Kohli Equals Border - 32 Test wins as captain

[Chrish]

Stealing this from another forum..

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283746.html

Discuss.

 

[Burgey]

Good for him. Equal wins, 2/3rds of the cricketer and 1/3810th of the human being that TOTAB is.

 

[Anil]

What makes Border such a great human being? Was/Is he like a humanitarian or something?

 

[Red Hill]

What makes Border such a great human being? Was/Is he like a humanitarian or something?

AB was the epitome of what an Australian male should be. Sincere, good natured but assertive, not full of himself, aware of his limitations but made the most of his skills, humble without being vacuous, a team man and a union man.

 

[Gnske]

This is an Adam Voges statistic

 

[ankitj]

That's great accomplishment for Border

 

[Logan]

Can Kohli win another 22 Tests as captain? That would make him the most successful captain ever.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Border had an influence beyond his years in captaincy. It’s the reason for the AB medal and his general idol status here in Oz and in some areas of the world. At this stage Kohli hasn’t got that level that will go beyond for decades afterwards.

 

[Daemon]

AB was the epitome of what an Australian male should be. Sincere, good natured but assertive, not full of himself, aware of his limitations but made the most of his skills, humble without being vacuous, a team man and a union man.

Bit of a dick if the raining rupees story is to be believed

 

[Burgey]

Gifts alms to the poor and you slag him off. Poor form.

 

[Victor Ian]

This record crept up out of nowhere. He's going to take it unless something drastic happens to India. He's ticking along at Ponting rates of success too, so it probably wont be too long either.

 

[h_hurricane]

All special cricketers equal mere mortals at some point of time before going on to achieve something special.

 

[Slifer]

Can Kohli win another 22 Tests as captain? That would make him the most successful captain ever.

Nothing there to stop him tbh. India will continue to dominate at home and will dominate away to SL and WI. Away to Australia and RSA are probably toss ups atm and they'll definitely be competitive in NZ and Eng. So unless India does a 180 or Kohli's form does a spectacular nose dive, the record is his for the taking.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Test cricket needs more super-captains.

 

[vcs]

Always hard to judge these things as win percentages are only a small part of the story, but he's a good Test captain as far as I can tell. He demands high standards, leads by example, and I haven't seen him lose control of matches on the field (it's happened in limited overs matches), though, obviously, having a quality attack helps.

Most importantly, he does deserve some share of the credit for India's pace attack coming on leaps and bounds over the last few years.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Border cussed in English, while Virat cussed in whatever language he's speaking.

That's the difference.

 

[h_hurricane]

Border cussed in English, while Virat cussed in whatever language he's speaking.

That's the difference.

So in a nutshell, both cussed in every language they knew.

 

[harsh.ag]

Gifts alms* to the poor and you slag him off. Poor form.

*and baths

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

So in a nutshell, both cussed in every language they knew.

Yes, in a nutshell...or shellfish.

 

[cpr]

So this is a thread about a guy just about getting past halfway to a record, and were meant to celebrate this

Its like a test opener raising his bat to celebrate his maiden 25, away with yer *****