Joe Root vs Virat Kohli Comparison
In this article, we compare Joe Root vs Virat Kohli using statistical analysis to make decisions. It is based on their entire career and also across all three formats - Tests, ODIs and T20Is.
Joe Root has scored 8249 runs in his Test career with a batting average of 49.9 and a strike rate of 55. He also has 19 Test hundreds and 9 fifties. His conversion rate has often been talked about as a problem, and it's pretty obvious when you look at these stats.
Joe Root batting averages by country
Virat Kohli's batting averages by country
Virat Kohli has taken 7318 runs in test matches at an average of 53.
2 and a strike rate of 57.
. This means that his batting average and strike rate are both ahead of Joe Root. Unlike Root, Kohli has an excellent conversion rate, with more centuries than half-centuries in Test cricket.Root as excellent statistics all over the world. He averaged more than 50 in every country he played except Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh. Even in the Trans-Tasman view, Root averages close to 30. He struggles at times with speed and rebounding, which may have lowered his average. England have also struggled in these two countries recently, which may have something to do with it.
Virat Kohli is also very similar to Joe Root in that regard. Bangladesh aside, Kohli also averages high 30’s in three countries – West Indies, New Zealand and England. This is probably due to his first few tours in these countries, in which he struggled to score runs against the moving ball.
Root vs Kohli statistical analysis: The techniques
Joe Root is a terrific player of spin bowling and has excelled in Asia. This is because of his footwork against spin which is very crisp and precise. He gets right forward to smoother full balls and right back against short balls, which means that he is very rarely caught in between. He will need to delve on all the experience he has in order for England to compete in India.
Kohli is a very efficient player of spin bowling. His technique is excellent and he has the ability to nudge and nurdle singles, in order to rotate strike freely. This means that he does not allow pressure to be built on him by spinners.
Against seam and swing, Root has a good technique – a typical English back and across technique. Sometimes this does mean that he gets bowled or trapped leg-before wicket due to missing straight balls. 11 out of his 19 centuries have come in England.
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Joe Root has a great chance to become the best run scorer in England Test cricket. Alastair Cook leads with over
4000 runs, but Root is only 30 and should surpass his record.
Virat Kohli is likely to struggle to surpass Sachin Tendulkar's Test results. He is not halfway there yet, so he should play at least 5-7 more years to get close to the record and be in top form all the time. In
ODI cricket, Joe Root has been brilliant for England since his debut. He scored nearly 6000 runs at an average of 50 and a strike rate of 86. Root had a successful campaign in the Cricket World Cup 2019 where he helped England win the tournament. He scored 556 runs at an average of 62 and a strike rate of 90. This included centuries against Pakistan and the West Indies.
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But, in fairness there is a clear winner in the “Root vs Kohli statistical analysis for ODI’s. Virat Kohli has taken his ODI game to another level in the past few years and he is regarded as the best ODI batsman currently and perhaps the top 3 of all-time. He averages nearly 60 in ODI cricket and strikes at 93 – incredible numbers. His ability to chase down totals is Kohli’s biggest strength.
In T20I cricket, Joe Root often finds himself out of the side, due to the nature of England’s approach of attacking cricket. However, when he does play, as seen in the 2016 World T20, he usually forms a solid anchor for the other batsmen to bat around. However, with Dawid Malan cementing a place at number 3, questions are still unanswered around Joe Root’s future in the shortest form of the game. He averages 36 in the format.
Virat Kohli has been brilliant in T20 cricket and averages over 50 in the format. This is very difficult, considering how rare consistency is to find in T20Is. Like ODI’s, he is the master of a chase and one of his best innings came in an exact scenario. Kohli’s 82 vs Australia in 2016 was a master innings that took India to the World T20 Semi Final.
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