Virat Kohli

Anyone watching U-19 World Cup? Doesn't Virat Kohli look very similar to Sehwag? The drives, the flicks. Even posture and body language when batting.

Looks very classy and confident for an U-19 player.

As far as I know, few people have called him a better fielder than Yuvraj (when he was at prime)

Watching now. He looks a level or three above u/19. Hopefully for the Indians he won't be another Kambli or Yuvraj.

All of the Indian under 19's batsmen look classy, but for me Virat Kohli, Tanmay Srivastava and Manish Pandey are the standout batsmen, whilst Pradeep Sanghwan is the pick of the bowlers.

I also liked the look of Pakistan's new ball bowlers the other day. The 16 year old Adil Raza looked like he was already bowling mid 130's km/h.

JGK wrote:Watching now. He looks a level or three above u/19. Hopefully for the Indians he won't be another Kambli or Yuvraj.

U/22 you mean?

Kohli is naturally slimmer than Sehwag ever was, and has better footwork and a tighter technique. Don't see too many similarities tbh.

And yeah, I'd agree that Kohli and Pandey seem to be a cut above the rest.

taipan wrote:

JGK wrote:Watching now. He looks a level or three above u/19. Hopefully for the Indians he won't be another Kambli or Yuvraj.

U/22 you mean?

hmmm??

Even IND's # 6 batsman looks class. PAK's Ahmed Shahzad, the 3 Indians and the Kiwi lower order batsman(guy who made a fifity yesterday) have been the only batsmen to impress so far(i haven't seen the S African batting yet).

Henry wrote:All of the Indian under 19's batsmen look classy, but for me Virat Kohli, Tanmay Srivastava and Manish Pandey are the standout batsmen, whilst Pradeep Sanghwan is the pick of the bowlers.

I also liked the look of Pakistan's new ball bowlers the other day. The 16 year old Adil Raza looked like he was already bowling mid 130's km/h.

He was suppose to open the bowling with this guy named M Aamer but unfortunately Aamer got really sick and has been ruled out of the tournament.

PlanetPakistan wrote:

taipan wrote:

JGK wrote:Watching now. He looks a level or three above u/19. Hopefully for the Indians he won't be another Kambli or Yuvraj.

U/22 you mean?

hmmm??

Even IND's # 6 batsman looks class. PAK's Ahmed Shahzad, the 3 Indians and the Kiwi lower order batsman(guy who made a fifity yesterday) have been the only batsmen to impress so far(i haven't seen the S African batting yet).

Phil Hughes had a disappointing series but he has already shown he is made out for FC cricket.

JGK wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

taipan wrote:

JGK wrote:Watching now. He looks a level or three above u/19. Hopefully for the Indians he won't be another Kambli or Yuvraj.

U/22 you mean?

hmmm??

Even IND's # 6 batsman looks class. PAK's Ahmed Shahzad, the 3 Indians and the Kiwi lower order batsman(guy who made a fifity yesterday) have been the only batsmen to impress so far(i haven't seen the S African batting yet).

Phil Hughes had a disappointing series but he has already shown he is made out for FC cricket.

Never heard of him

I liked the look of Australia's Kumar Sarna in his brief innings against Pakistan. Strange to see a batsman wearing the green and gold wristily flicking the ball through mid wicket ala Tendulkar. Also played the cover drive on one leg ala Kevin Pietersen.

New Zealand's Tim Southee is clearly the most likely Kiwi to make it at highest level. South Africa's captain Parnell is having a great tournament but I haven't seen him bowl yet.

Trev in Roebuck-like fantasy over young asian boys . . . .

LOL. Roebuck likes young African boys you twit.

Hence, Roebuck-like . . .

Henry wrote:I liked the look of Australia's Kumar Sarna in his brief innings against Pakistan. Strange to see a batsman wearing the green and gold wristily flicking the ball through mid wicket ala Tendulkar. Also played the cover drive on one leg ala Kevin Pietersen.

New Zealand's Tim Southee is clearly the most likely Kiwi to make it at highest level. South Africa's captain Parnell is having a great tournament but I haven't seen him bowl yet.

"Born in Delhi, he moved to Australia at the age of two before returning to India six years later. He then returned to Australia aged 12 and has lived there since."

I wasn't too impressed. He had a very lousy technique.

PlanetPakistan wrote:

JGK wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

taipan wrote:

JGK wrote:Watching now. He looks a level or three above u/19. Hopefully for the Indians he won't be another Kambli or Yuvraj.

U/22 you mean?

hmmm??

Even IND's # 6 batsman looks class. PAK's Ahmed Shahzad, the 3 Indians and the Kiwi lower order batsman(guy who made a fifity yesterday) have been the only batsmen to impress so far(i haven't seen the S African batting yet).

Phil Hughes had a disappointing series but he has already shown he is made out for FC cricket.

Never heard of him

Here is his cricketarchive page:

http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/113/113415/113415.html

I'm not too impressed with Hughes. He shapes up to hit everything through the off side and is a big lbw candidate if the ball swings into him. Steven Smith looks a better player to me.

doremi wrote:Kohli is naturally slimmer than Sehwag ever was, and has better footwork and a tighter technique.

Given that Sehwag is to footwork what Mugabe is to good government, that ain't exactly hard.

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:

doremi wrote:Kohli is naturally slimmer than Sehwag ever was, and has better footwork and a tighter technique.

Given that Sehwag is to footwork what Mugabe is to good government, that ain't exactly hard.

True.

*Buckaroo* wrote:As far as I know, few people have called him a better fielder than Yuvraj (when he was at prime)

So almost everybody thinks that he's a poor fielder?

... from 9 years back, oldest reference to Kohli that I can find.

A few other interesting observations, too.

Nice find, lardy. Trev's remarks re: Hughes and Smith were spot on.

On the subject of U/19 World Cup players going on, didn't Hazy also play in that same tournament? He bowled Aus to victory in the semi and Final from memory.

Great find. Nice selection of viewpoints from many who no longer visit here

On checking, Purple was the Aus star of the 2010 U/19 WC. He took 4-26 v SL in the semi and 4/30 v Pak in the Final.

Kohli is so pre-eminent these days that I think he should have a couple of series named in his honour.

Gavaskar is largely forgotten, too, with even his quntitude superseded by Kohli's, so I think the Australia-India trophy can be renamed the Border-Kohli trophy.

And when India play Zimbabwe, as they often seem to, Zimbabwe's finest sons should be honoured with a newly minted Kohli-Flower trophy.