No doubt after this innings Kohil has cemented his place in the ODI’s much before the likes of Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina. Who had debuted earlier than Kohli. Even these young lads are part of the ODI Indian team but the when seniors like Yuvraj Singh, Virendra Sehwag will come back, it will be Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina who will have to sacrifice their post. The reason for Kohli’s safety in the starting eleven is his consistent performance as compared to other young Indian batsmen.
Since last one year Kohli has proved himself as the best promising lad as compared to Sharma and Raina. He stands one step ahead when it comes to making runs in the ODI’s. From Jan 2011 he has managed to score 1127 runs, where as Raina has made 904 and 690 runs by Sharma. This Cleary shows that Kohli has been the consistent batsman in the team and he deserves to get a fixed berth in the starting eleven.
Apart from young contemporaries, Virat has also managed to put behind the greats like Brain Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting. In his Seventy-nine ODI innings Virat has scored 3223 runs with an average of 47.54 leaving behind Lara’s 41.11, Tendulkar’s 32.40 and Ponting’s 39.34 averages. The only other batsman who matches the stats with Kohli is Kevin Pietersen, who averages 47.87 in his seventy-nine innings.
Establishing himself in a short span in the cricket world has definitely made the experts to keep an eye on him. No doubt he has the potential to became one of the greats of the game but for that he has to be consistent like Lara, score tons like Tendulkar and lead the side like Ponting .
he is really evolving as a great player right now...maybe his confidence would hav been boosted with vice captaincy...but gambhir should hav been given the vice captaincy right now...dis is what i feel.....
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