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Who is better, Shikhar Dhawan or Virat Kohli?

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Answered on04/29/26

Both are legendary players in their own right, but Virat Kohli's consistency across all formats is truly unmatched. His technique and fitness levels are an inspiration for every athlete. Speaking of high-performance sports and fitness, I recently came across some great quality customized sportswear at Beqo Sports ( https://beqosports.com/ ). Just like Kohli focuses on his gear and comfort, having the right apparel really makes a difference in your game.

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Shikar Dhawan Good Betting Player and, Virat Kohli Legend of Indian Cricketers list selected. Like Betting (Run Machine), Fielding, And also Good Captain in the World.

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Answered on10/02/20

No doubt dawan is classy and great player but no offence kohli is legend his stats speaks of it so no doubt kohli is better.

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Answered on10/01/20

There is no comparison between Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan. Virat Kohli is the next level cricketer and I think one of the fittest men in the Indian team.

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Why is cricket more popular in India as compared to other sports?

Answered on12/25/17

That’s how it has always been. Like since inception, cricket has been perceived as more appealing than other sports. And with personalities like that of Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Azhar, Sehwag, Dravid, Sachin, Dhoni and more, its popularity only spiked high.

As far the other sports are concerned, in recent times, they did have climbed up in the spotlight. Like football, MMA, tennis and even badminton boasts a massive following today. Nothing, however, comparable to cricket.

Media always focus more on cricket. Sponsors always put more money in cricket matches. So people get to hear, see more of cricket. And since more people are watching this sport, more sponsors and media will invest in and talk about it. It’s like a cycle.

But it’s not bad. We shouldn’t be complaining about it. Like in Brazil, Soccer is more popular; in USA, Football (rugby) is at the top; people in Canada obsess Ice Hockey. Every country leans toward particular sport.

All we need is a bit more boost, encouragement and investment in other sports to get the cricket-like cycle started for them.

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Answered on09/30/20

Virat kohli is better than shikhar dhawan or any one in all over the world. He is top class batsman in the world in current time.

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Some say anything can happen in cricket, the best player of the world can get out at his first ball while the bottom order batsman may score a century. Sometimes its your day and sometimes it is not.

Cricket in itself is too volatile, a player playing at run a ball is seen having the strike rate of more than 200 while a player trying to build an innings is seen to get out early. So a player who has put in a lot of hard work in practice may get out early, while the other may score a decent score. So does that mean the player who had put in a lot of hard work is not a good player? The answer is no, as I mentioned sometimes it's not your day.

Now coming yo your question as to which batsman is better Shikhar Dhawan or Virat Kohli. Shikhar Dhawan started his career long after Virat Kohli. So obviously Virat had played a lot of more matches than Dhawan be it Fifty over matches or White Ball Cricket or 20-20 cricket.

Both of them are good players of spin as well as pace and both batsmen have a good temperament. Both of them have good records in domestic cricket, international cricket and league matches. But when you talk of better batsman it is always the Virag Kohli you would hear from the people too. The way Virat Kohli has shown improvements after he had been made the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team.

There was a time when Virat Kohli was shining like anything, in every other match you would see him scoring a century in international matches at international venues. Kohli has far more records than Dhawan in International matches, making him the King Kohli.

And also as a leader you would see Kohli has an upper hand. As a captain he has many records under his bucket but are far less when compared with MS Dhoni, the coolest captain ever. His temperament, positive attitude towards game, learning will, and beat the best thing make him a better person and a sportsman than Shikhar Dhawan.

No matter how good virat kohli is and how far better he is than Shikhar, but his team has never won an IPL title in 11 years of history. Neither he has played that consistently in IPL matches as that of Shikhar. Still he is the second person to score 5000 runs in IPL which says is all.

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Who is the most dangerous power hitter of all time in India?

Updated on11/22/18

Cricket is the most exciting game mainly in Asian, Australian and European continent. We Indians are breathing cricket and it is in our blood. From 5 days test match to 60 overs match,50 overs match to cricket is now famous for T20 matches. With T20 format, the main objective of the player is to hit runs than keeping the players wicket. So 21st century cricket is about hitting runs .

While talking about power hitters of current time, the first cricketer who comes to our mind isRohit Sharma who is nick named as Hitman by media. Who was the captain in some of the T20 matches and one day internationals during Virat Kohli's absence. He is vice captain of Indian team. His record is mind blowing.

• He is the fastest batsman to score 100 runs in(35 balls) T20.
• He is the only batsman in the world to score three double centuries in ODIs.
• He is the first cricket to score 4 centuries in international T20 matches.
• In 2014 Rohit Sharma was the highest individual scorer by hitting 264 runs against Sri Lanka.
• Rohit Sharma holds the record of scoring most runs from fours and sixes scoring 186 runs.
• He is the record holder of most number of sixes - 16 in an ODI innings.
• He is the hitter of most number of fours - 33 fours in an ODI innings.

The list is very long. So at present Rohit Sharma is the hitter of all time. But we cannot end this without mentioning legends of Indian cricket who were the hitters.

First cricket who comes to our mind when we are talking about sixes and fours is Kapil Dev. With his 175 not out runs against Zimbabwe in world cup match is a legend itself. And Indian cricket fans were witnessed power hits when Kapil Dev was playing. His sixes were very famous.

After Kapil Dev, M.S. Dhoni is the greatest hit man. There is nothing India didn't know about Mr. Captain Cool. His sixes and fours are marvelous to watch. He is as equal as Kapil Dev in view of captaincy and hitting boundaries.

Apart from these 3 Virendra Sehwag and Virat Kohli are also power hitters.
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Updated on06/06/26

The Indian cricket team has many such players without whom the team is incomplete. The two of these players are iconic batsman Shikhar Dhawan and Captain Virat Kohli. Now choosing one out of these two is really a difficult task.

But if I have to choose, I would definitely pick Virat Kohli over Varun Dhawan.

I say this because of the following reasons:

1. Experience: He has a good experience of the game. Virat Kohli has played quite a lot of international matches, some of them being with the cricket players who have retired now. His experience is the reason that he is the captain of the Indian Cricket Team.

2. Record: There are many such records which are only credited to Virat Kohli.

3. All-rounder: Virat is an all-rounder too. We all know that he can ball and guard the field whenever required.

4. Fitness: Undoubtedly, Kohli is better than Dhawan in health and fitness. Indian team has been benefitted because of Kohli’s fitness many times.

5. Tolerance: Kohli is extremely tolerant and performs better in pressure. He has taken India to the victory at many tough times.

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