1992 India ODI XI vs 2017 Pakistan ODI XI | Who wins?

[Bhaijaan]

I read comments from some Pakistani fans only recently that even India back when they were one of the poorest teams showed more fight than the current Pakistani team did.

So i just wanted to confirm if it holds true. Opinions will be divided on which exact fielded XIs were actually the worst from both teams but as reference i am taking India's 1992 wc team and the one that got bowled out for 54 against Sri Lanka. Posters cane take other XIs as well from another time for their reference too.


XI that India fielded in their 1992 match against Pakistan

A Jadeja
K Srikkanth
M Azharuddin*
VG Kambli
SR Tendulkar
SV Manjrekar
N Kapil Dev
KS More†
M Prabhakar
J Srinath
V Raju


XI that got bowled out for 54 against Sri Lanka in 2000 (Sharjah)

SC Ganguly*
SR Tendulkar
Yuvraj Singh
VG Kambli
HK Badani
RR Singh
V Dahiya†
SB Joshi
AB Agarkar
Z Khan
BKV Prasad




XI that Pakistan fielded in their recent match against India

Azhar Ali
Ahmed Shehzad
Babar Azam
Mohammad Hafeez
Shoaib Malik
Sarfraz Ahmed*†
Imad Wasim
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Amir
Hasan Ali
Wahab Riaz






How do these underachieving XIs compare and how would they compete with each other.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

The 1992 team had sachin tendulkar, easy win for 1992 team imo, although can't trust fixers like azhar, jadeja, prabhakar

 

[BDwarriors]

Tendulkar>pakistan XI

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Really? We are back at 92?

 

[geraltofrivia]

92 mai bhi yahi hua tha

 

[aniket1911]

LOL )
1992 XI defeated WC winning Pakistan team and you ask how would they fair against this sorry lot.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Idea is to take one of India's weakest ODI units. 1992 is there probably, i thought of the 2000 team too. Up to each poster.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Indian ODI team of 90's had skill but were phattus, they never upped the game and showed intent against PAK or any decent opposition while playing away from home, also it had fixers like Azhar, Prabhakar, Jadeja and Mongia.

The current Pakistan lacks skill, some of their best is not enough to match top sides now a days.

 

[Navdeep Srivastava]

Imdian weakest odi unit in wc were 79 and 75 teams . India back then don't have list A system and no international odi was played in India. First international odi was played in 1980 against England

 

[Navdeep Srivastava]

Indian ODI team of 90's had skill but were phattus, they never upped the game and showed intent against PAK or any decent opposition while playing away from home, also it had fixers like Azhar, Prabhakar, Jadeja and Mongia.

The current Pakistan lacks skill, some of their best is not enough to match top sides now a days.

More than fattu they lacked 2nd and 3rd fast bowler. No second spinner, so bowling basically was Srinath and Kumble. No good batsman at third and not playing genuine fifth bowler or allrounder( Robin Singh was bits and pieces) . They lacked in fielding department also. Our wickerkeeper was worst in top 8 nation, hell even England another weak odi team has better fast bowler and wicketkeeper than us.

 

[amax]

tbh Indian teams arent that bad on paper

 

[jnaveen1980]

Imad wasim to Srikkanth lol

 

[Bhaijaan]

Imad wasim to Srikkanth lol

Would be an interesting dual. Srikanth was a poor man's Sehwag. A very poor man that is. LOL

 

[The_Odd_One]

The 1992 team had sachin tendulkar, easy win for 1992 team imo, although can't trust fixers like azhar, jadeja, prabhakar

Tendulkar from 1992 was not the same as Tendulkar from 1996. Tendulkar hit his first 100 in his 79th game in 1994.

2017 Pakistani team is far better than 1992 Indian team which was not only less skilled but also much more mentally weaker.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

Tendulkar from 1992 was not the same as Tendulkar from 1996. Tendulkar hit his first 100 in his 79th game in 1994.

2017 Pakistani team is far better than 1992 Indian team which was not only less skilled but also much more mentally weaker.

But still beat the 92 cornered tigers the 1992 team will wipe the floor with the 2017 pakistani team, even a teenage tendulkar > Pak team of today

 

[ToeCrusher2]

^^ and don't forget kapil paaji too

 

[TM Riddle]

Tendulkar from 1992 was not the same as Tendulkar from 1996. Tendulkar hit his first 100 in his 79th game in 1994.

2017 Pakistani team is far better than 1992 Indian team which was not only less skilled but also much more mentally weaker.

He was the man of the match in that game.

 

[TQ89]

Tendulkar from 1992 was not the same as Tendulkar from 1996. Tendulkar hit his first 100 in his 79th game in 1994.

2017 Pakistani team is far better than 1992 Indian team which was not only less skilled but also much more mentally weaker.

Still at that age, He was way way better than azhar ali, shahzad , babar and hafeez combined. Also he scored 283 runs at average of 47.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Hasan Ali bowling to the Indian minnow batting line-up would have been interesting.

 

[The_Odd_One]

But still beat the 92 cornered tigers the 1992 team will wipe the floor with the 2017 pakistani team, even a teenage tendulkar > Pak team of today

Tendulkar factor will be neutralized on the basis that he batted at #5 in those days. Most of the impact in ODIs come from the top order. He was better even in 1992 than any current Pakistani batsman but he will get too few overs to bat to make that huge impact.

 

[The_Odd_One]

He was the man of the match in that game.

India did not win that game due to Tendulkar's batting. Pakistan could not chase 217 that day. Tendulkar played a good hand but it was Indian bowlers who won that match by dismissing Pakistan for a mere total of 173.

 

[Mamoon]

Any Indian ODI XI will beat any Pakistani ODI XI when it matters. Even our so-called legends did not have the nerve to handle the pressure of facing India in World Cups.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Still at that age, He was way way better than azhar ali, shahzad , babar and hafeez combined. Also he scored 283 runs at average of 47.

One player alone won't win you matches. Otherwise, India would have beaten Pakistan more often in the 90s.

Tendulkar did not hit a single century until 1994.
Tendulkar did not open the inning in 1992.
Tendulkar was never a great finisher.

So, a young Tendulkar batting at #5 was not as threatening as the Tendulkar from 1996. This is based on simple logic, just like middle order Dilshan and Rohit when they did not open in ODIs.

 

[TM Riddle]

India did not win that game due to Tendulkar's batting. Pakistan could not chase 217 that day. Tendulkar played a good hand but it was Indian bowlers who won that match by dismissing Pakistan for a mere total of 173.

They gave him Motm for a reason. 217 was a good competitive total at that time and the reason India managed to reach the score was because of the sheer class 18 year old Sachin displayed while facing legends like Imran and Wasim.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Any Indian ODI XI will beat any Pakistani ODI XI when it matters. Even our so-called legends did not have the nerve to handle the pressure of facing India in World Cups.

I think this thread is not about World cup games alone.

 

[captain.hansolo]

Indian ODI team of 90's had skill but were phattus, they never upped the game and showed intent against PAK or any decent opposition while playing away from home, also it had fixers like Azhar, Prabhakar, Jadeja and Mongia.

The current Pakistan lacks skill, some of their best is not enough to match top sides now a days.

the 1992 team was also robbed of two easy wins - against Sri Lanka where the game was rained out, and against Australia where due to the rain interruption, they lost three innings in the chase, but since India had pulled things back in the end when Australia was batting, their goal was revised down by only 3 runs.

By the time the fixture against South Africa came along, the team was fatigued and uninterested.

 

[Mamoon]

I think this thread is not about World cup games alone.

I know, we are generally in our element when it comes to meaningless bilaterals and some other low-profile cups.

 

[Billy1999]

Pakistan easily

 

[The_Odd_One]

They gave him Motm for a reason. 217 was a good competitive total at that time and the reason India managed to reach the score was because of the sheer class 18 year old Sachin displayed while facing legends like Imran and Wasim.

How many batsman win MOM awards by scoring 54 runs batting first?

He only got it because there was no stand-out performance from a single bowler. Indian bowling unit as a whole performed and all bowlers took a couple of wickets, so they gave the award to Tendulkar.

 

[TM Riddle]

How many batsman win MOM awards by scoring 54 runs batting first?

He only got it because there was no stand-out performance from a single bowler. Indian bowling unit as a whole performed and all bowlers took a couple of wickets, so they gave the award to Tendulkar.

Yuvraj won a couple of days ago for scoring around the same runs.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Yuvraj won a couple of days ago for scoring around the same runs.

Did India win just because of Yuvraj's inning? In matches in which there is no stand-out performer but everybody chips in, everybody has a chance to get a MOM award. It could have easily gone to Kohli or heck even Pandya.

Yuvraj's inning alone was not enough to win that match. It was joint contribution from almost everyone that won that game.

 

[TQ89]

One player alone won't win you matches. Otherwise, India would have beaten Pakistan more often in the 90s.

Tendulkar did not hit a single century until 1994.
Tendulkar did not open the inning in 1992.
Tendulkar was never a great finisher.

So, a young Tendulkar batting at #5 was not as threatening as the Tendulkar from 1996. This is based on simple logic, just like middle order Dilshan and Rohit when they did not open in ODIs.

I think you ought to check OP title. This thread is about our current 2017 ODI team