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Pakistan team of 90s vs team India of today - which is better?

As the heading says, which team you think is better?

Pakistan team of 90s consisted of players like Imran, W's, Shoiab, Saqlain, Anwar, Inzy, Saleem Malik etc.

Team India of today has modern day superstars like Kohli, MSD, Yuvraj, Ashwin etc.

If a match has to happen between these 2 teams in their absolute peaks, who would win?

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Pak was more well rounded.

Indian LOI team is over dependent on Kohli. But India has a much superior captain in Dhoni who is also a modern day keeper, unlike Moeen or Latif who were specialist keepers and only knew how to hold a bat.
 
street cricketer said:
LOI or Tests?

India would win LOIs and Pakistan would win Tests.
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#GreenRoars said:
You didn't mention the format, but over all Pakistan one is better.
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Sorry guys...combination of both format. Now since we are including entire 90s players of Pakistan, we can also include Indian players recently retired like Viru, Zak, Gambo etc. Please do not include Sachin/Dravid/Saurav or VVS as they are 90s cricketers.

So in a full fledged series with 3 test, 5ODIs and couple of T20s...who wins?

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I wouldn't include Imran as a 90s player and if his 90s version was there, he'd be the equivalent of Younis Khan in LOIs dragging the team down the majority of the time.

The self-belief would be the same among the two teams.

Irrespective of the conditions and format (not T20s, since how the Pakistanis would have fared is pure conjecture), I think Pakistan would win 6 out of 10 games.
 
Indian_Supporter said:
Sorry guys...combination of both format. Now since we are including entire 90s players of Pakistan, we can also include Indian players recently retired like Viru, Zak, Gambo etc. Please do not include Sachin/Dravid/Saurav or VVS as they are 90s cricketers.

So in a full fledged series with 3 test, 5ODIs and couple of T20s...who wins?

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If that is the case then LOIS will be much more even, with Viru and Zak.

Would be a great contest. Though Pak batting would be a little slow by today's standards so Saeed Anwar and Inzi would be key.
 
We will win LOIs.

They will win test match.

But both would be tough one
 
Both sets of fans would root for their own team.

I guess a better way would be to compare the results of both teams against their peers in their respective eras.
 
LOL the 90s would smash this indian team. Just be real. How on earth would this indian team be a better loi team? Maybe the wc winning indian team of 2011 but overall pak team of 90s is so strong.

But overal they also underachieved a lot.

Its just kohli. Ma1
 
Our Test team will beat you, even with their eyes closed. But in LOIs, Dhoni's captaincy and especially luck will prevail in the end, and you will win. Our 90s team is overrated in a way. They never dominated the best teams during that time.
 
asyed said:
Make them play on batting paradise (bowlers graveyard in today's conditions) in India and let see.

Kholi will eat them alive.
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Kohli has some distance to go in Tests. He isn't even the best batsman in our team in Tests.
 
The reason Pakistan will win is the ferocity of the pace attack and a generally aggressive mindset/self belief. And also a decent batting line-up. Thank God some of us at least grew up in the late 80s/90s and enjoyed that period of dominance like right before the 99 WC when we beat India at home repeatedly in that Tri ODI series with SL. Or the 91 Tri series in Sharjah with WI. Too bad the youth of today will grow up to such horrid memories of a spineless teach.
 
Tests I'd say Pakistan.

Not sure what to say about the limited overs format because the style of play in both era's are different but on Paper Pak look better, the bowling attack is lethal. The Indian batting is better. The contests would be competitive imo.
 
The Last Of The Stars said:
Our Test team will beat you, even with their eyes closed. But in LOIs, Dhoni's captaincy and especially luck will prevail in the end, and you will win. Our 90s team is overrated in a way. They never dominated the best teams during that time.
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Why luck? Did the Pakistan teams of the 90s lose to the ordinary 90s Indian teams in world cups due to luck factor as well?
 
street cricketer said:
Kohli has some distance to go in Tests. He isn't even the best batsman in our team in Tests.
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Make him play against trundlers of Pakistan and he'll easily become best batsman in the side (better than Pujara, Rahene and Vijay).
 
India would lose. Pakistan batting even though filled with greats wasn't very reliable even in the 90's but their bowling was phenomenal. Hacks like Rohit and Dhawan would struggle against, Saqlain, Akram, Akthar and Waqar. Azhar Mahmood was also a very good bowler in the 90's and a decent all rounder. So Pakistan team has the edge with batting legends like Yousuf, Inzamam, Anwar. They had very good ODI players like Ijaz, Sohail at the top. They are clearly the better team. I am not even including Moin and Razzak and also Mushtaq.
 
Tests - Draw
LOIs - India, I don't think even the famed Pakistan attack can stop Kohli.
 
This Indian LOI team has over achieved. A WC win, CHampions Trophy win, A T20 final, a WC SF and now another T20 SF. The best result for the 1990 Pak team was a WC final where they capitulated. There is no comparison between both teams in LOIs as far as results go. On paper, the Pak 90s team was phenomenal but they massively underachieved. Matches are not played on paper so my answer is the current Indian team led by MSD trumps 90s Pak team. MSD's team is in the top 3 of Greatest LOI teams cricket has ever seen

1) Ponting's 2000s team
2) WI team in the 70s and 80s
3) MSD's team
 
Zero comparison.

This Indian team is more like the Indian team of the 90s except that we hjave a better WK and bowlers who bowl as a team.

Excpet for that this team has achieved squat in ODIs (we lost to BD FGS), won an Aisa Cup, won some practice bilateral T20 series in Aus. If they go onto somehow win the WT20, that will be their biggest achievement.
 
Sehwag, Gambhir, Kohli, Rohit, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Jadeja, Ashwin, Zaheer, Yadav, Shami...... This team will totally annihilate any Pakistan team.
 
Pakistan hands down in every format. The Indian top order would just crumble!

India would be the better fielding side tho.
 
Lol.. Tendulkar of the 90s is equal to 3 batsmen of the current Indian team.. and still Pakistan mopped the floor with his Indian team. This team wouldn't stand a chance against Pak of 90s. So much so that Tendulkar accepted he would probably never be able to beat Pakistan. It will remain a dream.

The only one player I fear is Dhoni for his brilliant street smart captaincy.
 
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The only one player I fear is Dhoni for his brilliant street smart captaincy in LOIs. He is so good that I don't think Pakistan team of the 90s could counter his moves. He could choke Ijaz and Rameez with his dibbly dobbly spinners and smart field placements. I find Pakistani captains post IK, lack that smartness which this Dhoni has. He is super calm and our hyper emotional talented team of 90s could play right into his hands.
 
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Texaco said:
Lol.. Tendulkar of the 90s is equal to 3 batsmen of the current Indian team.. and still Pakistan mopped the floor with his Indian team. This team wouldn't stand a chance against Pak of 90s. So much so that Tendulkar accepted he would probably never be able to beat Pakistan. It will remain a dream.

The only one player I fear is Dhoni for his brilliant street smart captaincy.
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:))) :))) :)))

Is it as arbitary as Akhtar saw Sachin's leg shaking? :srt
 
The only one player from the current Indian team I fear, when facing our team of the 90s is, Dhoni for his brilliant street smart captaincy in LOIs. He is so good that I don't think Pakistan team of the 90s could counter his moves. He could choke Ijaz and Rameez with his dibbly dobbly spinners and smart field placements. I find Pakistani captains post IK, lack that smartness which this Dhoni has. He is super calm and our hyper emotional talented team of 90s could play right into his hands.
 
In world cups (once every 4 years), India would win.

In all other matches and all other formats, Pakistan would win.
 
ITT: Everyone overrates Kohli and Dhoni's captaincy.

1990's Team:
Two of the greatest fast bowlers to grace the game.
-The savagery of Waqar.
-The magic of Wasim.

Shoaib Akhtar who was a speed demon and potentially one of the fastest bowlers to play.

One of the greatest off-spinners and probably the greatest LOI off-spinners of all time.

Anwar, Inzy, Saleem Malik.


India couldn't even handle 2012 Pak team and were outclassed by Junaid of all people in their own backyard. Now if you want to compare the older Indian teams or maybe even the 2011 Indian World-Cup winning team, there can be a decent argument. But the 90's team would make the current Indian team look like children on the playground.
 
160KPH said:
ITT: Everyone overrates Kohli and Dhoni's captaincy.

1990's Team:
Two of the greatest fast bowlers to grace the game.
-The savagery of Waqar.
-The magic of Wasim.

Shoaib Akhtar who was a speed demon and potentially one of the fastest bowlers to play.

One of the greatest off-spinners and probably the greatest LOI off-spinners of all time.

Anwar, Inzy, Saleem Malik.


India couldn't even handle 2012 Pak team and were outclassed by Junaid of all people in their own backyard. Now if you want to compare the older Indian teams or maybe even the 2011 Indian World-Cup winning team, there can be a decent argument. But the 90's team would make the current Indian team look like children on the playground.
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I think Kohli can be managed by our bowlers of the 90s.. I doubt Dhoni can be. I hate to admit it, but he is a brilliant ODI captain (not so great in T20s).. and our ultra emotional volatile team of the 90s could play right into his hands..

In 2011 WC SF, we were winning.. but he choked our batsmen and defended a smaller total of 260. I don't think we would have had an answer to him..
 
The main difference is that the current Indian bowling line-up is better than the 90s but not that drastically. Whereas the 90s Pakistani batting line-up is drastically better/more assured than the current disasters. Other big difference is current Indian batting is more confident/attacking than the 90s one but still it will wilt if confronted with high quality pacers in conditions that were even somewhat conducive. So given those differences I would say Pak of the 90s. And yes Dhoni is good but Wasim was not that bad either. In fact if we don't just go on stats he is the best w've had after IK. He made the team an aggressive and attacking one, a streak that continued until June 20th, 99.
 
Texaco said:
I think Kohli can be managed by our bowlers of the 90s.. I doubt Dhoni can be. I hate to admit it, but he is a brilliant ODI captain (not so great in T20s).. and our ultra emotional volatile team of the 90s could play right into his hands..

In 2011 WC SF, we were winning.. but he choked our batsmen and defended a smaller total of 260. I don't think we would have had an answer to him..
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Honestly Dhoni is a great captain but we might be giving him more credit than he deserves. He didn't lead his team to Test greatness. He didn't win the last World Cup. His team almost just lost to a damaged Bangladesh side. I would at least expect our batsmen of the 90's to do much better than our current lot and also the bowling would be much improved.


Some stats:
Dhoni overall between all 3 formats as a captain has a Win/Loss of 1.478.
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Ponting for comparison had a Win/Loss of 2.934.
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Going back to this, I think Amir Sohail or Wasim Akram weren't bad captains and are underrated in that respect. For the latter outside of suspicious captaincy decisions, when he was genuinely playing the game he seemed tactically astute.
 
160KPH said:
Honestly Dhoni is a great captain but we might be giving him more credit than he deserves. He didn't lead his team to Test greatness. He didn't win the last World Cup. His team almost just lost to a damaged Bangladesh side. I would at least expect our batsmen of the 90's to do much better than our current lot and also the bowling would be much improved.


Some stats:
Dhoni overall between all 3 formats as a captain has a Win/Loss of 1.478.
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Ponting for comparison had a Win/Loss of 2.934.
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Dhoni is one of the greatest defensive captains ever. He will not give up as a captain or a batsman until the very end. Unfortunately, that's not a great trait to have in tests. Can't compare Dhoni's record in tests as he's just average. In LOIs, he's one of the best as a player and captain. India's been the team to beat in the ICC tournaments this decade
 
Tareen said:
The main difference is that the current Indian bowling line-up is better than the 90s but not that drastically. Whereas the 90s Pakistani batting line-up is drastically better/more assured than the current disasters. Other big difference is current Indian batting is more confident/attacking than the 90s one but still it will wilt if confronted with high quality pacers in conditions that were even somewhat conducive. So given those differences I would say Pak of the 90s. And yes Dhoni is good but Wasim was not that bad either. In fact if we don't just go on stats he is the best w've had after IK. He made the team an aggressive and attacking one, a streak that continued until June 20th, 99.
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Oh come on.. Wasim was not half the captain this guy Dhoni is.. in LOIs. With poor resources Dhoni could choke batsmen like Jayasurya, Ponting, Gilly.. the three batsmen Wasim suffered against with better resources.

In 2011 QF, SF and Final, he didn't let the opposition get away even after reasonable starts.. he just kept coming at you..

Another example would be his last match against Australia.. they raced to 60 in 3-4 overs.. he pulled them back.. by choking the run flow..

I don't think we would have had an answer to him. We would still win due to better talent, but I don't quite get him sorted out.
 
160KPH said:
Honestly Dhoni is a great captain but we might be giving him more credit than he deserves. He didn't lead his team to Test greatness. He didn't win the last World Cup. His team almost just lost to a damaged Bangladesh side. I would at least expect our batsmen of the 90's to do much better than our current lot and also the bowling would be much improved.


Some stats:
Dhoni overall between all 3 formats as a captain has a Win/Loss of 1.478.
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Ponting for comparison had a Win/Loss of 2.934.
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What's your point with W/L ratio ?
 
Dhoni's another test would be against Gayle.. how he keeps him quiet.. if he contains him, that would prove another point. I think in IPL he did it.. but international is a different game.
 
Our 90s team was full of superstars from 1-11. They would mop the floor with this indian team (in all formats) which is heavily reliant on kohli.
 
There is a reason why Pakistan's head to head record is better against us. Its because of the wins in 80's and 90's. Forget comparing it to Pakistan. Lets compare the current indian test team to the team of 90's. You just have to play a combo of kumble and raju to destroy the indian top order in tests. They can't play spin these days.

As far as ODI's are concerned India was a one man army in 90's. It's the same these days. So it will be a close contest.
 
160KPH said:
That even in the modern era that there are captains that far more successful that Dhoni.
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True, but how is it relevant ? Teams win due to many reasons.. I said Dhoni's captaincy would be a big factor, which our 90s team would have no answer to.. it doesn't mean we wouldn't be winning.. we would still win due to a better talented team. But Dhoni the captain could be the biggest threat and roadblock which I don't have an answer to.
 
Texaco said:
True, but how is it relevant ? Teams win due to many reasons.. I said Dhoni's captaincy would be a big factor, which our 90s team would have no answer to.. it doesn't mean we wouldn't be winning.. we would still win due to a better talented team. But Dhoni the captain could be the biggest threat and roadblock which I don't have an answer to.
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I just mean that Dhoni is over-hyped. No doubt he's brilliant and has made some amazing decisions and field sets but overall his record isn't ground-breaking.
Agreed though, Dhoni captaincy could pose a problem. The problem for Dhoni would become that he doesn't have even a quarter of the talent and skill at his grasp in terms of our 90's team.
 
160KPH said:
I just mean that Dhoni is over-hyped. No doubt he's brilliant and has made some amazing decisions and field sets but overall his record isn't ground-breaking.
Agreed though, Dhoni captaincy could pose a problem. The problem for Dhoni would become that he doesn't have even a quarter of the talent and skill at his grasp in terms of our 90's team.
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You are right... As I said in my earlier post, Pakistan 90s team would mop the floor with this current Indian team.. with Dhoni being the thorn in the flesh.
 
Our 90s batting would eat your bowling alive.

And our bowling was the best in the world already.

More balanced team in both Tests and ODIs - India's best team can't claim that. Pak would win 7/10 times.
 
India would get thrashed in all formats except the CWC match which alone India will win...

Pakistan was a formidable team in the 90s bowling, batting and fielding are all well covered and more rounded team...

India was a one man show team back in the 90s and now more or less the same with little contribution here and there...
 
Pakistan of the 90s though bursting with talent, was highly emotionally volatile.. and would hate a calm, calculative opposition captain MS is. Man-to-Man, Pak would win easily, but Dhoni could prove that extra factor which separates collective sum from individual parts.
 
Hawkeye said:
Our 90s batting would eat your bowling alive.

And our bowling was the best in the world already.

More balanced team in both Tests and ODIs - India's best team can't claim that. Pak would win 7/10 times.
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Why did we lose 17 straight ODI games in the 98-99 with our best rounded team to SA ? SA used to beat us every match.. despite our talent.
 
Texaco said:
Oh come on.. Wasim was not half the captain this guy Dhoni is.. in LOIs. With poor resources Dhoni could choke batsmen like Jayasurya, Ponting, Gilly.. the three batsmen Wasim suffered against with better resources.

In 2011 QF, SF and Final, he didn't let the opposition get away even after reasonable starts.. he just kept coming at you..

Another example would be his last match against Australia.. they raced to 60 in 3-4 overs.. he pulled them back.. by choking the run flow..

I don't think we would have had an answer to him. We would still win due to better talent, but I don't quite get him sorted out.
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Fair points and Dhoni maybe a more wily captain but I think you must consider Test cricket record and overseas cricket. Wasim was more aggressive. The Asia test championship in 99, the Tri series in Australia in 96/97 beating Aus in Aus in the pre flat track wickets, and if I am not mistaken Wasim also captained us to Test series win in England in 96, among others. I am afraid the 4-0 4-0 test record of Dhoni in Aus and Eng is a blemish one can't ignore. So I humbly disagree with your first sentence.
 
Tareen said:
Fair points and Dhoni maybe a more wily captain but I think you must consider Test cricket record and overseas cricket. Wasim was more aggressive. The Asia test championship in 99, the Tri series in Australia in 96/97 beating Aus in Aus in the pre flat track wickets, and if I am not mistaken Wasim also captained us to Test series win in England in 96, among others. I am afraid the 4-0 4-0 test record of Dhoni in Aus and Eng is a blemish one can't ignore. So I humbly disagree with your first sentence.
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Well I am talking about ODI captaincy.
 
Pakistan easily , pakistan won every test series in england in the 90s while india gets absolutely thrashed there .
England is just an example , true for most places .
 
What a totally random comparison lol Unless you find 4 or 5 similarities it makes no sense to compare two teams.
 
Lol India only has Dhoni and Kohli ..u r not even the best of this era..ashiwn is a Mediocre overrated bowler overriding on Dust bowls

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Only Dhoni and Kohli will make it to that side

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Pakistan team of 90s hands down, simply becoz of 2 Ws,Shoaib bhai, Saqlain in bowling and Saeed in batting
 
Pakistan team in 90's apart from winning more often against India what are their achievements?

Any significant away test series win/s? Also apart from 91 and 99 WC's any significant victories away from home?
 
Let's look at it this way......Indian Batting vs Pakistani Bowling

Kohli very recently faced a Rampaging Amir in Mirpur where the ball was swinging very similar to how Waqar & Wasim used to do. He had to see off Amir to then counter attack on the other end. In the 90s team there is no such thing as counter attacking the other end, there will be practically 4 ATG level bowlers bowling at him constantly - at their respective peaks of course and would make it really difficult for him to get them Away.

He has to face the 2 Ws (arguably THE BEST pace bowling duo of all times), A pace demon who literally bowls 95+ mph every freaking delivery and an LOI ATG spinner in Saqlain - The first one really to master the art of spin death bowling and then of course inventing the Doosra.

The 5th support bowler would be Azhar Mahmood or Razzaq (both of whom were quite pacy during the 90s) almost 140+ish so again the reprieve of the 5th bowler isn't there as well. Kohli and Dhoni are the only ones even CAPABLE of playing these kinds of bowlers. Rohit, Dhawan, Yuvraj and hacks like Raina would be really made to look damn funny to be honest.

Now let's come to the bowling of India.

This is the lineup that they Indian bowlers comprising of Ashwin, Bumrah, Nehra, Jadeja and Yuvraj / Raina would be bowling to.

Saeed Anwar (The guy was for a brief period in the 90s competing with Sachin for the LOI record of Desmon Haynes - Most ODI centuries)
Amir Sohail
Inzi (Keep in mind his spin and Pace Playing Ability)
Ijaz (A competent Middle Order Bat)
Saleem Malik (A very decent Bat in the 80s and 90s - go check his records on cricinfo)
Rashid / Moin
Wasim
Razzak / Azhar

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Result wise it's not even a competition in test, 9/10 it would be the thumping of epic proportions and the 1 / 10 would be the draw scenario if Dhoni and Kohli got stuck in. In LOI there is no seeing off the bowler scenario as well for either of Kohli and Dhoni so they'd have to take chances against an attack that has 4 ATG LOI bowlers - If you guys think that Kohli and Dhoni are good enough to hit out against Wasim, Waqar, Shoiab and Saqlain then.........Good for you but I personally don't see them dominating us in any way. (This is all my opinion - please don't just simply start bashing me now)

However, the above results would only matter if they play 100% fairly, i.e. no fixing etc is done in any of the games. 90s was a very dark era for Pakistan cricket as far as fixing allegations goes.
 
Mates, don't get fooled by the result of current Indian team. Apart from Kohli, Dhoni & Ashwin, no other players would close to match other team's player. If it was not for Dhoni, then players like Dhawan, Raina, Jadeja would never been picked in Indian team.
 
India with Kohli will challenge Pakistan of 90s. India without Kohli no chance at all. He is almost 50% of the Indian team.
 
switchshot said:
Mates, don't get fooled by the result of current Indian team. Apart from Kohli, Dhoni & Ashwin, no other players would close to match other team's player. If it was not for Dhoni, then players like Dhawan, Raina, Jadeja would never been picked in Indian team.
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Ashwin is overrated. He comes in handy at square turns, that's all.
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
Let's look at it this way......Indian Batting vs Pakistani Bowling

Kohli very recently faced a Rampaging Amir in Mirpur where the ball was swinging very similar to how Waqar & Wasim used to do. He had to see off Amir to then counter attack on the other end. In the 90s team there is no such thing as counter attacking the other end, there will be practically 4 ATG level bowlers bowling at him constantly - at their respective peaks of course and would make it really difficult for him to get them Away.

He has to face the 2 Ws (arguably THE BEST pace bowling duo of all times), A pace demon who literally bowls 95+ mph every freaking delivery and an LOI ATG spinner in Saqlain - The first one really to master the art of spin death bowling and then of course inventing the Doosra.

The 5th support bowler would be Azhar Mahmood or Razzaq (both of whom were quite pacy during the 90s) almost 140+ish so again the reprieve of the 5th bowler isn't there as well. Kohli and Dhoni are the only ones even CAPABLE of playing these kinds of bowlers. Rohit, Dhawan, Yuvraj and hacks like Raina would be really made to look damn funny to be honest.

Now let's come to the bowling of India.

This is the lineup that they Indian bowlers comprising of Ashwin, Bumrah, Nehra, Jadeja and Yuvraj / Raina would be bowling to.

Saeed Anwar (The guy was for a brief period in the 90s competing with Sachin for the LOI record of Desmon Haynes - Most ODI centuries)
Amir Sohail
Inzi (Keep in mind his spin and Pace Playing Ability)
Ijaz (A competent Middle Order Bat)
Saleem Malik (A very decent Bat in the 80s and 90s - go check his records on cricinfo)
Rashid / Moin
Wasim
Razzak / Azhar

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Result wise it's not even a competition in test, 9/10 it would be the thumping of epic proportions and the 1 / 10 would be the draw scenario if Dhoni and Kohli got stuck in. In LOI there is no seeing off the bowler scenario as well for either of Kohli and Dhoni so they'd have to take chances against an attack that has 4 ATG LOI bowlers - If you guys think that Kohli and Dhoni are good enough to hit out against Wasim, Waqar, Shoiab and Saqlain then.........Good for you but I personally don't see them dominating us in any way. (This is all my opinion - please don't just simply start bashing me now)

However, the above results would only matter if they play 100% fairly, i.e. no fixing etc is done in any of the games. 90s was a very dark era for Pakistan cricket as far as fixing allegations goes.
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All this sounds good on paper but our 90s team,which was far worse than today, had a record of 15-23 against Pakistan from 96-2001, also you are forgetting the difference in fielding and running between the wickets, Pak team of 90s was only good on paper and never played like a team, I expect today's India to beat them consistently
 
carrom_ball said:
All this sounds good on paper but our 90s team,which was far worse than today, had a record of 15-23 against Pakistan from 96-2001, also you are forgetting the difference in fielding and running between the wickets, Pak team of 90s was only good on paper and never played like a team, I expect today's India to beat them consistently
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This whole thread entirely is subjective, there is nothing definite about comparing players and teams that have existed almost 20 years apart. The nature of game has changed, the laws have changed and many other aspects in, LOI cricket specially, are new and alien to the 90s players.

However, on basic cricketing skills and a common denominator such as competing in the Test arenas can be the yardstick. The only rule in test cricket that has changed is the bouncer rule so more or less test are somewhat the same.

In order for fair play these hypothetical test matches should be played on neutral ground anywhere in the world and based on these things I believe Pak 90s would actually win on most occasions.

Nothing against the Indians or their current cricket team, they are playing excellent cricket these days and I really enjoy watching the matches but to be fair I have seen the 90s generation very closely and trust me; had it not be blatant match fixing more often than not, Pakistan would've literally rivaled the Windies of 80s and the Aussies of the late 90s and early-mid 00s.
 
The 90s Pak team had more match winners and talent then today's Indian team - but, one big difference... today's India team has advanced into a team capable of consistency that only Australia and South Africa had in 90s. For all the magical moments of that Pak team, they were as a team very unpredictable and inconsistent also.

On that basis, I think India is no longer playing like a 90s subcontinental team and are more advanced and focused on getting the results. I think they would have been able to compete well and beat the Pak team on their off days, but get walloped in between.
 
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