Players
For the first five years that Virat Kohli played in the Test series, he was unable to make any double centuries. However, in the last five years, the player has scored seven double centuries, including six at home ground and one on the international field. In mid-2016, Kohli made his first double century against the […]
Introduction AB de Villers and Virat Kohli are two of the staunchest batsmen of the current era. Both have played many memorable knocks for their national sides and have won matches with the teams riding solely on their batting performance. The whole debate about who the better batsman is arose when the duo started playing […]
Introduction Cricket has been in existence for more than 150 years and has witnessed numerous batting stalwarts over the years. Batsmen like Sir Don Bradman, Sir Gary Sobers, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting created batting records and accumulated such a vast amount of runs that their records seemed unsurpassable. However, with the rise […]
Nasser Hussain wrote recently in the Daily Mail after India’s latest test win with Virat Kohli at the helm: “I said at the start of the fifth day that it was going to be a big test of Virat Kohli’s captaincy and he passed that test with flying colour,” Hussain wrote in his column in […]
10- 235 against England in 4th Test in Mumbai in 2016 Having seen England amass a sizable 400 in their opening innings, India had to respond with something similar, if not even bigger. The innings was going fine, with the home side 262-2 when suddenly something triggered a collapse. A few hours later, they were […]
Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are universally regarded as two of the greatest batsmen in India’s cricket history. After Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement from the game, Virat Kohli is the one player that many consider the most likely to surpass Tendulkar’s records. In this article, we analyse the statistics of the two players with a focus […]
India skipper Virat Kohli and former South Africa star Hashim Amla are amongst the best batsmen to have graced the game for their respective national sides. Both batsmen have scored prolific runs and proved to be match-winners across formats, showing exceptional consistency over a decade or more. While Amla quit the sport after the ODI […]
Virat Kohli has made five centuries in the IPL. He made four of his hundreds in the 2016 edition which was by far his most prolific season, when he scored 973 runs in 16 matches at 81.08, with 7 fifties and 4 tons. In the process, Kohli registered a strike rate of 152.03, including 83 […]
