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What is your Indian ODI x1?

SRT
Rohit (sorry Ganguly)
VK
Dravid
Yuvraj
MSD (w) c
Pandya (2nd AR is my formation, who else?)
Dev
Srinath
Kumble
Bumrah

Brilliant side!
 
bujhee kom said:
What is your Indian ODI x1?

SRT
Rohit (sorry Ganguly)
VK
Dravid
Yuvraj
MSD (w) c
Pandya (2nd AR is my formation, who else?)
Dev
Srinath
Kumble
Bumrah

Brilliant side!
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Excellent lineup, but Ganguly over Dravid and Zaheer over Pandya. Ganguly has batted at 4 at times and was a much better ODI player than Dravid.

Tendulkar
Rohit
Kohli
Ganguly
Yuvraj
Dhoni (c) (wk)
Kapil
Srinath
Kumble
Zaheer
Bumrah
 
SRT
Rohit
Virat
Amarnath
Yuvraj
Dhoni
Kapil
Harbhajan
Zaheer
Srinath/Kumble
Bumrah

In the long run, I hope Pandya can take one of pacers role, and Kuldeep or Chahal to take Bhajji's role.
 
Mamoon said:
Excellent lineup, but Ganguly over Dravid and Zaheer over Pandya. Ganguly has batted at 4 at times and was a much better ODI player than Dravid.

Tendulkar
Rohit
Kohli
Ganguly
Yuvraj
Dhoni (c) (wk)
Kapil
Srinath
Kumble
Zaheer
Bumrah
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SG would open but for Rohit. Zak offered little with the bat. It has enough bowling. My logic. I respect all selections.
 
Much as a I love Dravid as a personality and Test player, he has no place in an all-time ODI team.
 
Mamoon said:
Excellent lineup, but Ganguly over Dravid and Zaheer over Pandya. Ganguly has batted at 4 at times and was a much better ODI player than Dravid.

Tendulkar
Rohit
Kohli
Ganguly
Yuvraj
Dhoni (c) (wk)
Kapil
Srinath
Kumble
Zaheer
Bumrah
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I would take harbhajan over srinath. Better balance plus a better slogger.Also.ganguly at 3 and kohli at 4
 
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Agarkar should have been there instead of bumrah,bumrah has to play for next 5 years to define his legacy if you are picking bumrah then you should pick shami as well.
 
anikrc1 said:
I would take harbhajan over srinath. Better balance plus a better slogger
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Depends on the conditions. On a turning pitch, you can leave him out. On a pace-friendly wicket, Kumble alone is enough.
 
andy0204 said:
Agarkar should have been there instead of bumrah,bumrah has to play for next 5 years to define his legacy if you are picking bumrah then you should pick shami as well.
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Considered him but JB is simply better.
 
Rohit
Tendulkar
Gambhir
Kohli
Yuvraj
Dhoni (c) (wk)
Kapil Dev
Kumble
Srinath
Zaheer
Bumrah

12th: Ganguly
 
Sachin
Sehwag
Kohli
Yuvraj
Dravid
Dhoni (c)(k)
Kapil
Kumble
Zaheer
Srinath
Bumrah

12th - Rohit
 
Varun said:
Rohit
Tendulkar
Gambhir
Kohli
Yuvraj
Dhoni (c) (wk)
Kapil Dev
Kumble
Srinath
Zaheer
Bumrah

12th: Ganguly
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Can’t push the GOAT to number 4 to accommodate the angry dwarf. I think Gambhir can handle number 4 if you need to have him in your team.
 
pillionrider said:
Much as a I love Dravid as a personality and Test player, he has no place in an all-time ODI team.
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Sachin Tendulkar
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni (C)
Suresh Raina
Kapil Dev
Harbhajan Singh
Anil Kumble
Zaheer Khan
Jasprit Bumrah

12th Man: Irfan Pathan

Ganguly for me was best as an opener and he couldn't nudge those two out. So no point having him lower down. Also thought of Sehwag, Gambhir and Azharuddin, but again, Sehwag, Gambhir are best suited to be openers. And Azhar was too inconsistent. Besides, keeping an eye out on Kapil AND Azhar at the same time would be a difficult task for the rest of the guys :smith
 
Mamoon said:
Can’t push the GOAT to number 4 to accommodate the angry dwarf. I think Gambhir can handle number 4 if you need to have him in your team.
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VK is not GOAT. I have him 4th, at a minimum Viv and SRT are better as of now. Ponting is the other but that's not a lock.
 
bujhee kom said:
VK is not GOAT. I have him 4th, at a minimum Viv and SRT are better as of now. Ponting is the other but that's not a lock.
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People have their preferences but he is surely in the mix. I consider him the GOAT considering what he has achieved so far and has still 5-6 years at least.
 
Sachin
Rohit
Kohli
Ganguly (c)
Yuvraj
MS Dhoni (wk)
Kapil Dev
Kumble
Harbhajan
Zaheer
Bumrah

Pandya (12th man)
 
SRT
Rohit
Sehwag
Dravid
Yuvraj
Dhoni
Kapil
Bumrah
Zaheer
Kumble
Bhajji

Pandya
Ganguly
Kuldeep
Prabhakar
 
8 or 9 players are universal picks.

When cricinfo picked their WC XI, only 1 name was universal. That was Akram. Shows how rare uniformity of views is, so 8 or 9 is very high.
 
The definite locks are -

Sachin
Kohli
Dhoni
Kapil

The almost locks are -
Rohit
Yuvraj
Srinath
Bumrah
Kumble

So I have -

Sachin
Rohit
Virat
Yuvraj
?
Dhoni
Kapil
Kumble
Srinath
?
Bumrah

The two spots can go to anyone - but for #5 I'd go with Raina, who did very selfless work in that position (+great fielder and able to chuck out a few overs if needed.). #9 is more contentious, Any of Zaheer / Bhajji / Pandya (Push the other bowlers down one spot each) can come in depending on the pitch.
 
India’s ATG ODI XI would have a MONSTROUS batting line up :-

Tendulkar - GOAT
Sharma - 2nd GOAT opener
Kohli - GOAT chaser/#3
Ganguly - legend
Yuvraj - legend
Dhoni - GOAT finisher
Dev - GOAT ODI AR
 
pillionrider said:
Much as a I love Dravid as a personality and Test player, he has no place in an all-time ODI team.
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If Dhoni had not arrived as WK batsman, then Dravid would have found place as WK... Such low standard keepers (batting-wise) we had! Only Pant is showing the promise (and probably the modern brigade!) As much we hate Dhoni today, he did raise the standards of WK/Batsman for India!
 
SRT
Rohit
Kohli
Yuvi
Dhoni
Raina
Dev
Kumble
Srinath*
Zaheer*
Bumrah

12th man - Bhajji for time being but either one of KulCha can make it if they can replicate their current numbers for next 5 years

Either one of Srinath/Zaheer can be replaced by the extra spinner for the spin friendly conditions.
 
Vikram Rathore
Sadagoppan Ramesh
Soma Sunder Das
Jacob Martin
Atul Bedade
Vijay Dahiya
Romesh Powar
Dinda
Dodda Ganesh
Nilesh Kulkarni/ Ashish Kapoor
Harvinder Singh
 
for those inserting Ganguly into middle order.. please take look at the stats below. Instead of choosing the best 11, if we choose the best man for each position, then Ganguly don't even make into top 20 middle order batters for India.


Highest runs scored for India between positions 4,5,6
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...rby=runs;team=6;template=results;type=batting

Azhar has same average as Raina at much slower SR.
Dravid has slightly better average but scores at a lot slower than Raina

Plus Raina can chip in with a few overs if needed and the best fielder in this team.
 
RamLakhan said:
If Dhoni had not arrived as WK batsman, then Dravid would have found place as WK... Such low standard keepers (batting-wise) we had! Only Pant is showing the promise (and probably the modern brigade!) As much we hate Dhoni today, he did raise the standards of WK/Batsman for India!
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That phase of his career when an offspinner came on and you just knew it was going to disappear. The chase with Yuvraj in Pakistan. Too many memories to judge him by his end.
 
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Virat Kohli
4. Sourav Ganguly (c)
5. Yuvraj Singh
6. MS Dhoni (wk)
7. Kapil Dev
8. Harbhajan Singh
9. Anil Kumble
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Jasprit Bumrah

Cannot imagine a better XI for India.
 
SRT
Rohit
Kohli
Dravid
Yuvi
MSD(c)
Kapil
Bhajji
Zak
Srinath/Kumble
Bumrah
 
1. Sachin
2. Sehwag
3. Kohli
4. Yuvraj
5. Dhoni [C ][+]
6. Raina
7. Pandya
8. Ashwin [subcontinent]/ Bhuvi [otherwise]
9. Kapil Dev
10. Shami/Zaheer
11. Bumrah


12th man : Jadeja

Hard choice between Rohit and Sehwag but Sehwag can destroy opposition's main bowler and deflate his confidence like he did to Umar gul's in Mohali. Also, he can utilise Powerplay much more effectively.

Our bowling currently is the best we ever had, so I will stick with them. Only kapil dev comes into my team from yesteryears mainly because of his all round capabilities or I don't consider player from those amateur years to cope up with rigorous demand of modern day cricket.

This team can bat till 9 and also we can bring in Jadeja in place of Ashwin or Zaheer once they finish up their quota to beef up fielding.
 
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1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Virat Kohli
4. Mohammad Azharuddin
5. Yuvraj Singh
6. Mahendra Dhoni (wk) (c)
7. Kapil Dev (vc)
8. Anil Kumble
9. Harbjhan Singh
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Javgal Srinath
 
ak619 said:
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Virat Kohli
4. Sourav Ganguly (c)
5. Yuvraj Singh
6. MS Dhoni (wk)
7. Kapil Dev
8. Harbhajan Singh
9. Anil Kumble
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Jasprit Bumrah

Cannot imagine a better XI for India.
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Ganguly at 4 makes no sense. These are best 11 player about don't make a team.

Yuvi-raina-dhoni is middle order as a best XI team.

Rest of team is perfect maybe Kuldeep or pandya can replace one of the spinners in future if they can have a stellar career.
 
shami kuldeep chahal can make it if they continue their respective tracks.
 
1. Tendulkar
2. Sehwag
3. Kohli
4. Yuvraj
5. Raina
6. MS Dhoni (WK + Cpt)
7. Kapil Dev
8. Pandya
9. Zaheer Khan
10. Shami
11. Bumrah

Rohit Sharma is uneccesary with a top 3 containing Sachin Tendulkar & Virat Kohli. Those are the two players you want accumulating runs & Sehwag is the perfect bomb to start off an innings and potentially win the game in the first 10.
 
1) sehwag
2) rohit
3) sachin
4) kohli
5) yuvraj
6) dhoni (c)(wk)
7) kapil
8) bhaji
9) kumble / shami
10) zaheer
11) bumrah
 
Can't believe people are including Yadav, Chahal, Bumrah, Shami etc. Bowlers like Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan etc picked up their first 100-125 wickets at averages of 25 or less. Can't include players that have barely taken 100 wickets in All time 11s
 
Kapil will be captain!
1.Sehwag
2.Rohit
3.Sachin
4.Kohli/Azar (tough to decide)
5.Yuvi
6.Dhoni
7.Kapil
8.Srinath
9.Prasanna
10.Kumble
11.Bumrah

12. Rahul Dravid
13.Vijay Hazare
 
big_gamer007 said:
Ganguly at 4 makes no sense. These are best 11 player about don't make a team.

Yuvi-raina-dhoni is middle order as a best XI team.

Rest of team is perfect maybe Kuldeep or pandya can replace one of the spinners in future if they can have a stellar career.
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Actually I wanted to have Ganguly at no 3 where he averages a brilliant 52.

But I know that if I displace Kohli from no 3 many here would lose their minds. :P

But yeah ideally I would have Ganguly at 3 and Kohli at 4.

Sachin, Rohit, Ganguly, Kohli, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Kapil - there cannot be a better top 7 from one country in the history of the game.
 
Sachin
Rohit
Kohli
Ganguly
Yuvraj
Dhoni(C/wkt)
Kapil
Kumble
Harbhajan
Zaheer
Bumrah

12th man- Sir Ravindra Jadeja
 
India All Time Odi XI
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Sourav Ganguly (C)
3. Virat Kohli
4. Yuvraj Singh
5. Rahul Dravid
6. MS Dhoni (WK)
7. Kapil Dev
8. Harbhajan Singh
9. Javagal Srinath
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Anil Kumble

List of players that can be a part at the end of their careers :
Rohit Sharma
Shikhar Dhawan
Mohammad Shami
Kuldeep Yadav
Yuzvendra Chahal
Jasprit Bumrah
 
ak619 said:
Actually I wanted to have Ganguly at no 3 where he averages a brilliant 52.

But I know that if I displace Kohli from no 3 many here would lose their minds. :P

But yeah ideally I would have Ganguly at 3 and Kohli at 4.

Sachin, Rohit, Ganguly, Kohli, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Kapil - there cannot be a better top 7 from one country in the history of the game.
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But that takes out the 2nd best batsmen in history of cricket. SRT is best batsmen ever, Rohit is 2nd best opener they will play good number of overs in most matches. So we need 2nd best player Kohli to come in at 3 to get as much time in middle as possible.

We can't let the 2nd best batsmen ever to play at number 4 where he won't get time to be a Kohli.

For team balance Raina is much more needed than ganguly. Ganguly is competing with Sachin, Rohit, sehwag and Kohli spot. He loses to all 4 of them :).
 
Sachin
Sehwag
Dravid
Azhar
Yuvraj
Kapil
Dhoni
Irfan
Kumble
Bumrah
Shrisanth
 
Mamoon said:
Excellent lineup, but Ganguly over Dravid and Zaheer over Pandya. Ganguly has batted at 4 at times and was a much better ODI player than Dravid.

Tendulkar
Rohit
Kohli
Ganguly
Yuvraj
Dhoni (c) (wk)
Kapil
Srinath
Kumble
Zaheer
Bumrah
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Replace Srinath with Kumar and Kumble with either Chahal or Kuldeep.
 
Ab Fan said:
Sachin
Rohit
Kohli
Ganguly
Yuvraj
Dhoni(C/wkt)
Kapil
Kumble
Harbhajan
Zaheer
Bumrah

12th man- Sir Ravindra Jadeja
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2nd ODI XI:-

Sehwag
Dhawan
Gambhir
Azharuddin
Dravid(wkt)
Raina
Pandya
Agarkar/Bhuvi
Kuldeep
Chahal
Srinath
 
Sachin
Sehwag
Kohli
Rohit (c)
Ganguly
Yuvraj
Dhoni (wk)
Harbhajan
Zaheer
Shami
Bumrah.
 
Other than Kapil and Sachin - I don't think there would be too many yesteryear players in an all-time ODI XI. The fitness standards and fielding abilities of the players of today put those of the past into insignificance.
 
LongtimeLurk3r said:
Other than Kapil and Sachin - I don't think there would be too many yesteryear players in an all-time ODI XI. The fitness standards and fielding abilities of the players of today put those of the past into insignificance.
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Thats why when comparing players you don’t compare players between eras. Only between contemporaries. And if a person is ahead of his contemporaries in a given era, he will also adapt in any era.

Bradman’s gap to the next best is so high that he would be the greatest in any era.
 
Sachin
Rohit
Ganguly
Kohli
Sehwag
Yuvraj
Dhoni(wk)
Kapil(c)
Zaheer
Kumble
Bumrah

as of now
 
Bhaijaan’s ATG Bharatiya ODI XI :-

Sachin Tendulkar
The Hitman
Saurav Ganguly
Virat Kohli
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni (wikkie)
Kapil Dev (Kaptaan)
Harbhajan Singh
Anil Kumble
Mohammad Shami
Jaspit Bumrah
 
Sachin
Rohit
Kohli
Gambhir
Yuvi
Dhoni(c)(wk)
Hardik
Bumrah
Shami
Zaheer
Kuldeep


12th man : sehwag



Selected hardik only because he is batting allrounder and complete the 5th bowler quota with yuvraj singh.India didn't have batting allrounder before.
 
I love these kind of threads 😍

Tests :-
1. Virender Sehwag
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Virat Kohli (c)
6. Rishabh Pant (wk)
7. Kapil Dev
8. Ravi Ashwin
9. Anil Kumble
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Jasprit Bumrah


ODIs :-
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Virat Kohli
4. Sourav Ganguly
5. Mohd Azharuddin
6. Yuvraj Singh
7. MS Dhoni (wk) (c)
8. Kapil Dev
9. Anil Kumble
10. Mohd Shami
11. Jasprit Bumrah


T20Is :-
1. Rohit Sharma
2. Lokesh Rahul
3. Virat Kohli
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. Yuvraj Singh
6. MS Dhoni (wk/c)
7. Hardik Pandya
8. Ravi Ashwin
9. Bhuvi Kumar
10. Kuldeep Yadav
11. Jasprit Bumrah
 
For ODI

1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Rohit Sharma
3) Virat Kohli
4) Sourav Ganguly
5) Yuvraj Singh
6) MS Dhoni (C) (Sorry kapil dev, Dhoni is my kaptaan)
7) Kapil Dev
8) Anil Kumble
9) Kuldeep Yadav (Harbajan In this day and age would probs get caught for chucking, otherwise I'd choose harbajan over Kuldeep)
10) Bumrah
11) Shami
 
Unbiased-Fan said:
Tests :-
1. Virender Sehwag
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Virat Kohli (c)
6. Rishabh Pant (wk)
7. Kapil Dev
8. Ravi Ashwin
9. Anil Kumble
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Jasprit Bumrah
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Zaheer ZAK Khan :lol
 
Rohit
Sachin
Ganguly
Kohli
Yuvi
Dhoni(c/wkt)
Kapil
Kumble
Kuldeep
Shami
Bumrah

Zak is also good and having a leftie in white ball cricket gives an advantage, which is proven historically. But Shami can't be dropped after a legendary World Cup tournament. He had fitness issues so Zak can come in when he or Bumrah is not available.
 
Unbiased-Fan said:
I love these kind of threads 😍

Tests :-
1. Virender Sehwag
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Virat Kohli (c)
6. Rishabh Pant (wk)
7. Kapil Dev
8. Ravi Ashwin
9. Anil Kumble
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Jasprit Bumrah


ODIs :-
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Virat Kohli
4. Sourav Ganguly
5. Mohd Azharuddin
6. Yuvraj Singh
7. MS Dhoni (wk) (c)
8. Kapil Dev
9. Anil Kumble
10. Mohd Shami
11. Jasprit Bumrah


T20Is :-
1. Rohit Sharma
2. Lokesh Rahul
3. Virat Kohli
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. Yuvraj Singh
6. MS Dhoni (wk/c)
7. Hardik Pandya
8. Ravi Ashwin
9. Bhuvi Kumar
10. Kuldeep Yadav
11. Jasprit Bumrah
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Lokesh Rahul, haha 😂

Get Mr. IPL, Suresh Raina in at 3 and open with Kohli.
 
mominsaigol said:
For ODI

1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Rohit Sharma
3) Virat Kohli
4) Sourav Ganguly
5) Yuvraj Singh
6) MS Dhoni (C) (Sorry kapil dev, Dhoni is my kaptaan)
7) Kapil Dev
8) Anil Kumble
9) Kuldeep Yadav (Harbajan In this day and age would probs get caught for chucking, otherwise I'd choose harbajan over Kuldeep)
10) Bumrah
11) Shami
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Perfect.
Depending on the pitch, I will swap Pandya for Kumble as this lineup already covers spinners like Kuldeep, Yuvi, and other part-time spinners.
 
Ab Fan said:
Rohit
Sachin
Ganguly
Kohli
Yuvi
Dhoni(c/wkt)
Kapil
Kumble
Kuldeep
Shami
Bumrah

Zak is also good and having a leftie in white ball cricket gives an advantage, which is proven historically. But Shami can't be dropped after a legendary World Cup tournament. He had fitness issues so Zak can come in when he or Bumrah is not available.
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I would have selected the exact same team!

You have 8 bowling options in that team.. WOW!
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Infact jadeja also not justify his position in ODIs i will rather add Irfan Pathan and Ashwin
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Irfan > Jadeja > Ashwin for me.

Irfan was impact player. Jadeja is better than Ashwin due to his extraordinary contribution in fielding.
 
Ab Fan said:
Irfan > Jadeja > Ashwin for me.

Irfan was impact player. Jadeja is better than Ashwin due to his extraordinary contribution in fielding.
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if u talk about impact player then nobody can match the class of Hardik Pandya, he is above all of them.
 
Bhaijaan’s Updated ATG Bharatiya ODI XI :-

Sachin Tendulkar
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Mohd. Azharuddin
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni
Kapil Dev (Kaptaan)
Hardik Pandya
Anil Kumble / Mohd Shami (*as per pitch)
Jaspit Bumrah
Kuldeep Yadav





Major changes :-
  • Philosophy - Aggression, match winning ability and picking players perfect for the position.
  • Consciously loaded the team with ARs as per modern day cricket requirements. Provides flexibility and elongates the batting depth.
  • Ganguly dropped as Virat moves to #3
  • Azharuddin picked at #4 for his record at that position, flexibility, slogging ability as required by modern day cricket
  • Pandya & Kuldeep picked. Both finally made it in my ATG XI
  • Shreya’s is knocking at the door. 2-3 years of solid performances at #4-5 spot will see him replacing Mohd Azharuddin. I could do it now also but guess he must earn it by scoring a lot more runs. Can’t just give it to him on the basis of 2,000 runs
  • Sehwag, Dhawan, Ganguly miss out despite being great players because the Top 3 pretty much picked themselves and I wouldn’t play openers in the middle order.
  • Gambhir couldn’t make it at #3 because of Kohli. Otherwise absolute gigachad.
 
IN ASIAN CONDITIONS

Rohit Sharma
S.Tendulkar
V.Kohli
M.Azharuddin
Y.Singh
K.Dev
M.Dhoni
R.Jadeja
R.Ashwin
Z.Khan
J.Bumrah
 
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