What is your country’s second choice XI? How will they fare against most teams?

[Bhaijaan]

Bhaijaan’s first choice India XI :-

Dhawan
Sharma
Kohli (capt)
Rahane
Karthik
Dhoni (wk)
Pandya
Chahal
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Yadav

Verdict - Best in the world



Bhaijaan’s second choice XI :-


Shaw
Rahul
Samson (wk)
Rayudu
Pant
Raina
Jadeja
Ashwin (Capt)
Bhuvaneshwar
Ishant
Shami


Verdict - Would beat most mediocre teams like Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, West Indies, England. Could give good fight to Aus and South Africa too.

 

[Rahul1]

Bhaijaan’s first choice India XI :-

Dhawan
Sharma
Kohli (capt)
Rahane
Karthik
Dhoni (wk)
Pandya
Chahal
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Yadav

Verdict - Best in the world



Bhaijaan’s second choice XI :-


Shaw
Rahul
Samson (wk)
Rayudu
Pant
Raina
Jadeja
Ashwin (Capt)
Bhuvaneshwar
Ishant
Shami


Verdict - Would beat most mediocre teams like Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, West Indies, England. Could give good fight to Aus and South Africa too.

The middle order in the 2nd XI is a disaster waiting to happen.

 

[BlueDoritos]

Assuming it's ODIs

Pakistan second XI:

Khurram Manzoor
Shan Masood
Fawad Alam
Saad Ali
Iftikhar Ahmed / Saud Shakeel
Hussain Talat
Asif Ali
Aamir Yamin / Agha Salman
Mohammad Asghar / Zafar Gohar
Shaheen Shah Afridi / Rumman Raees
Usman Shinwari


Verdict : Best in the World. Would beat most mediocre teams like Lanka, Bangladesh, India, West Indies, England. Could give good fight to Aus and South Africa too.

 

[Ab Fan]

Bhaijaan’s first choice India XI :-

Dhawan
Sharma
Kohli (capt)
Rahane
Karthik
Dhoni (wk)
Pandya
Chahal
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Yadav

Verdict - Best in the world



Bhaijaan’s second choice XI :-


Shaw
Rahul
Samson (wk)
Rayudu
Pant
Raina
Jadeja
Ashwin (Capt)
Bhuvaneshwar
Ishant
Shami


Verdict - Would beat most mediocre teams like Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, West Indies, England. Could give good fight to Aus and South Africa too.

In second XI, Raina out. He is well past now. Gill comes in and bat at 3. Samson to keep and bat at 6.

Bhaijaan first XI will struggle against first XI of all the top teams outside home.

However, Bhaijaan second XI after the modification will outperform the second XI of most teams.