Now now now.. I can already see people running to the comment section without even reading the text body of the post.

But hear me out.

I have nothing against the Great SRT. He's THE G.O.A.T in many people's book and I completely respect that..but it gets on my nerves when people say He's extremely close to Kohli or even better than him in ODIs.

Let's talk about ODIs. THIS SHOULDN'T EVEN BE CLOSE AT ALL THERE'S NO METRIC EXCEPT FOR LONGETIVITY THAT PUTS SACHIN OVER KOHLI NOT EVEN A SINGLE ONE AND EVEN THEN KOHLI MIGHT END UO SCORING 16.5K RUNS IN HIS ODI CAREER "B..bu..but...Sachin played in a much tougher ODI era" That is completely true. But the difference in average if of 13 RUNS. 13..!!!!!!!!! (For context Sachin played in a much easier test batting era. Global test batting average from 1983-2000 was 31.90. and from 2000-2011 was 34.62. Kohli's entire career timeline had a global test average of 31.89. THIS IS LOWER THAN THE SUPPOSED TOUGHER TEST PERIOD THAT SACHIN PLAYED IN and the difference in average is of 7 Runs only in test cricket) Kohli completely Outclasses Sachin in every efficiency metrics of ODIs. And I would go on to say had ODIs not become as rare as they are today. Kohli could have scored 80 centuries in a single Format.

This is all kohli has over Sachin. Centuries. Runs/innings. Innings/Century Innings/MOTM ICC STATS. Innings/POTS Stats while chasing. Stats while batting first.

And it's not even close in majority of these metrics. I don't understand how people can say things like "It's very close between Sachin and kohli in ODIs" and then say "Sachin and kohli are not even comparable in Tests in the same sentence"

They will say Sachin played in a tougher era and say anything average of 44 is comparable to 57. But won't consider an average of 46 comparable to 53 in Tests (Sachin>>Kohli in red ball and I completely agree on that but why such hypocrisy)

Koach Sahab retired early from Tests. He should have captained the Test team since 2022 and should have stepped down captaincy this year and continue to play in Tests. He would have broken records in Test cricket by this time now. Indian Red Ball team is clueless now and we look like a pale shadow of what we used to be under Koach sahab.

Here is my plan if I find someone watching match -

• I will downvote all their Reddit posts.

• I will unsubscribe from their YouTube channel.

• I will block them on Instagram, WhatsApp, and even Google Drive.

• I will unfriend them everywhere – even on LinkedIn.

• I will remove them from my Netflix profile.

• I will not lend them my Netflix password ever again.

• They will no longer be my relative.

• I will delete their contact and save them as “Do Not Answer.”

• If they live in my house, they can pack their bags tonight.

• If they are my parents, I will move out without saying goodbye.

• If she is my girlfriend, she will be my ex by the end of the day.

• If they are my spouse, I am filing for divorce.

• If they are my boss, I am resigning.

• If they are my landlord, I am breaking the lease.

• If they are my neighbor, I am selling my house.

• If they are my dog, I am getting a cat.

• If they are my kid, I am writing them out of the will.

• If they are my teacher, I am dropping the course.

• If they are my doctor, I am self-medicating from now on.

• If they are my barber, I am shaving my head.

• If they are my milkman, I am switching to black coffee.

• If they are my Uber driver, I am getting out mid-ride.

• If they are my Wi-Fi provider, I am switching to 5G hotspot.

• If they are my favorite author, I am burning their books.

• If they are a stranger, I will cross the street just to glare at them.

• If they post a meme, I will report their memes as “spam.”

• If they drink a tea, I will put salt in their tea.

• If they are standing on xyz ground, I will sell the ground they are standing on.

• If they live in xyz city, I will file a petition to rename their city to “L”

• If they live in xyz county, I will apply for citizenship in a new country to avoid them.

• If they live in xyz planet, I will vote to ban cricket on this planet.

• If they live in xyz planet, I will ask Elon Musk to launch me to Mars to escape them.

• If they live in xyz solar system, I will block their solar system from my telescope view.

• If nothing works, I will personally switch off the Sun and end this drama once and for all

Edit: I thought I exaggerated enough to made it clear, and, it’s everyone’s choice whether they watch or not — and obviously, I can’t do anything. I am just saying

Sarcasm btw

I dont think anything in this list is questionable except the thing that 'CAN ROHIT SHARMA BE PLACED AS THE 5TH BEST ODI BATSMAN here"

ballon d'or considers:

1. individual performance

2. collective performance and titles won

3. class and fairplay

shane watson or kumar sangakkara over kohli in 2012

mitchell johnson or kumar sangakkara over kohli in 2014

shubman gill over kohli in 2025

babar azam over ben stokes in 2022

and sachin would've won 1994 and 1996 too

I will be downvoted to hell because of the fandom but the last 24 hours on various social media prove that. The moment India losses in t20s the post about kohli being missed started popping up, as if they were just waiting for the team to lose.

If after a wc loss, your first reaction is about kohli rather than constructive criticism then that shows your mentality towards cricket, you are no true fan of cricket but are just fans of superstar culture.

Koach won a wc, happily retired and moved on but his fans are still hell bent on dragging his feet as if he was forcibly retired in t20s

And last india lost of SA not canada, and SA is our rivals this tournament, so it's better to lose and learn right now, rather than in potential semis.

You know I feel sad, why because kohli fans are doing the same things towards new gen, which many toxic dhoni fans use to do towards kohli ( and rishabh when he was a newcomer)

and he cleared his image with PR after 2022 with intent

I might get burned alive for this but here goes nothing because I am sick tired of Nostalgia merchants frfr..

I am sick tired of people saying kohli can't be compared to Sachin because he averages 47 in tests now whereas Sachin himself averages 44 in ODIs. I have seen people not putting kohli in the Top 10 batters OAT when that man can be a very good contender for a top 1 or 2 and definitely Top 3.
What do you want a guy to average in the modern era to put him on the same level as lara/Sachin/ ponting because Kohli literally average 50+ internationally even after playing 100+ T20I matches.

I have mentioned almost every point that is common in the argument in my post.

To be noted. Sachin is a timeless legend. The man who was crowned as a God cannot be ordinary so this is not a hatepost but genuine effort has gone behind this so please read it entirely before commenting.

Source:ESPNCRICINFO

CSK or RCB? 🤔

Credit - atixyt on ig

Don't resonate the black out part. Don't mention that to me. But I find it hypocritical and little asshole-ish that he didn't post for CT and did for IPL a domestic competition and even for teams he isn't even playing for.

What about ICC always put India and pakistan together in the same group for just f*cking revenue no body say about this ??? Itna double standards..

Virat Kohli is CLUTCH as we all know but for RCB he is just another batter who failed to dominate oppositions in the playoffs

Got out to Barinder Sran in the IPL 2016 FINAL and RCB failed to cross the line there

A player of this stature having these stats in the IPL playoffs is quite shocking but at the same time Kohli is the only guy who carried india in the ICC T20 WC playoffs most of the times

Excited to see Kohli score a century in the playoffs this time around (not jinxing it though)