innings mai aise hi middle overs mai spinners ko pelna chalu kr dena then aake post match gyan dena SR merchants and your lack of intent outside powerplay against spinners ko criticise krne walo ko . You try to portray you don't care but you read
Despite playing against weaker teams more , B teams of stronger teams more & in a more batter friendly era in white ball , he is still 2nd to Virat 😭😭 .
Rinku Singh is here to rule . He has become a superstar in such short span of time . People tune in to broadcast just to watch him bat . Last player i remember who became an enigma in such short span in his career was MSD . Long way to go for Rinku in his career but great start
Sachin in 2008 was 35, since 2008 he rested in many series in ODIs and played only important ODIs . But at that time every cricket fan was first Indian team fan and then Sachin fan . No one cried about it , no one thought Sachin can't become no.1 in rankings. No one wished ill
Why Rohit is more relatable for small town middle class guys like us :
1) He is lazy
2) He abuses publically to his teammates
3) He has beer belly and chubby cheeks
4) He forgets things
This innings is another MS Dhoni great knock in ODIs batting first . There are countless innings of him like this while batting first . For me he is amongst top 3 greatest batsman of all time in ODIs batting first .
Jab RCB batting krti hai toh pitch difficult ho jaati hai . Ball bat pe ni aati and when opposition bats it becomes road for batting. Worst team in this season for reason . Kohli in PC was saying 180+ is a match winning score 😭😭
Got inspiration to post it after Team management uploaded best fielder award even after the loss .
Still remember the day almost a year ago , Rohit became a laughing stock after his poor performance as a batsman & as a captain in the WC . I was the part of it despite him being
Animal movie has been watched . Have never seen such a violent , unapologetic movie in Bollywood. First half of the film is unbelievable because of narrative , brilliant direction , mass scenes , BGM. You are just immersed in the story . 2nd half is full of drama which tests
Rohit deserved ODI cricketer of the year award because of the impact he was responsible for in most of the ODIs this year and especially WC . He was trend setter .It again proves only runs matters & your brand value when it comes to receiving awards .
#ICCAwards2023
Rohit Sharma deserves all this trolling after all the backing Indians gave him since he became captain . His PR was at all time high and he was made captain to win WC so when it didn't happen he was bound to receive such flak .
MI was popular team from season 1 of the IPL because of presence of Sachin - the greatest cricketer but it was under Rohit captaincy , MI became that formidable force , broke the domination of CSK & helped IPL to become a bigger brand reaching the young fanbase . One of the
2017 CT
2019 WC
2021 WTC
2021 T20 WC
9 years of IPL captaincy with no trophy
Also was battling poor form from last 2 years and had already done almost 7 years of captaincy in total .
How was it unfair ?
Stop crying.
Not a hater of Rohit but we all know how desperate Rohit was for captaincy, BCCI unfairly removed Virat from captaincy back in 2021 after losing just 2 ICC events nobody even cared or tweeted about Virat, no support, no sympathy and he was asked to retire by the media and some
The reason why RCB scored 196 today despite losing so many wickets is because entry points of most of their impact batters were right . You can't playing 20 overs yourself as openers and end up scoring 180 with loss of 3 wickets. Also RCB fans point of Kohli plays at low SR
Drop KL for all formats now . Such players would never perform with consistency neither he is a crunch situation or an impactful batter !! . Can't bear this guy now in Indian cricket .
There is a rumour that Rohit has asked for rest in WI test series according to Vikrant Gupta . If this is true , this guy should never be selected in Indian test team again . Proper lack of commitment for red ball .
Spend my last 2 years on Twitter following this Indian team with a hope that we can win atleast 1 WC during this period especially this ODI WC . Wasted 2-3 hours daily on Twitter spaces doing analysis - many times ignored messages of my girl during that period , cut the video
Yeh Bhogle gajab chutia hai , again showing to world cricket that in India individual is bigger than game. Qualification on the line , most important wicket in the last over , any cricket players first instinct would be to celebrate madly seeing the context .
Quality of Samson knock today has been that he was anchoring at start of the innings and then when situation demanded him to be agressive he did exactly what was needed and ended with 200+ SR . We don't need players who can just do one thing . We need players with range & skills
Rohit Sharma true leader in every sense . Captains are judged on trophies, leaders are. judged just by how their colleagues rave about them everywhere. Winning Trophies just comes out as byproduct .
Ravichandran Ashwin sharing a touching story about Rohit helping him to get back to Chennai to see his family during tough situation.
- Rohit, an unbelievable human being 🫡
Hardik jaisa shameless banda ni dkha , no doubt rarely people respect him . Bc khud chodke gya , jab captaincy ni di then podcast Mai gyan choda ki MI champions ko leti hai bas and Falana dikhana and ab paise ke chakkar mai phir udhar bhaag gya . Thook ke pura chaat lia .
Aajkal Rohit ke out hone ke baad baaki sab players ki batting badi boring lagti hai especially in 1st innings, he has spoilt us . 2011 mai Sehwag ke out hone ke baad tab bhi Sachin Yuvraj the jinko dkh ke mazaa ata tha .
Rohit Virat selection itself ended our WC chances. Our any probability of team balance ended with that . If these 2 wouldn't have been there , we could have stacked our top 5 with lot of exciting young talents with best combination of lefties and righties .
Biggest Reason for todays loss -
1) Team management asking for slow & driest pitch for finals
2) Loser mentality batting from KL & lower middle order batters
3) Defensive captaincy from Rohit
Rohit scored just 168 runs less than Kohli in 2023 WC . He also almost scored 600 runs in the WC but Kohli fans always try to build narrative that he was just playing cameos in the WC . Only 6 times in a single WC in history have scored more runs that his 597 runs.
Rohit Sharma has instilled this mindset in the team that missing on 100 is not something consequential, you don't come in press conference and crib about it .
Babar was close to 90s at the start of 40th over and he completed his 100 in 47th over . You can be highly consistent but you can never dominate bowlers at will once set .
@CricCrazyJohns
Rohit i don't know how comes out at top in MOM amongst indians, most runs in winning cause, most runs as top scorer in winning matches despite being portrayed as one of the biggest underachievers in IPL . All in all he is very inconsistent batter but when he bats well he makes
This is pure politics happening with Samson . Ban this management and captain. What has Samson do now to get selected in 11 despite good record in ODIs and in absence of KL .
Let's just accept that Rohit is finished, KL temperament is zero. Kohli is an Anchor but skill level is down in middle overs to huge extent and is still not the right player for this format now, we need a dynamic anchor . We got a lottery against Pak and it was ATG knock.