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Babar and Kohli are the biggest myths in this world. Kane is criminally under appreciated globally
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@Yeahtheboys said in NZ Cricket:
Babar and Kohli are the biggest myths in this world. Kane is criminally under appreciated globally
pffft haha what?
A guy that scores an ODI hundred every 5 and a half innings is a myth? he's probably the best 50-over batsman of all time.
His test record is not "all time great" but he still averages 48 and has 30 test hundreds. More importantly than the numbers, his attitude is what dragged this Indian team forward to a side that could win anywhere. How many players go to Australia, play four test matches, score 4 hundreds, and average 86?He's definitely on the downhill slide out of the test arena, but lets not overdo it aye?
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@dogmeat if you watch any cricket outside of new zealand you’ll hear them talk about Kohli Root and Smith as the best in the world and Kane never gets a mention. You have no clue if you think he gets the same about credit as others who have an even more inferior record to him
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@dogmeat said in NZ Cricket:
Plus I see little evidence of Kane being underappreciated so wrong on both counts
Kane is definitely under appreciated globally, and I've heard more than one commentator say the same thing. As already posted statistically he has been the best batsmen in the world for the past decade which you wouldn't know unless you look closely at the numbers. It's just because he's from NZ, and we play fuck all tests compared to the "big three", so he's not in the headlines as much as the others from those teams.
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@mariner4life said in NZ Cricket:
@Yeahtheboys said in NZ Cricket:
Babar and Kohli are the biggest myths in this world. Kane is criminally under appreciated globally
pffft haha what?
A guy that scores an ODI hundred every 5 and a half innings is a myth? he's probably the best 50-over batsman of all time.
His test record is not "all time great" but he still averages 48 and has 30 test hundreds. More importantly than the numbers, his attitude is what dragged this Indian team forward to a side that could win anywhere. How many players go to Australia, play four test matches, score 4 hundreds, and average 86?He's definitely on the downhill slide out of the test arena, but lets not overdo it aye?
As the discussion is about tests I took it to mean he's a myth in the test arena. He is the GOAT 50 over batsmen no doubt with Babar right on his heels there.
Myth in tests is a bit over the top (but hey it's the Fern) but the hype he has gotten given his record is not even the best Indian player of all time, let alone a world GOAT test batsmen has also been over the top, but that's largely due to him being Indian so he has 1 billion people talking him up.
I do take your point about attitude though, he has been a player that has risen to the occasion against the big teams in hostile conditions where his teammates have just rolled over. But his average in the past decade is 16 runs less than Kane's, 14 less than Smith's, so he's not really in the same conversation in tests.
