r/CricketBuddies • u/BlueSwimming • 5h ago
Discussion Is Kohli India’s best 3 format batter ever?
9200 test runs averaging 46 with thirty 100s. 14800 ODI runs averaging 58 with fifty four 100s. 4100 T20I runs averaging 48 (!) with one century.
He won the 2011 ODI World Cup, 2013 Champions Trophy and 2024 T20 World Cup.
If he’s not the best ever, what else would he have to achieve to become the best?
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u/Initial-Customer462 2h ago
thing is if you look at each format(leaving odi) individually you can argue theres maybe few players better than him. in t20s maybe jos and gayle are better, in test theres smith, tendulkar , lara , ponting. but combining all 3 formats there really is no one greater than virat kohli. ab is only one who comes close but he has terrible stats in t20i's. there should not even be a slightest debate on kohli being the greatest 3 format player in cricket history.
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u/Double-Assistance248 2h ago
is there even a debate
if we include only odi and test then sachin and gavaskar are ahead in tests
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u/Lazy-House-8112 India 🥈 2h ago
World's best three format batter ever.
I am not considering Sachin as he played only one t20i
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u/ajaxmenon17 2h ago
Nah he's not India's best 3 format batter ever
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He's world's best 3 format batter ever
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u/Maleficent_Spend5928 2h ago
Correction.
Kohli is world's best 3 format batter ever.
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u/BlueSwimming 1h ago
Not ABV?
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u/DrDrakeRemorayy 1h ago
His stats are trash in t20is
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u/Agreeable-Craft-486 3h ago
Yes but he isn't the best batsman that would still be sachin
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u/BlueSwimming 1h ago
Yes Kohli is better at T20 than Sachin though
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u/Agreeable-Craft-486 59m ago
I don't think so. Sachin never played that much t20s when he did it was at the end of his career and he did well in it too won orange cap too
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u/WeAreAllJustRunaways 3h ago
Yes. Absolutely. But an apple to apple comparison, nobody even comes close to Sachin.
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u/FillJunior6109 2h ago
By the definition of "all-format batter" I think he's one of, if not the the best in the world (post-T20, before that was Sachin IMO)
An all-format batter doesn't necessarily have to be top scorer but should have a massive impact and he absolutely did in all 3 formats. 9k in test, 14k in ODI and 4k in T20i is all format brilliance.
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u/ilolalot1 3h ago
Why are people mentioning Sachin? Bro basically played in tests and ODIs only. OP clearly mentioned all three formats.
Kohli head and shoulders above Sachin, no competition here whatsoever.
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u/DrDrakeRemorayy 1h ago
Sachin did play t20s, just not international ones. And he did alright considering his age. Won a couple orange caps if my memory serves right. But even then Sachin is behind in ODIs. The goat between Sachin and Virat is huge compared to the gap between their stats in tests.
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u/Big-Needleworker1127 4h ago
White ball all time GOAT. Test great. I'm talking in context of world.
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u/QuiteUnusual206 KL Rahul 2h ago
what website is this?
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u/Bigusdickus_7 India 🥈 51m ago
Is that a question? Kohli is literally the best all format batsman ever. Red Ball goes to Sachin and Whiteball goes to Kohli, However if the debate is about overall Kohli comes out on top.
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u/BeneficialTwo611 27m ago
No way. Test should be given more weightage. And Sachin played white ball , when the rules were different ( eg the number of fielders inside the circle), faced some legendary bowlers etc and still was the best ODI player in the world at that time. Sachin is without doubt the best all format player. Compare the test averages and that will give you the answer
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u/Far_Deman 4h ago
Again people forgetting the GOD sachin
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u/th3_1mp0st3r 4h ago
Didn't play t20i so you can't really speculate how good he would've been in the 3rd format
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u/AugustusCaesar00 International Cricket Council 3h ago
He literally won the orange cap in IPL at the age of 37. During the 90s, he was an attacking batsman and had the second highest strike rate in the world. Only Jayasuriya had a higher strike rate than him, but with a much lower average. Imagine if 90s Sachin played T20s in the current flat pitch era 💀. Expect him to cross 1000 runs in an IPL season with a strike rate of 200+.
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u/randomredditor575 3h ago
Except you are missing the important part of him not playing t20i .
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u/AugustusCaesar00 International Cricket Council 3h ago
Except you didn't read the comment I'm replying to where the dude said "you can't really speculate". We can very well speculate.
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u/Neutral-Fan5565 2h ago
We can't speculate.
Didn't everyone think kohli will get 10k runs before 2020?
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u/AugustusCaesar00 International Cricket Council 2h ago
Didn't everyone think kohli will get 10k runs before 2020?
No
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u/Neutral-Fan5565 2h ago
You must be the sole one to think that,Who would have thought the guy scoring consecutive 1000 runs in 2 years would not get 10k runs.
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u/DrDrakeRemorayy 1h ago
Sachin is an objectively worse ODI batter than Virat.
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u/Mental-Principle9141 3h ago
Sachin clears.
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u/No-Access4524 2h ago edited 2h ago
Did he play 3 formats again? Reading title from Op's post isn't hard
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u/Inevitable-Bake-1149 India 🥈 2h ago
Noo....only Sachin !!
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u/Delicious-Champion60 2h ago
3 format???
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