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Which team is most likely to win a Test in India?

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amit said:
Interesting way to play. Saving up the big picks for later and hoping no one else picks them up :ssa2
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The sadist [MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] already sabotaged one of my picks. How could I have not thought that "Ab Fan" was obviously going to pick AB de Villiers:sree
 
FollowThru said:
Its so obvious that you might as well make your last pick.
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Actually I was gonna pick AB, but he got picked before I could which put me in depression for two hours.

Actually I'm unsure who to pick for the last place to balance my side well - a batsman, a bowler or an all rounder.
 
street cricketer said:
The sadist [MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] already sabotaged one of my picks. How could I have not thought that "Ab Fan" was obviously going to pick AB de Villiers:sree
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Lol, you picked Viv Richards and crying about not picking :ab

:viru
 
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[MENTION=140824]Last Monetarist[/MENTION], it was 94?? :mv
 
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Last Monetarist said:
I forgot that Marnus Labuschagne debuted in 2018 in the UAE, for some reason I was under the impression that he debuted at Lord's after Smith's concussion.
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Oh man! That is so bizzare :sree

Actually, I had a pick in my mind with a test career of 5 years and you have basically sabotaged that. Got to look for other options now. :mv
 
Ab Fan said:
Oh man! That is so bizzare :sree

Actually, I had a pick in my mind with a test career of 5 years and you have basically sabotaged that. Got to look for other options now. :mv
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I just verified the career spans for everyone and found this mistake, better to have caught it now than later.

I was also assuming that everyone is keeping tabs on their teams themselves.

Apologies for what it's worth.
 
not sure hows he lasted this long with a home average of 55+, cheteshwar pujara
[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] next
 
[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] has selected Darren Lehmann.

[MENTION=149054]shamaan[/MENTION] you are up.
 
I pick Shaheen Shah Afridi. High quality tall left arm bowler and among the most skillful of this era.
 
Been forced to pick a young opener here, mulled over three that have opened the batting for their country over the last week. All three got fifties, and are highly rated to various degrees by those that have seen them bat. I'll just go with gut feel and pick the one most likely to succeed:

Shubman Gill
 
My final pick is the man who once scored a heroic double-century in Madras:

Dean Jones

My final team:

Shubman Gill
Barry Richards
Brian Lara
Virat Kohli (c)
Graeme Pollock
Dean Jones
Ben Foakes (wk)
Wasim Akram
Dale Steyn
Bill O'Reilly
Hedley Verity

Some weaknesses obviously, but I am very pleased with that.
 
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Last Monetarist said:
Been forced to pick a young opener here, mulled over three that have opened the batting for their country over the last week. All three got fifties, and are highly rated to various degrees by those that have seen them bat. I'll just go with gut feel and pick the one most likely to succeed:

Shubman Gill
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I wanted to go with him as well and thought that I would go middle order heavy. But I found out a player who has not been surprisingly picked. Imo he is the greatest test captain and strategist of this generation.

My last pick will be Kane Williamson. Who will also captain my side.
[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] your turn
 
This is my final XI. Could've done a little better some may say. But overall I am happy with how this has been shaped and looks a good a balanced side.

1. Shikhar Dhawan
2. Marcus Trescothick
3. Kane Williamson (c)
4. Younis Khan
5. Steve Smith
6. Andrew Flower (wk)
7. Jason Holder
8. Rashid Khan
9. Shoaib Akhtar
10. Saeed Ajmal
11. Glenn McGrath
 
Last Monetarist said:
Been forced to pick a young opener here, mulled over three that have opened the batting for their country over the last week. All three got fifties, and are highly rated to various degrees by those that have seen them bat. I'll just go with gut feel and pick the one most likely to succeed:

Shubman Gill
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Shubman Gill was going to be my last pick :mv
 
ARK Rafay said:
There's always Abdullah Shafique :moyo2
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I will research and come up with someone good when my turn comes but if anyone saw my XI, Shubman Gill was the most obvious choice for me looking at other 10 players and given that I had to pick someone with upto 1 year experience
 
amit said:
Shubman Gill was going to be my last pick :mv
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Lmao I was thinking who you were going to pick with the 1 year experience. Gill probably is the best batter in that bracket. Perhaps Conway, but he might have been picked.
 
ARK Rafay said:
There's always Abdullah Shafique :moyo2
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I'm not kidding when I state that I considered the other young openers as well, I'm impressed by what I have seen of Shafique, but he's not quite got the same range of strokes as Gill. Bit early to compare temperament though.
 
Considering it was a draft for Indian conditions, Kapil Dev should have been picked in first round itself.
 
I pick the Kiwi pacer, Kyle Jamieson as my final pick. Currently averaging 14 as a bowler, he is definitely a great fast bowling prospect and is a good lower order hitter.

I had a close eye on one of the young Indian prodigy for that spot but perhaps the performance in the last week took over for me. Also, I wanted a third pacer as I have enough spinners in the side for Indian conditions- Michael Clarke and Joe Root have best figures of 6-9 and 5-8 respectively in India only.

My final team :-

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Herbert Sutcliffe
3. Marnus Labuschagne
4. Joe Root
5. Michael Clarke (c)
6. AB de Villiers (wkt)
7. Ravichandran Ashwin
8. Kyle Jamieson
9. Richie Benaud
10. Malcolm Marshall
11. Shaheen Shah Afridi

For captaincy, it could have been either of the two spinners, Richie Benaud or Ravichandran Ashwin but I wanted to go with a batter so Michael Clarke is my captain.
 
street cricketer said:
Lmao I was thinking who you were going to pick with the 1 year experience. Gill probably is the best batter in that bracket. Perhaps Conway, but he might have been picked.
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If anyone has been following my picks, would have guessed my last pick will be Shubman Gill and that wasn't tough to guess
 
To ensure that the draft keeps moving, I'll post [MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION]'s last pick given that his selection won't affect those around him:

Vinoo Mankad

So it's [MENTION=149054]shamaan[/MENTION] followed by [MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION] next.
 
Can't believe no one has picked VVS Laxman & Harbhajan Singh in this draft
 
Last Monetarist said:
To ensure that the draft keeps moving, I'll post [MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION]'s last pick given that his selection won't affect those around him:

Vinoo Mankad

So it's [MENTION=149054]shamaan[/MENTION] followed by [MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION] next.
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I' will go with Adam voges
 
My final XI

Overall a good squad with depth in batting upto number 8 with 5 bowlers.2 world class batters who could bat for hours.1 of the greatest all rounders cricket has ever seen.

My captain will be Imran Khan.

What do people think of my team ?

Sunil Gavaskar
Asim Kamal
Rahul Dravid
Jonathan Trott
Adam voges
Rizwan
Fahim Ashraf
Imran Khan
Saqlain Mushtaq
Yasir Shah
Curtly Ambrose
 
gonna go with someone i feel who has been hard done by, but is potentially one of the most dangerous players in indian conditions, prithvi shaw as my second opener.

that leave my team as

saeed anwar
prithvi shaw
cheteshwar pujara
ken barrington
tony greig
ms dhoni (c) (+)
ravi jadeja
ian botham
wes hall
simon harmer
subhash gupte

two dashing openers up top followed by two accumulators with excellent records in india.

tony greig lends balance to the team with his batting, medium pace bowling as the third seamer and sheer physical presence. MS Dhoni is one of the most technically proficient keepers on indian pitches, and one of the best captains in these conditions.

ravi jadeja and ian botham will both provide staunch resistance in the event the top order fails. wes hall to inject pace to liven things up on the deadest of pitches.

the xi is rounded out with harmer and gupte giving dhoni a leggie, SLA and offie.

finally my team has 5 indians, as recent series have shown, even star studded teams struggle in indian conditions against local condition specialist. this i believe gives me an advanage against other, more glamorous selections.
 
On to [MENTION=136113]Barragan[/MENTION] for his final pick.
 
Can I make my pick now as my pick won't affect anyone whose turn is before mine
 
Should we run a poll to determine the strongest teams?

[MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION], I seem to remember you running simulations last time around, is that on the cards again?
 
therealAB's team:

Alistair Cook
Vinoo Mankad
K.S Ranjitshini
Kim Hughes
Alvin Kallicharan
Darren Lehmann
Matthew Prior
Keith Miller
Clarrie Grimmett
Andy Roberts
Allan Donald

An extremely well balanced team, with 5 good bowlers and batsmen averaging 35+ down to 8. Players that are not commonly considered ATG's but with strong subcontinental records have been selected - Kallicharan/Hughes averaging 55+ in India and Lehman being instrumental in the Australia win in Sri Lanka in 2004. All are considered fantastic players of spin.

Other players of note are Donald, with an average of 16! in India, and Vinoo Mankad who averages over 50 with the bat opening and 26.5 bowling in the country - an outstanding all round record
 
Last Monetarist said:
Should we run a poll to determine the strongest teams?

[MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION], I seem to remember you running simulations last time around, is that on the cards again?
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Simulations will be good. Maybe we can have both poll and simulations
 
My next and final pick is the mighty Hash:amla

I had a lot of trouble finding who to pick for the last spot, and I shortlisted many players including Langer, Greg Chappell, Amla, Border, MoYo, Graeme Smith and even left field picks like Gayle and McCullum. But when I searched for their performances in India, only one of them stood tall. Amla averaged 102 in India minus his last tour on tampered wickets. Even including his last series on terrible pitches, he incredibly averaged 62 in India with 4 centuries including a famous unbeaten 253* at Nagpur which helped South Africa defeat India by an innings. Anywhere else, I would have picked Punter, but Amla is a no brainer selection in India.
 
My last pick is a unlucky Indian opening batsman from the 1950s, Madhav Rao Apte who got less chances and should have got more. He was unfairly dropped from Indian team after the series against West Indies in 1953 after playing just 7 Tests with a average of 49
 
My final XI:

Mathew Hayden
Hashim Amla
Sir Vivian Richards (c)
Kevin Pietersen
Ben Stokes
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shahid Afridi
Graeme Swann
Axar Patel
Kagiso Rabada
Jasprit Bumrah

On the batting front, I've the marauding opener Mathew Hayden who had a great tour for Australia in their series win in India to partner with the rock Hashim Amla. I have the great man himself at one down. Kevin Pietersen who played one of the greatest innings ever by a visiting batsman in India on a rank turner at Mumbai slots in at 4. I have the greatest all rounder of this generation at 5 as the seam bowling all rounder followed by the greatest ever wicket keeper batsman in Gilchrist at 6 and the uber attacking Lala at 7 to provide the late middle order hitting along with Stokes, all of whom have the ability to change the game within a session.

On the bowling front, I have 3 spinners who bowl three different varieties of spin - an off spinner in Swann who helped England win a historic series in India, a left arm spinner in Axar who has been breaking records for fun in India and a leggie in Afridi who is my 3rd spinner. On the quick bowling front, I have Bumrah and Rabada who are (along with Cummins and Hazlewood) two of the fast bowling quartet of this generation to provide respite for the spinners with their 90mph toe crushers and Stokes to come in and help when the wicket is dead and nothing is happening. I have 7 batsmen and 6 bowlers with 3 spinners and 3 seamers, so I think I have balanced my side on all fronts as much as I could do within the quota that was available.

Missed out on a few big fishes in the opening rounds but I think I'm reasonably happy with how the side has eventually turned out.
 
Final Teams are in:

@Last Monetarist

Shubman Gill
Barry Richards
Brian Lara
Virat Kohli (c)
Graeme Pollock
Dean Jones
Ben Foakes (wk)
Wasim Akram
Dale Steyn
Bill O'Reilly
Hedley Verity

@ARK Rafay

Shikhar Dhawan
Marcus Trescothick
Kane Williamson (c)
Younis Khan
Steven Smith
Andrew Flower (wk)
Jason Holder
Rashid Khan
Shoaib Akhtar
Saeed Ajmal
Glenn McGrath

@Ab Fan

Virender Sehwag
Herbert Sutcliffe
Marnus Labuschagne
Joe Root
Michael Clarke (c)
AB de Villiers (wkt)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Kyle Jamieson
Richie Benaud
Malcolm Marshall
Shaheen Shah Afridi

@shamaan

Sunil Gavaskar
Asim Kamal
Rahul Dravid
Jonathan Trott
Adam Voges
Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
Imran Khan (c)
Faheem Ashraf
Saqlain Mushtaq
Yasir Shah
Curtly Ambrose

@therealAB

Alastair Cook
Vinoo Mankad
K.S Ranjitsinhji
Kim Hughes
Alvin Kallicharran
Darren Lehmann
Matthew Prior (wk)
Keith Miller
Clarrie Grimmett
Andy Roberts
Allan Donald

(presuming Kim Hughes is not captain)

@ElRaja

Saeed Anwar
Prithvi Shaw
Cheteshwar Pujara
Ken Barrington
Tony Greig
MS Dhoni (c) (+)
Ravi Jadeja
Lord Botham
Wes Hall
Simon Harmer
Subhash Gupte

@Barragan

Devon Conway
Mark Richardson
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Vijay Hazare
Sir Garfield Sobers
Andrew Symonds
Mike Proctor
Moeen Ali
Shane Warne
Ryan Harris
Muttiah Muralitharan

(Presuming Sobers is captain)

@street cricketer

Matthew Hayden
Hashim Amla
Sir Vivian Richards (c)
Kevin Pietersen
Ben Stokes
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shahid Afridi
Graeme Swann
Axar Patel
Kagiso Rabada
Jasprit Bumrah

@amit

Madhav Apte
Rohit Sharma
Vinod Kambli
Sachin Tendulkar
Shreyas Iyer
Shakib al Hasan
Rishabh Pant (wk)
Alan Davidson
Anil Kumble
Jim Laker
Shane Bond

(Presuming Tendulkar is not captain)
 
amit said:
My last pick is a unlucky Indian opening batsman from the 1950s, Madhav Rao Apte who got less chances and should have got more. He was unfairly dropped from Indian team after the series against West Indies in 1953 after playing just 7 Tests with a average of 49
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With this pick, my XI is completed as well

Rohit Sharma
Madhav Rao Apte
Vinod Kambli
Sachin Tendulkar
Shreyas Iyer
Shakib Al Hasan
Rishabh Pant (w)
Alan Davidson
Anil Kumble (c)
Jim Laker
Shane Bond

With 7 Indian players in the XI, this XI is well suited to Indian conditions with 6 of the top 7 being Indians and mostly good players of spin

Rohit Sharma has a excellent record in India with a average of 79.52 at home and about Madhav Rao Apte, I told in above post

Vinod Kambli had a short test career but he averaged 54 and was dropped after Dravid, Ganguly and Laxman emerged in 1996

There is no need to mention about Sachin Tendulkar, everyone knows about him :sachin

Shreyas Iyer got a delayed Test debut and made his mark immediately. Also he has a good FC record as well and is a excellent player of spin as well

Rishabh Pant has improved a lot as a wicket-keeper and on his day, he can turn any test match in about 10 overs with the bat

Anil Kumble - Jim Laker - Shakib Al Hasan complete the spin trio with a leg spinner, a off spinner and a left arm spinner. On spin friendly conditions, they will be tough to play. Being a all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan also adds to the batting depth as well. Anil Kumble and Jim Laker are also the only bowlers in Test history to pick up all 10 wickets in a innings. Anil Kumble is 1 of the highest wicket takers in Tests with 619 wickets and Jim Laker has a bowling average of 21

The pace attack is completed by Shane Bond and Alan Davidson. Shane Bond is 1 of the unluckiest bowlers and got to play just 18 tests, but he has a bowling average of 22 and can bowl with extra pace and bounce which will be needed on Indian pitches. Alan Davidson is 1 of the best left arm pacers of all time and a decent lower order batsman as well

For captaincy, I will go with Anil Kumble as he helped India get a famous win in Perth in 2008 and is known for keeping the team together during the crisis in 2008 Australia tour
 
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Teams added to OP and poll added.

Let us know what you think, which of these teams is most balanced?

There are some controversial omissions as well, what do you think were some selection errors and debatable picks?
 
I would like to mention some of the honorable names of cricketers who were in my list but unfortunately couldn't make it in any of the teams.

Allan Border
Hashim Amla
Graeme Smith
 
street cricketer said:
My next and final pick is the mighty Hash:amla

I had a lot of trouble finding who to pick for the last spot, and I shortlisted many players including Langer, Greg Chappell, Amla, Border, MoYo, Graeme Smith and even left field picks like Gayle and McCullum. But when I searched for their performances in India, only one of them stood tall. Amla averaged 102 in India minus his last tour on tampered wickets. Even including his last series on terrible pitches, he incredibly averaged 62 in India with 4 centuries including a famous unbeaten 253* at Nagpur which helped South Africa defeat India by an innings. Anywhere else, I would have picked Punter, but Amla is a no brainer selection in India.
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I thought you would pick Ross Taylor or Inzamam.
 
FollowThru said:
I thought you would pick Ross Taylor or Inzamam.
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Taylor has an average record in India from memory. I did consider Inzy, but I considered MoYo far more than Inzy because he has a great record in Asia. I was close to picking MoYo but Amla's record in India sealed the deal for me.
 
street cricketer said:
Taylor has an average record in India from memory. I did consider Inzy, but I considered MoYo far more than Inzy because he has a great record in Asia. I was close to picking MoYo but Amla's record in India sealed the deal for me.
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Moto has poor record in India and SL, averaging close to 30. His Asia record is inflated thanks to bashing Bangladesh with an average of 250 and also a lot of runs on UAE flat pitches. A good pick for Indian conditions but Inzy certainly better.
 
Best XI out of unpicked players

Graeme Smith (c)
Gautam Gambhir
Ricky Ponting
Allan Border
VVS Laxman
Brendan McCullum (w)
Kapil Dev
Daniel Vettori
Harbhajan Singh
Waqar Younis
Pragyan Ojha
 
Ab Fan said:
Moto has poor record in India and SL, averaging close to 30. His Asia record is inflated thanks to bashing Bangladesh with an average of 250 and also a lot of runs on UAE flat pitches. A good pick for Indian conditions but Inzy certainly better.
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Yeah I was deceived by his asia average. Then I filtered it to India and it was mediocre.
 
amit said:
Best XI out of unpicked players

Graeme Smith (c)
Gautam Gambhir
Ricky Ponting
Allan Border
VVS Laxman
Brendan McCullum (w)
Kapil Dev
Daniel Vettori
Harbhajan Singh
Waqar Younis
Pragyan Ojha
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Miandad, Herath and Qadir in for Border, Vettori and Ojha.
 
Last Monetarist said:
Final Teams are in:

@Last Monetarist

Shubman Gill
Barry Richards
Brian Lara
Virat Kohli (c)
Graeme Pollock
Dean Jones
Ben Foakes (wk)
Wasim Akram
Dale Steyn
Bill O'Reilly
Hedley Verity

@ARK Rafay

Shikhar Dhawan
Marcus Trescothick
Kane Williamson (c)
Younis Khan
Steven Smith
Andrew Flower (wk)
Jason Holder
Rashid Khan
Shoaib Akhtar
Saeed Ajmal
Glenn McGrath

@Ab Fan

Virender Sehwag
Herbert Sutcliffe
Marnus Labuschagne
Joe Root
Michael Clarke (c)
AB de Villiers (wkt)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Kyle Jamieson
Richie Benaud
Malcolm Marshall
Shaheen Shah Afridi

@shamaan

Sunil Gavaskar
Asim Kamal
Rahul Dravid
Jonathan Trott
Adam Voges
Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
Imran Khan (c)
Faheem Ashraf
Saqlain Mushtaq
Yasir Shah
Curtly Ambrose

@therealAB

Alastair Cook
Vinoo Mankad
K.S Ranjitsinhji
Kim Hughes
Alvin Kallicharran
Darren Lehmann
Matthew Prior (wk)
Keith Miller
Clarrie Grimmett
Andy Roberts
Allan Donald

(presuming Kim Hughes is not captain)

@ElRaja

Saeed Anwar
Prithvi Shaw
Cheteshwar Pujara
Ken Barrington
Tony Greig
MS Dhoni (c) (+)
Ravi Jadeja
Lord Botham
Wes Hall
Simon Harmer
Subhash Gupte

@Barragan

Devon Conway
Mark Richardson
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Vijay Hazare
Sir Garfield Sobers
Andrew Symonds
Mike Proctor
Moeen Ali
Shane Warne
Ryan Harris
Muttiah Muralitharan

(Presuming Sobers is captain)

@street cricketer

Matthew Hayden
Hashim Amla
Sir Vivian Richards (c)
Kevin Pietersen
Ben Stokes
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shahid Afridi
Graeme Swann
Axar Patel
Kagiso Rabada
Jasprit Bumrah

@amit

Madhav Apte
Rohit Sharma
Vinod Kambli
Sachin Tendulkar
Shreyas Iyer
Shakib al Hasan
Rishabh Pant (wk)
Alan Davidson
Anil Kumble
Jim Laker
Shane Bond

(Presuming Tendulkar is not captain)
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Wrong line up.

This is my line up:
1. Richardson
2. Conway
3. Hazare (cpt)
4. Sobers
5. Sanga (wk)
6. Symonds
7. Moeen
8. Procter
9. Warne
10. Ryan
11. Murli
 
therealAB said:
Draft Rules:

  • Test XI for a match to be played in India
  • Cumulative career span of team: less than or equal to 100 years
  • Experience determination per player: Year career ended - Year career started
  • 8 hours time limit per pick
  • NO BRADMAN
  • If posters believe they won't be online over a certain period, they can pre-empt their selections by creating a thread in the MRR sub-forum: http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/fo...Referee-s-Room
Order of picks:

1. [MENTION=140824]Last Monetarist[/MENTION]
2. [MENTION=139314]ARK Rafay[/MENTION]
3. [MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION]
4. [MENTION=149054]shamaan[/MENTION]
5. [MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION]
6. [MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION]
7. [MENTION=136113]Barragan[/MENTION]
8. [MENTION=139664]street cricketer[/MENTION]
9. [MENTION=208]amit[/MENTION]

Order reverses at the end of each selection round.

Final Teams:

[MENTION=140824]Last Monetarist[/MENTION]

Shubman Gill
Barry Richards
Brian Lara
Virat Kohli (c)
Graeme Pollock
Dean Jones
Ben Foakes (wk)
Wasim Akram
Dale Steyn
Bill O'Reilly
Hedley Verity

[MENTION=139314]ARK Rafay[/MENTION]

Shikhar Dhawan
Marcus Trescothick
Kane Williamson (c)
Younis Khan
Steven Smith
Andrew Flower (wk)
Jason Holder
Rashid Khan
Shoaib Akhtar
Saeed Ajmal
Glenn McGrath

[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION]

Virender Sehwag
Herbert Sutcliffe
Marnus Labuschagne
Joe Root
Michael Clarke (c)
AB de Villiers (wkt)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Kyle Jamieson
Richie Benaud
Malcolm Marshall
Shaheen Shah Afridi

[MENTION=149054]shamaan[/MENTION]

Sunil Gavaskar
Asim Kamal
Rahul Dravid
Jonathan Trott
Adam Voges
Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
Imran Khan (c)
Faheem Ashraf
Saqlain Mushtaq
Yasir Shah
Curtly Ambrose

[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION]

Alastair Cook
Vinoo Mankad
K.S Ranjitsinhji
Kim Hughes
Alvin Kallicharran
Darren Lehmann
Matthew Prior (wk)
Keith Miller
Clarrie Grimmett
Andy Roberts
Allan Donald

[MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION]

Saeed Anwar
Prithvi Shaw
Cheteshwar Pujara
Ken Barrington
Tony Greig
MS Dhoni (c) (wk)
Ravindra Jadeja
Lord Botham
Wes Hall
Simon Harmer
Subhash Gupte

[MENTION=136113]Barragan[/MENTION]

Devon Conway
Mark Richardson
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Vijay Hazare
Sir Garfield Sobers
Andrew Symonds
Mike Proctor
Moeen Ali
Shane Warne
Ryan Harris
Muttiah Muralitharan

[MENTION=139664]street cricketer[/MENTION]

Matthew Hayden
Hashim Amla
Sir Vivian Richards (c)
Kevin Pietersen
Ben Stokes
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shahid Afridi
Graeme Swann
Axar Patel
Kagiso Rabada
Jasprit Bumrah

[MENTION=208]amit[/MENTION]

Madhav Apte
Rohit Sharma
Vinod Kambli
Sachin Tendulkar
Shreyas Iyer
Shakib al Hasan
Rishabh Pant (wk)
Alan Davidson
Anil Kumble (c)
Jim Laker
Shane Bond
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It would have made more sense if you had excluded Indian players from the draft...there are some ATG Indians being picked (and Gill :qdkcheeky)..so who are they supposed to be playing in India? India's B side?

I know it's a fantasy but then you can't have the caveat of "in India". Just an opinion, it would have made the draft more challenging.
 
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mastimasti said:
It would have made more sense if you had excluded Indian players from the draft...there are some ATG Indians being picked (and Gill :qdkcheeky)..so who are they supposed to be playing in India? India's B side?

I know it's a fantasy but then you can't have the caveat of "in India". Just an opinion, it would have made the draft more challenging.
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I packed my XI with Indian players as the team is for a Test match in India. If Indian players weren't allowed, I would have gone for a different approach
 
Last Monetarist said:
Should we run a poll to determine the strongest teams?

[MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION], I seem to remember you running simulations last time around, is that on the cards again?
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yes i did, but unfort ill be busy with work over next few weeks so unlikely to have time to

if anyone else wants to thatd be great, you just have to download the free international cricket captain demo.
 
amit said:
I packed my XI with Indian players as the team is for a Test match in India. If Indian players weren't allowed, I would have gone for a different approach
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same, id have second tier indian players or top tier foreign players in many circumstances given recent trends
 
Only 6 people have voted. Need atleast 30-40 people to vote and someone to review the teams, post their strengths and weaknesses
 
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