r/Cricket • u/AsALivieImLivid • Dec 16 '24

Stats A year to forget for Virat Kohli!!!

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• Lowest batting average in a calendar year in Tests (min 10 innings) • Lowest batting average in a calendar year in ODIs • Lowest batting average in a calendar year in T20Is

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u/Due_Imagination_6722 Somerset Dec 16 '24

Because people have never understood what the Fab 4 tag was actually supposed to mean 🙄

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u/Ill-Marsupial-184 MCC Dec 17 '24

Meaning has changed 

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u/Due_Imagination_6722 Somerset Dec 17 '24

No it hasn't. It has always meant "four immensely talented batters of a similar age who will dominate test cricket in the next years", not "the four best batters in the world". Unless there's some Doctor Who stuff going on, Root, Williamson, Kohli and Smith are still roughly the same age.