Who would be your top 10 greatest Asian cricketers?

[Maximus0723]

Yeah.....What is that Faisal????

After second thought, it's probably the team he would like to see play.

 

[smash84]

After second thought, it's probably the team u would like to see play.

I was never too fond of seeing Ganguly play. There were many good batsmen in the Indian team. And Abdul Qadir over Murali???? I am not too sure either.

 

[Faisal1985]

Absolutely i would take pick Ganguly. When he was in good form he was as good as any other Indian batsman...

Qadir over Murali because he is a leggie....had it been a world XI. i would pick Warne in that place...and personally i have some Pak biase involved too....lol

 

[smash84]

Absolutely i would take pick Ganguly. When he was in good form he was as good as any other Indian batsman...

Qadir over Murali because he is a leggie....had it been a world XI. i would pick Warne in that place...and personally i have some Pak biase involved too....lol

Not really..........I think Dravid, Laxman, (even Azharuddin) seem to be better batsmen at their peak than Ganguly.

I too have a leggie bias.........so it is understandable to pick warne over murali.........but qadir and murali????? seems like a fair bit of compromise on bowling standard.

 

[NUFAN]

My top 10 would be:

1 Imran Khan
2 Sachin Tendulkar
3 Muttiah Muralitharan
4 Sunil Gavaskar
5 Wasim Akram
6 Waqar Younis
7 Kapil Dev
8 Rahul Dravid
9 Javed Miandad
10 Kumar Sangakarra

Chuck in Sehwag and you've got yourself a pretty awesome XI

 

[smash84]

My top 10 would be:

1 Imran Khan
2 Sachin Tendulkar
3 Muttiah Muralitharan
4 Sunil Gavaskar
5 Wasim Akram
6 Waqar Younis
7 Kapil Dev
8 Rahul Dravid
9 Javed Miandad
10 Kumar Sangakarra

Chuck in Sehwag and you've got yourself a pretty awesome XI

If you want to chuck somebody in how about Shoaib Chuckter .....does anybody think he is good enough to have a shot at an all time Asian XI????

 

[bagapath]

here is an Asian XI that will be difficult to beat...

Sunil Gavaskar
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Javed Miandad
Kumar Sangakara (WK)
Imran Khan (C)
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Muralitharan
Waqar Younis

 

[Fusion]

here is an Asian XI that will be difficult to beat...

Sunil Gavaskar
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Javed Miandad
Kumar Sangakara (WK)
Imran Khan (C)
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Muralitharan
Waqar Younis

Yup, that would be my XI as well, save for one change: Sub in Hanif for Sehwag. Just for sentimental reasons.

 

[Maximus0723]

My first thought on ODI XI

Jayasuriya
Tendulkar
Sangakarra (K)
Abbas
Inzy
Dhoni
Imran (C)
Kapil
Wasim
Murli
Waqar

 

[Migara]

Dhoni should be the keeper.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah surely there have been better ODI batsmen than Sanga. Pretty medicore ODI player.

 

[Xuhaib]

Yeah surely there have been better ODI batsmen than Sanga. Pretty medicore ODI player.

Anwar or Ganguly.

 

[bagapath]

ODI XI

Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Sehwag
Zaheer Abbas
Inzamam
Dhoni (wk)
Imran (c)
Kapil
Akram
Waqar
Murali

 

[bagapath]

Yup, that would be my XI as well, save for one change: Sub in Hanif for Sehwag. Just for sentimental reasons.

Second XI - TESTS

Sanath Jayasuriya
Hanif Mohammad
Mahela Jaywardane
Inzamam ul Haq
Mohammad Yousuff
MS Dhoni (c) (wk)
Chaminda Vaas
Anil Kumble
Shoaib Akhthar
Fazal Mahmood
BS Bedi

 

[Migara]

ODI XI

Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Sehwag
Zaheer Abbas
Inzamam
Dhoni (wk)
Imran (c)
Kapil
Akram
Waqar
Murali

Aravinda or Miandad over Sehwag. Tempted to pick Vaas over Kapil as well, because Kapil is batting at No 8.

 

[bagapath]

Aravinda or Miandad over Sehwag

right.

aravinda at no 4.

move abbas to no.3.

Tempted to pick Vaas over Kapil as well, because Kapil is batting at No 8.

you should resist it. kapil is a better choice than vaas anyday; most certainly in onedayers.

 

[Migara]

you should resist it. kapil is a better choice than vaas anyday; most certainly in onedayers.

As an all rounder Yes. But as a ODI seamer no.

 

[bagapath]

As an all rounder Yes. But as a ODI seamer no.

No.8 or not, kapil is the better option to have in the team because it is not like kapil was a dud with the ball and that chaminda was 'vaas'tly superior to him. both were pretty much even with the ball. but if the team is 6 down for not much, you want imran and kapil at the crease. i bet the opposition bowlers will not be too happy at that sight.

Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Zaheer Abbas
Aravinda De Silva
Inzamam
Dhoni (wk)
Imran (c)
Kapil
Akram
Waqar
Murali

Second XI

Saeed Anwar
Virender Sehwag
Saurav Ganguly (C)
Javed Miandad
Kumar Sangakara (WK)
Yuvaraj Singh
Shakib Al Hasan
Chaminda Vaas
Saqlain Mushtaq
Shoaib Akhthar
Lasit Malinga

 

[smash84]

No.8 or not, kapil is the better option to have in the team because it is not like kapil was a dud with the ball and that chaminda was 'vaas'tly superior to him. both were pretty much even with the ball. but if the team is 6 down for not much, you want imran and kapil at the crease. i bet the opposition bowlers will not be too happy at that sight.

Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Zaheer Abbas
Aravinda De Silva
Inzamam
Dhoni (wk)
Imran (c)
Kapil
Akram
Waqar
Murali

Second XI

Saeed Anwar
Virender Sehwag
Saurav Ganguly (C)
Javed Miandad
Kumar Sangakara (WK)
Yuvaraj Singh
Shakib Al Hasan
Chaminda Vaas
Saqlain Mushtaq
Shoaib Akhthar
Lasit Malinga

Not too sure about Imran in the ODI side. He is probably the greatest Asian TEST cricketer. Not sure about his ODI skills as much. Maybe he enters the team as a lower order bat or captain. His ODI bowling record is quite ordinary IIRC.

 

[Avada Kedavra]

All time Asian eleven

1.Gavaskar
2.Sehwag
3.Dravid
4.Tendulkar
5.Miandad
6.Sangakkara
7.Kapil
8.Imran
9.Wasim
10.Waqar
11.Murali

All time Asian ODI eleven

1.Tendulkar
2.Jayasuriya
3.Zaheer Abbas
4.Miandad
5.De Silva
6.Yuvraj
7.Dhoni
8.Wasim
9.Waqar
10.Akhtar
11.Murali