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Never easy picking these teams, but this actually seemed fairly simple with 7-8 picking themselves. The slots that were tough to pick were: 2nd opener, 2 down batsman, spinning all rounder and third paceman. Goal is to pick a team that is very strong in all conditions ( though obviously odi pitches nowadays are flat and similar across the world).

Here is my team:

1. Rohit Sharma
2. Fakhar zaman/Jason Roy/Shikar Dhawan/Colin Munro/Aaron Finch/Martin Guptil
3. Virat Kohli
4. Joe Root/Kane Williamson
5. Jos Butler (wk)
6. Ben Stokes
7. Moeen Ali/Shakib Hassan
8. Rashid Khan
9. Md Amir/Rabada/Southee/Trent Boult
10. Mitchell Starc
11. Jasprit Bumrah
 
I don't know how Amir comes in that list. I'd hold off on Rashid until he plays more matches against top teams.

Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli
Root
Buttler/Bairstow (though Bairstow is better as an opener)
Shakib
Starc
Rabada
Kuldeep
Hazlewood
Bumrah

Maybe Hasan or Boult (though he mostly does well on friendly NZ pitches) can come in for Hazlewood or Rabada.
 
If the sub continental teams struggled against Rashid in Asia cup, I am confident everyone else will struggle as well. Agree Md Aamir on current form will not make this, but I have a strong feeling he is going to make a stellar comeback. But point well taken.
In a strong batting lineup, I think can pick a more destructive ( though inconsistent) batsman than Dhawan.
 
01. Rohit Sharma
02. Fakhar Zaman
03. Virat Kohli
04. Joe Root
05. Jos Buttler (WK)
06. Mohammad "Sobers" Hafeez "Bradman" (C)
07. Ben Stokes
08. Kuldeep Yadav
09. Mohammad Amir
10. Mitchell Starc
11. Kagiso Rabada

This team is guaranteed to beat any other team in the world simply because the Einstein of cricket Mohammad Hafeez is apart of the XI and he is also the captain!!!

:moha
 
Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli
Root
Buttler(wkt)
Shakib
Stoinis
Starc
Rashid
Hazlewood/Rabada
Bumrah

Boult misses out because the XI already has a left arm pacer, Starc. Spin options are Rashid and Shakib. Stoinis can bowl a bit as well and he and Buttler will look to get some quick runs down the order. Top 4 is as solid as one can ask for.
 
Dhawan proved his worth in South Africa where Rohit failed and he is phenomenal in all 50-overs ICC tournaments. He is a must for me.
 
Martin Guptill
Shikhar Dhawan
Virat Kohli
Shimron Hetmyer
Mushfiqur Rahim+
Glenn Maxwell
Jason Holder*
Chris Woakes
Mitchell Starc
Trent Boult
Devendra Bishoo
 
Ab Fan said:
Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli
Root
Buttler(wkt)
Shakib
Stoinis
Starc
Rashid
Hazlewood/Rabada
Bumrah

Boult misses out because the XI already has a left arm pacer, Starc. Spin options are Rashid and Shakib. Stoinis can bowl a bit as well and he and Buttler will look to get some quick runs down the order. Top 4 is as solid as one can ask for.
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Almost perfect. Rabada is multi dimensional. I'd take him anyday over Hazelwood. Also, Kuldeep instead of Rashid just because I'd need a spinner that can take the ball away from lefties.
 
Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli (C)
Bairstow
De kock
Butler (WK)
Jadeja
Rashid Khan
Rabada
Starc
Bumrah
 
I don’t know even it’s a good or a bad thing that almost everyone agrees on 6-7 players. Going back a few years back I think there would have been 2-3 solid contenders for each slot!
 
All time World ODI XI team:

Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Viv Richards
Kohli
Ponting (c)
Inzamam
Gilchrist (wk)
Wasim Akram
Starc
Murali
McGrath.


Current World ODI XI team:

Rohit
Head
Mitchell Marsh
Markram
Klaasen (wk)
Maxwell
Cummins (c)
Starc
Kuldeep
Adam Zampa
Bumrah.
 
Current:-

Rohit
Head
Kohli
Klaasen(wkt)
Maxwell
Miller
Jadeja
Cummins
Kuldeep/Zampa
Shami
Bumrah
 
Ab Fan said:
Why? All these are proven ODI players and did well in recent ODI world cups also.
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Head perfomed only in final of ODI WC... Maxwell is just okish ODI batter not consistent in ODIs.. Miller is another fluke in ODIs.. Jadeja is hardly performing in ODIs since last 2 years if i am missing anything so plz do let me know.
 
Rohit(c)
Head
Kohli
Buttler (k)
Miller
Hardik
Axar Patel
Rashid Khan
Starc
Rabada
Bumrah

Squad Backups
Kuldeep
Klaasen
Shami
Maxwell
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Head perfomed only in final of ODI WC... Maxwell is just okish ODI batter not consistent in ODIs.. Miller is another fluke in ODIs.. Jadeja is hardly performing in ODIs since last 2 years if i am missing anything so plz do let me know.
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Head on current form is a must in the current team. Every one is picking him lol so yeah you are missing something for sure.

Maxwell is no longer okish batsman after he played one of the greatest ODI knocks of all-time. This era middle order batting is not about 50+ averaging batsman scoring at SR of 85-90 but 40 averaging batsman who can strike at 110+.

It is a ridiculous claim to say that Miller is a fluke. He played a great knock in semi final and averages 40+ over a strike rate of 100+ over a long sample set. For a lower middle order batsman, he is arguably the best specialist batsman in the team. Hardik misses out because he was injured and outside of Hardik, Maxwell, Buttler and Miller, there is no other contender in middle order.

Jadeja had a good World Cup and his contenders are themselves performing worse than him. Putting Cummins at 7 won't solve the problem, he bats at 8 in Australian team only.
 
I would never have that midget loldeep in any important game.

Head
Rohit
Qdk keeper
Nissanka
Miller
Pandya
Klassen
rashid khan
Starc
 Shami
Bumrah
 
Head
Rohit
Virat
Buttler
Darly Mitchell
Raza
Hardik Pandya
Jadeja
Rashid
Starc
Bumrah
 
Head and rohit will open for my team.

Starc, bumrah, Rashid, Kuldeep the bowlers

Virat+klassen+Hardik+Maxwell+Mitchell in the middle.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Head and rohit will open for my team.

Starc, bumrah, Rashid, Kuldeep the bowlers

Virat+klassen+Hardik+Maxwell+Mitchell in the middle.
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Starc Is gonna get taken to the cleaners lol, his 2015 self is gone, he's rubbish now.

Darly is useless considering NZ haven't played for months and aren't back in rhythm.

Virat and rohit are now on their last legs and outside of India you won't be seeing them dominate.

This is 2024, not 2015
 
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mominsaigol said:
Starc Is gonna get taken to the cleaners lol, his 2015 self is gone, he's rubbish now.

Darly is useless considering NZ haven't played for months and aren't back in rhythm.

Virat and rohit are now on their last legs and outside of India you won't be seeing them dominate.

This is 2024, not 2015
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Rohit is still an ODI beast. Starcy is a clutch bowler still. Always shows his from in big games.

Mitchell however can be changed for someone else...
 
BouncerGuy said:
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Rohit is still an ODI beast. Starcy is a clutch bowler still. Always shows his from in big games.

Mitchell however can be changed for someone else...
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Rohit will get exposed the moment he has to deal qith foreign pitches especially those in UAE for CT. Those Indian pitches had Abdullah shafiq scoring centuries lol in 2023.

Starc is a rubbish bowler ans the whole big games thing is a farce considering India vs Australia was the big game, it was go big and go home that day
 
mominsaigol said:
Rohit will get exposed the moment he has to deal qith foreign pitches especially those in UAE for CT. Those Indian pitches had Abdullah shafiq scoring centuries lol in 2023.

Starc is a rubbish bowler ans the whole big games thing is a farce considering India vs Australia was the big game, it was go big and go home that day
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Rohit Sharma averages 105 in UAE ODIs.
 
mominsaigol said:
Starc Is gonna get taken to the cleaners lol, his 2015 self is gone, he's rubbish now.

Darly is useless considering NZ haven't played for months and aren't back in rhythm.

Virat and rohit are now on their last legs and outside of India you won't be seeing them dominate.

This is 2024, not 2015
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You are usually wrong, give it some time.
Last time India toured SA in 2023 Kohli did better than everyone.
 
My All Time ODI XI

  1. Sachin Tendulkar
  2. Rohit Sharma
  3. Virat Kohli
  4. Viv Richards
  5. A.B. de Villiears
  6. Mahendra S. Dhoni *
  7. Lance Klusener
  8. Wasim Akram
  9. Muttiah Muralitharan
  10. Joel Garner
  11. Glenn McGrath

Reserves
Sanath Jayasuriya
Saqlain Mushtaq
Michael Bevan
Shaun Pollock
Ricky Ponting
 
Current:

Rohit
Head
Kolhi
Hope (wk)
Mitchell
Marsh
Klaasen
Jansen
Hazlewood
Adil Rashid
Bumrah

All-Time:

Tendulkar
Sehwag
Ponting (c)
Inzi
Kallis
Gilchrist (wk)
Bevan
Akram
Starc
Steyn
Warne
 
ATGODIXI

Sachin
Rohit
Kohli
Viv
Dhoni
Klusener
Akram
Warne
Starc
Lee
McGrath

No ABdV and no Ponting.
 
Asia ODI XI vs ROW XI :-

Asia ODI XI :-

Sachin Tendulkar
Sanath Jayasuriya
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Aravinda de silva
MS Dhoni(c/wkt)
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Mohammad Shami
Muttiah Muralidharan
Waqar Younis

Reserves - Bumrah, Imran, Saqlain, Yuvraj

Rest of World ODI XI:-

Adam Gilchrist (wkt)
Gordon Greenidge ( don't think from today's era perspective but neutral perspective)
Ricky Ponting(c)
Viv Richards
Michael Bevan
AB de Villiers
Lance Klusenar
Mitchell Starc
Shane Warne
Joel Garner
Glenn McGrath

Reserves - Brian Lara, Andrew Symonds, Andrew Flintoff, Richards Hadlee
 
Ab Fan said:
Asia ODI XI vs ROW XI :-

Asia ODI XI :-

Sachin Tendulkar
Sanath Jayasuriya
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Aravinda de silva
MS Dhoni(c/wkt)
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Mohammad Shami
Muttiah Muralidharan
Waqar Younis

Reserves - Bumrah, Imran, Saqlain, Yuvraj

Rest of World ODI XI:-

Adam Gilchrist (wkt)
Gordon Greenidge ( don't think from today's era perspective but neutral perspective)
Ricky Ponting(c)
Viv Richards
Michael Bevan
AB de Villiers
Lance Klusenar
Mitchell Starc
Shane Warne
Joel Garner
Glenn McGrath

Reserves - Brian Lara, Andrew Symonds, Andrew Flintoff, Richards Hadlee
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No way any of Waqar or murali should be ahead of jasprit singh bumrah
 
Greatest ODI XI :-

Sachin Tendulkar (C)
Rohit Sharma
Ricky Ponting
Virat Kohli
Andrew Symonds
Yuvraj Singh
Ms Dhoni (wikkie)
Kapil Dev
Shane Warne
Mohammad Shami
Jasprit Bumrah
 
After 2023 CWC & 2024 ICC T20, the following major conclusions were made :-

Bumrah & Shami are the two greatest white ball bowlers ever.

Rohit Sharma is the 2nd greatest white ball opener ever after Sachin

As a result these 3 are now a permanent part of any white ball team.
 
Asian all time ODI eleven

Sharma
Sachin
Kohli
Sangakkara
Khan
Dhoni (c)(wk)
Kapil
Akram
Saqlain
Murali
Bumrah

4 proper pacers

2 ATG spinners

2 wicketkeeping options

2 ATG allrounders

7 bowling options.
 
kron said:
No way any of Waqar or murali should be ahead of jasprit singh bumrah
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Why do you guys use the ball tampering nonsense to justify bumrah > waqar.

Theirs zero proof of anything and just speculation.

I agree bumrah > Waqar however I've always found the whole ball tampering argument silly and just unproven
 
mominsaigol said:
Why do you guys use the ball tampering nonsense to justify bumrah > waqar.

Theirs zero proof of anything and just speculation.

I agree bumrah > Waqar however I've always found the whole ball tampering argument silly and just unproven
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Then what should be the argument?
 
Ab Fan said:
Then what should be the argument?
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For me Bumrah bowl with better accuracy and line and length and is more consistent then waqar.

Waqar at his peak fit and firing in is superior to Bumrah, however his consistency is all over the place. To top it off waqar is an extremely stubborn bowler, their have been a few games where he's refused to listen to the captain and he forgoes line and length and tries to take a wicket too frequently by bowling short or giving establishes batters the ball that let's them loft and many times it has failed.

Bumrah is solely line and length and many times he's a smart bowler and is able to vary his deliveries such as delivering a toe crushing yorker etc.

The way I see it

Peak Waqar > Bumrah > Waqar

Waqar onsong is a nightmare but he just isn't as consistent as bunrah is and tends to have a poor record in some games
 
Gilchrist (wk)
Tendulkar
Ponting (c)
Kohli
Viv
Kaif
Bevan
Akram
Warne
Steyn
McGrath
 
mominsaigol said:
For me Bumrah bowl with better accuracy and line and length and is more consistent then waqar.

Waqar at his peak fit and firing in is superior to Bumrah, however his consistency is all over the place. To top it off waqar is an extremely stubborn bowler, their have been a few games where he's refused to listen to the captain and he forgoes line and length and tries to take a wicket too frequently by bowling short or giving establishes batters the ball that let's them loft and many times it has failed.

Bumrah is solely line and length and many times he's a smart bowler and is able to vary his deliveries such as delivering a toe crushing yorker etc.

The way I see it

Peak Waqar > Bumrah > Waqar

Waqar onsong is a nightmare but he just isn't as consistent as bunrah is and tends to have a poor record in some games
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Waqar was very easy to hit even in his peak period in ODI format.

Waqar 89-94 in ODI: ER 4.34 [ That was era of 200-225 runs in 50 overs ]. That was a bang average ER in that era despite being Waqar's peak.

Now some poster may wrongly think that Waqar used to strike quicker, he had SR of 29.7 in his peak period in ODI.

Just to put Bumrah's number in context, Bumrah's entire career so far is ER 4.59 [ in era of 300-350 runs ] and SR of 30.7

There is no evidence to suggest that Waqar's peak was anything great in ODI format.
 
Buffet said:
Waqar was very easy to hit even in his peak period in ODI format.

Waqar 89-94 in ODI: ER 4.34 [ That was era of 200-225 runs in 50 overs ]. That was a bang average ER in that era despite being Waqar's peak.

Now some poster may wrongly think that Waqar used to strike quicker, he had SR of 29.7 in his peak period in ODI.

Just to put Bumrah's number in context, Bumrah's entire career so far is ER 4.59 [ in era of 300-350 runs ] and SR of 30.7

There is no evidence to suggest that Waqar's peak was anything great in ODI format.
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You misunderstood what I meant by peak, not referring to eras.

Referring to the games he's onsong when he's bowling those banana inswings or outswing or airswing yorkers
 
mominsaigol said:
For me Bumrah bowl with better accuracy and line and length and is more consistent then waqar.

Waqar at his peak fit and firing in is superior to Bumrah, however his consistency is all over the place. To top it off waqar is an extremely stubborn bowler, their have been a few games where he's refused to listen to the captain and he forgoes line and length and tries to take a wicket too frequently by bowling short or giving establishes batters the ball that let's them loft and many times it has failed.

Bumrah is solely line and length and many times he's a smart bowler and is able to vary his deliveries such as delivering a toe crushing yorker etc.

The way I see it

Peak Waqar > Bumrah > Waqar

Waqar onsong is a nightmare but he just isn't as consistent as bunrah is and tends to have a poor record in some games
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Peak or not peak. Waqar is not on bumrahs level. Never was.

Wasim yes. Waqar no.
 
kron said:
Peak or not peak. Waqar is not on bumrahs level. Never was.

Wasim yes. Waqar no.
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Wasim > Bumrah easily. Indian fans gang up too much and hype their best ever pacer to beyond stupidity levels.
 
mominsaigol said:
Wasim > Bumrah easily. Indian fans gang up too much and hype their best ever pacer to beyond stupidity levels.
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In terms of impact? I am not so sure about that. I don't judge based on stats alone. I agree right now wasim is king. Maybe after 4 years we will see where bumrah is at.
 
Why is choker steyn even mentioned in odi team based on this thread lmao?

Steyn was the biggest choker under pressure outside test format.

Steyn should not be in any atg odi side. Do people even watch odi or?

Don't conflate stats by combining tests with odi.

In tests yes he is like top 3 greatest of all time. Odi far from it.
 
kron said:
In terms of impact? I am not so sure about that. I don't judge based on stats alone. I agree right now wasim is king. Maybe after 4 years we will see where bumrah is at.
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Wasim's 5 for 38 against classic WI is single handidely superior to anything bunrah can and will do, Huge difference in clinching a losing thriller against that opposition vs what bumrah did against current sa which is capable of chocking against Nedtherlands and struggling tooth and nail against Nepal.

Similarly dude has hattricks against australia in australia lol.

Any one who just watches his test spell against NZ in 1994 on YouTube would realise how stupidly unplayable those deliveries are, and why he's the sultan of swing for a reason.

Not everything has to media related where Indian fans hype up some nonsense conspiracies or pull numbers put their butt.

It's gotten so bad that their making theories about waqar bowling at his best being a case of ball tampering, however in the case of harbajan some posters got extremely extremely angry and defensive when it's clear as day that harbajan was a chucker.

If he wasnt then the sole need to wear full sleeves every game wouldn't be applicable.
 
mominsaigol said:
Wasim's 5 for 38 against classic WI is single handidely superior to anything bunrah can and will do, Huge difference in clinching a losing thriller against that opposition vs what bumrah did against current sa which is capable of chocking against Nedtherlands and struggling tooth and nail against Nepal.

Similarly dude has hattricks against australia in australia lol.

Any one who just watches his test spell against NZ in 1994 on YouTube would realise how stupidly unplayable those deliveries are, and why he's the sultan of swing for a reason.

Not everything has to media related where Indian fans hype up some nonsense conspiracies or pull numbers put their butt.

It's gotten so bad that their making theories about waqar bowling at his best being a case of ball tampering, however in the case of harbajan some posters got extremely extremely angry and defensive when it's clear as day that harbajan was a chucker.

If he wasnt then the sole need to wear full sleeves every game wouldn't be applicable.
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He averages 27 vs sewa teams tbh.

That is very good but not great.

All those hattricks but couldn't help the team win a series in aus though. Bumrah has helped india win twice. That is better than wasim's 5 fer vs West indies whose batting was on the decline in 90s anyway.
.in saying that, yes wasim is the best Asian bowler at the moment. Bumrah has a few years to go before we compare.
 
kron said:
He averages 27 vs sewa teams tbh.

That is very good but not great.

All those hattricks but couldn't help the team win a series in aus though. Bumrah has helped india win twice. That is better than wasim's 5 fer vs West indies whose batting was on the decline in 90s anyway.
.in saying that, yes wasim is the best Asian bowler at the moment. Bumrah has a few years to go before we compare.
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Bumrah is facing a much much much much weaker aussie team then the one wasim faced and to top it off, wasim himself had a much much weaker batting lineup.

As I said those narratives that people pulled on me on that thread is laughable.

Only 2015 australia is comparable to classic Australia. And yes this also includes the 1990's.

Current aussie team is a joke and are still in transition.

Jake fraser is still raw, Travis head is gun however steve smith is a done case and so is starc.

The rest like Marsh is just okay
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Asian all time ODI eleven

Sharma
Sachin
Kohli
Sangakkara
Khan
Dhoni (c)(wk)
Kapil
Akram
Saqlain
Murali
Bumrah

4 proper pacers

2 ATG spinners

2 wicketkeeping options

2 ATG allrounders

7 bowling options.
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Why does an ATG team need 7 bowling options?

Your batting order is top heavy. The middle order has a stat ladder Sangakkara, a mediocre batter in Imran at #5
Varun said:
Gilchrist (wk)
Tendulkar
Ponting (c)
Kohli
Viv
Kaif
Bevan
Akram
Warne
Steyn
McGrath
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I love Kaif but this is literally the first time i see him being picked in an ATG team.

I hope he sees this.
:yk
 
mominsaigol said:
Bumrah is facing a much much much much weaker aussie team then the one wasim faced and to top it off, wasim himself had a much much weaker batting lineup.

As I said those narratives that people pulled on me on that thread is laughable.

Only 2015 australia is comparable to classic Australia. And yes this also includes the 1990's.

Current aussie team is a joke and are still in transition.

Jake fraser is still raw, Travis head is gun however steve smith is a done case and so is starc.

The rest like Marsh is just okay
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Not really. Back then india and many other teams were semi pro

So that aussie team was made to look like they are the greatest ever.

They were a great side but the so called great great Oz team somehow drew vs weaker india team in 2002. Also a draw vs nz when bond played.

Do you know what lineup was for India when they faced that Oz team? Bowling attack.

Put bumrah there and he would mutilate those same batsmen.

I am not saying wasim isn't the best though? Wasim is the best from Asia. But bumrah is catching up. He has already left everyone else for dead.
 
Guys, let's wait for Bumrah to get 200 test wickets. I understand his away record is as good as anyone in this millennium but let him play 50 tests and 200+ wickets. Then eventually, everyone will start acknowledging his greatness as a bowler. No need to force his argument.
 
Ab Fan said:
Guys, let's wait for Bumrah to get 200 test wickets. I understand his away record is as good as anyone in this millennium but let him play 50 tests and 200+ wickets. Then eventually, everyone will start acknowledging his greatness as a bowler. No need to force his argument.
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Mythical Asif is regarded as the mcgrath of Asia. Surely bumrah should be acknowledge given he has already achieved more than waqar shoaib and co. I only see wasim ahead of him from Asia.
 
kron said:
Not really. Back then india and many other teams were semi pro

So that aussie team was made to look like they are the greatest ever.

They were a great side but the so called great great Oz team somehow drew vs weaker india team in 2002. Also a draw vs nz when bond played.

Do you know what lineup was for India when they faced that Oz team? Bowling attack.

Put bumrah there and he would mutilate those same batsmen.

I am not saying wasim isn't the best though? Wasim is the best from Asia. But bumrah is catching up. He has already left everyone else for dead.
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This is such a lame excuse, because one offs happen, Sri lanka demolished a full strength Indian batting attack this series. They were only missing their bowlers,

The same batting attack that outbatted oppositions like NZ in the semi final.

Similarly pakistan heat a full strength Indian batting and bowling attack with even rizwan and babar thrashing bumrah. And that was just a one off game.

It's just a one off test, Idkw it's such a big deal, Australia at its current level butchered India in a one sided stomp for a wtc game despite India playing full strength.

Current Indian batting team is weaker then it's past self. Rohit is done and dusted and mostly a PP basher only now or captikises on rubbish bowling, Kohli is now an accumulator with a 5th gear, no longer the kohli of 2016.

The rest like Gill, rahul, jadeja, pandya are just alright.

That era had Sachin, Ganguly, sehwag, Laxman, Dravid and many more atg's.
 
kron said:
Mythical Asif is regarded as the mcgrath of Asia. Surely bumrah should be acknowledge given he has already achieved more than waqar shoaib and co. I only see wasim ahead of him from Asia.
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Asif is just a myth, nothing else. He is not rated as a great bowler by any stretch.

Wasim, Imran are ahead because their averages are same and wickets tally is much higher.

Waqar's case is debatable due to minnow bashing and his peak influenced by ball tampering. But he certainly had the pace and a pinpoint yorker that would have been effective even in his prime.
 
mominsaigol said:
This is such a lame excuse, because one offs happen, Sri lanka demolished a full strength Indian batting attack this series. They were only missing their bowlers,

The same batting attack that outbatted oppositions like NZ in the semi final.

Similarly pakistan heat a full strength Indian batting and bowling attack with even rizwan and babar thrashing bumrah. And that was just a one off game.

It's just a one off test, Idkw it's such a big deal, Australia at its current level butchered India in a one sided stomp for a wtc game despite India playing full strength.

Current Indian batting team is weaker then it's past self. Rohit is done and dusted and mostly a PP basher only now or captikises on rubbish bowling, Kohli is now an accumulator with a 5th gear, no longer the kohli of 2016.

The rest like Gill, rahul, jadeja, pandya are just alright.

That era had Sachin, Ganguly, sehwag, Laxman, Dravid and many more atg's.
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This era also has drs. No ball umpiring, no biased umpiring and lastly not as much fixers like in 90s.

Also better tech to analyse the game etc.

And again don't conflate loi with tests. Greats are only born in tests.

Sri Lanka never even won a single test vs india in india since like forever.

What full strength lmao?

India missed jaiswal bumrah and pant for the final wtc.
 
kron said:
All those hattricks but couldn't help the team win a series in aus though.
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Don't forget we were cheated out of a win in Hobart. Langer knicked the leather off an Akram delivery but the umpire was blind to it. Ended up chasing the score down and sealing the series before the last game. 1-1 going into the third test may have shifted the momentum.

I appreciate it's only a what if situation but something to consider nonetheless.
 
Bhaijaan said:
Why does an ATG team need 7 bowling options?

Your batting order is top heavy. The middle order has a stat ladder Sangakkara, a mediocre batter in Imran at #5


I love Kaif but this is literally the first time i see him being picked in an ATG team.

I hope he sees this.
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Yeah, number 5 point is valid, Sangakkara was no statpadder, he dominated 2015 world cup, anyone who scores runs in a world cup isn't just a statpadder.

I would probably change the line-up by replacing Khan with Yuvraj and Sangakkara with Zaheer Abbas.
 
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