Is Kohli the greatest? Showstopper Sooryavanshi & Sachin’s Shake-Up

Yeah, I mean, it, it kind of felt inevitable.

They, they won the toss.

They decided to bowl first, and as soon as they got those first two wickets, 26 for two in the fourth over, the Gujarat Titans, when that opening partnership has been such a strong thing for them throughout this tournament.

So to lose those two guys early in the, um, in the first innings of the game, it felt like it was gonna take some big performances to drag Gujarat Titans back into it.

Um, Jos threatened, didn't he? Um, but it looked like a tricky pitch in that first innings, and, uh, as soon as it was only, um, what was it, 155, wasn't it? That score in the first innings.

Um, it didn't quite feel enough, and, and as soon as RCB came out, ooh, having a flyer and, um, and Kohli booming it everywhere, it kind of felt like the game was done, which is a shame because, um, I was looking forward to seeing Jos lift that trophy today.

Yeah, I mean, Kohli is...

When he's on the chase, he's just...

He, he gives an aura that he's not gonna get out, doesn't he? Finds a boundary when he, when he needs to, always stays on or ahead of the rate.

Never oozes any sort of, like, stress, does he? Just ultra, ultra competitive, ul- ultra confident, and we've been on the back end of that in, in Gujarat were today.

Yeah.

Uh, it's just, it's just an insatiable appetite, isn't it? You, you look at Virat Kohli, and this is his 19th year playing in the IPL, so his, his first year was 2008 in the inception of it, and he's played every season since, and that hunger just has never left him.

Um, uh, I think that's the most impressive thing if you're a guy who's towards the, the twilight of his career.

Sometimes that drive can leave you, but it's still there in abundance for him.

And, and yeah, if, if I could pick anyone in the world, I think probably in the history of the game to, um, chase runs down in a pressure situation in white-ball cricket, it kind of has to be him.

I, I think he's, um, yeah, probably the best that there's ever been at something like that.

What do you reckon?

Yeah.

What was he, 75 off 42? Uh, I mean, there's an argument that he could be the most important cricketer ever in, in such a moving environment that we've seen over the last sort of 15 years of b- between test match and, and ODI and T20 cricket.

Just for, for clarity on his achievements, he's won the under 19 World Cup as captain, Champions Trophy twice, uh, ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup, held the World Test Championship ma- mace as, as captain for, for three years, and now two IPL titles.

And it did feel like the IPL was gonna be the one that slipped past him, didn't it? It, it was...

It's sort of that Rory McIlroy, uh, scenario, where everyone was sort of desperate for him to win.

It looked like he just wasn't gonna get over the line, and then as...

Once he's won it, gone back to back and, uh, you know...

I must say, we're talking about Virat specifically here, and you talk about greatest to have played the game or most important in the likes of Warn and Sachin, Bradman.