backfootpunch wrote:bhaveshgor wrote:backfootpunch wrote:just checked his averages, 50 at home compared to 33 away from home
he has a lot of work to do
actually a misleading stat since Away stats came down due to the england tour.
before that his away stats were better than home.
I always felt Kohli would prefer quick and bouncy tracks than typical indian tracks since he does like pace to play his shots and isn't the greatest player of spin.
I would say currently England might be his bogey side/Country not sure he is the best suited to swinging and seaming conditions they were signs in NZ but he got away with it with starts and then an average boosting century.
averaged very low in the windies as well
just checked that australia series, he had 4 low scores in the first two tests and scored runs when the series was over and pressure was off
he scored a 70 odd in the second innings of the third match when india had already lost both the series and the match, then his century came on a pitch that Australia scored 600 on
dont get me wrong i think he has enormous potential, just think he is far from the finished article in the form of the game that matters
No one actually said he was a finished article in Test matches if anything he need to improve big time in Test matches he can lose his wicket at the wrong time.
I do find it ridiculous for people to call him to get dropped after one poor series away from home since people like Morgan or Bevan struggled in Test Matches just because Kohli is so good in ODI cricket.
Kohli has a good first class record and has shown signs that he can deal with pace and score runs everywhere in his ODI Career and his brief test career.
If you exclude England and his first test series in West indies he has actually been very consistent and scored lots of runs in Test Matches.
Averaging 20 against England in 8 Matches have actually brought his career average down.
Apart from that he has averaged 44 against Australia, 85 against NZ 68 against SA and 27 against West indies but that is most likely going to go up with a 3 test series in the horizon.
He has a good record in all countries apart from WI and England
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... pe=batting
with WI being is first tour and his debut series and would most likely improve when he goes their again.
So don't really see any good reason to drop him now just because he failed in England.
It might be hard to believe but cricket does not always revolve around England not seen any good reason why people would drop Kohli.
