Border-Gavaskar Trophy all time XI

[OverratedSanity]

Overall meh average vs Australia despite a couple of ATG performances. Basically like border v west indies.

 

[Aaron510]

Overall meh average vs Australia despite a couple of ATG performances. Basically like border v west indies.

smith wouldn’t make my team neither would ponting or warne!!!

 

[h_hurricane]

Hardly remember a failure for Smith against India. The guy has been absolute nightmare for us. Should be among the first names written down in this team.

 

[trundler]

Smith has been flawless, really. Everyone else has had a blip here and there. Except Tendulkar and McGrath of course but great company to be in.

Surely Cummins will overtake Gillespie by the end of this year.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Surely Cummins will overtake Gillespie by the end of this year.

I don't expect Cummins to score a test double-century any time soon...

 

[trundler]

I don't expect Cummins to score a test double-century any time soon...

That was against Bangladesh, although that's a forgivable mistake as they weren't a noticeable downgrade over India's bowling back then.

 

[Burgey]

The One True AB plays for SA. Unless you meant The One Trick AB

Ladies and Gentlemen, we give you (again), the classic SC sense of "humour."

 

[Burgey]

Hayden
Langer
Ponting
Smith
Martyn
Clarke
Gilly
Warne
Dizzy
Cummins
McGrath

Looks about as reasonable as selecting Pant and Jadeja tbh.

 

[ishqiya]

Hayden
Langer
Ponting
Smith
Martyn
Clarke
Gilly
Warne
Dizzy
Cummins
McGrath

Looks about as reasonable as selecting Pant and Jadeja tbh.

Jadeja averages 19 (28 in Australia)

 

[Burgey]

He's played two tests here ffs.

Meanwhile, imbos are omitting Gilchrist & Dhoni because "duh he only played a few good knocks in India/vs Aus" and including Pant, who's played four tests against Australia and made half his runs against them in one (one!) innings.

The sort of brain dead analysis which will really light up the summer.

 

[Red]

Hayden
Sehwag
Pujara
Tendulkar
Smith
Laxman
Pant
Jadeja
Gillespie
Mcgrath
Bumrah

A couple of astonishing hundreds notwithstanding, Gilchrist has a meh record against India. Dhoni's record against Australia isn't super impressive either. I am going with Pant.

Jadeja gives me the solidity at no.8 along with the awesomeness of a 19 average with the ball against Aus. His legacy will be written in stone once he is done.

Utterly ridiculous.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Who picked Pant? I liked the way he sledged Paine and he hits the ball nicely, but the bloke went to the Akmal school of wicketkeeping.

 

[the big bambino]

Utterly ridiculous.

I just love how we put a line through players from the past and virtuously justify it saying "not enough tests." Next thing you see is hardly out of short Pant replacing legend Gilly ... or even Dhoni.

 

[h_hurricane]

He's played two tests here ffs.

Meanwhile, imbos are omitting Gilchrist & Dhoni because "duh he only played a few good knocks in India/vs Aus" and including Pant, who's played four tests against Australia and made half his runs against them in one (one!) innings.

The sort of brain dead analysis which will really light up the summer.

Yet to come to terms with India's series victory down under last time around ?

Gilly doesn't average half as much as Pant in India-Australia series. Why should I pick him ? Because he averages 50 against other teams put together ?

What are the other choices ? Mongia, Healy(who played only one series), Paine, Dighe, MSK Prasad ?

 

[mr_mister]

Why are we limiting it to when the series got it's current name again (as that was clearly not Shris intention)

 

[Burgey]

Yet to come to terms with India's series victory down under last time around ?

Gilly doesn't average half as much as Pant in India-Australia series. Why should I pick him ? Because he averages 50 against other teams put together ?

What are the other choices ? Mongia, Healy(who played only one series), Paine, Dighe, MSK Prasad ?

You'd rule him out for the simple reason that the sample size is so small if he has two lean tests his average will halve. And because he keeps in Braille.

 

[h_hurricane]

You'd rule him out for the simple reason that the sample size is so small if he has two lean tests his average will halve. And because he keeps in Braille.

Even if he averages 5 across the next 8 innings, it will still be better than Gilchrist. I am all for picking some one else if any one could prove there has been a better wicket keeper batsman in India-Australia context.

The fact remains that there hasn't been a standout wicket keeper in Border - Gavaskar series.

 

[Burgey]

But even allowing for what you say re batting (which I don't accept), Pant's keeping is nowhere near the standard of Gilchrist's.

 

[Daemon]

Even if he averages 5 across the next 8 innings, it will still be better than Gilchrist. I am all for picking some one else if any one could prove there has been a better wicket keeper batsman in India-Australia context.

The fact remains that there hasn't been a standout wicket keeper in Border - Gavaskar series.

exactly, so you place a greater emphasis on keeping

 

[Daemon]

A good friend recently pointed out to me that Gilchrist was an Amway MLM shill and for that reason I’m out.