Victor Ian
International Coach
Why Knott Hadlee?
Sorry.
Sorry.
This is going to look quite different today
India XI
1 Sunil Gavaskar
2 Virender Sehwag
3 Rahul Dravid
4 Sachin Tendulkar
5 Virat Kohli
6 Vinoo Mankad
7 MS Dhoni+
8 Kapil Dev*
9 Anil Kumble
10 Javagal Srinath
11 Subhash GupteIndia A XI
1 Vijay Merchant
2 Navjot Sidhu
3 Mohinder Amarnath
4 Vijay Hazare*
5 VVS Laxman
6 Polly Umrigar
7 Ravi Ashwin
8 Syed Kirmani+
9 Amar Singh
10 Bishan Bedi
11 Mohammad NissarIndia B XI
1 Gautum Gambhir
2 Murali Vijay
3 Gundappa Viswanath
4 Mohammad Azharuddin
5 Dilip Vengsarkar
6 Saurav Ganguly*
7 Farokh Engineer+
8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar
9 Zaheer Khan
10 Erapalli Prasanna
11 B. ChandrasekharIndia C XI
1 Ravi Shastri
2 Shikhar Dhawan
3 Cheteshwar Pujara
4 Ajinkya Rahane
5 Vijay Manjrekar
6 Nawab of Pataudi*
7 Wriddhiman Saha+
8 Ravi Jadeja
9 Harbhajan Singh
10 Mohammed Shami
11 Ishant SharmaIndia D XI
1 Madhav Apte
2 Pankaj Roy
3 Dilip Sardesai
4 Chandu Borde
5 Vinod Kambli
6 Lala Armanath*
7 Budhi Kunderan+
8 Irfan Pathan
9 Karsan Ghavri
10 Umesh Yadav
11 Dilip DoshiIndia E XI
1 Motganhalli Jaismha
2 Lokesh Rahul
3 C.K Nayudu*
4 Nari Contractor
5 Rohit Sharna
6 Dattu Phadkar
7 Bapu Nadkarni
8 Kiran More+
9 Roger Binny
10 Venkatesh Prasad
11 Ghulam AhmedIndia F XI
1 S. Ramesh
2 Wasim Jaffer
3 Sanjay Manjrekar
4 Rusi Modi
5 Yuvraj Singh
6 Manoj Prabhakar
7 Nayan Mongia+
8 Chetan Sharma
9 Praveen Kumar
10 S. Venkataraghavan
11 Venkatapathy RajuIndia G XI
1 Chetan Chauhan
2 Kris Srikkanth
3 Ajit Wadekar
4 Yashpal Sharma
5 Sandeep Patil
6 Salim Durani
7 Parthiv Patel+
8 Ramakant Desai
9 Pragyan Ojha
10 Jasprit Bumrah
11 Narendra HirwaniIndia H XI
1 Mushtaq Ali
2 Anshuman Gaekwad
3 Brijesh Patel
4 Pravin Amre
5 Nawab of Pataudi Sr*
6 Ajay Sharma
7 Madan Lal
8 Kuldeep Yadav
9 Shivlal Yadav
10 Naren Tamhane+
11 S. SreesanthIndia I XI
1 Shiv Sunder Das
2 Akash Chopra
3 Yashpal Sharma
4 Mohammad Kaif
5 Hemu Adhikari
6 Eknath Solkar
7 Chandrakant Pandit+
8 Gulabrai Ramchand*
9 Syed Abid Ali
10 Murali Kartik
11 Jasubhai Patel
Make Mankad open in Team A and add Amarnath/Vengsarkar/Vishwanath/AzharuddinThis is going to look quite different today
I’d imagine
India XI
Gavaskar
Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Kohli
Pant
Jadeja
Dev
Ashwin
Shami
Bumrah
India A XI
Merchant
Sharma
Pujara
Hazare
Laxman
Mankad
Dhoni
Kumble
Srinath
Khan
Bedi
Yeah could doMake Mankad open in Team A and add Amarnath/Vengsarkar/Vishwanath/Azharuddin
Although I can’t see any evidence that any of those guys is a better bat than RohitMake Mankad open in Team A and add Amarnath/Vengsarkar/Vishwanath/Azharuddin
Except the fact that Rohit is massively, and by that I mean MASSIVELY unsuccessful away.Q
Although I can’t see any evidence that any of those guys is a better bat than Rohit
Gary Kirsten had a better record in Asia compared to Amla. Andy Flower is a Wicket Keeper so don't need Knott. Why no Spinner ?Hayden
Amla
Kallis
Smith
Border
Flower
Knott
Hadlee
Steyn
McGrath
Walsh
8-9 for Australia and England@ataraxia @CricAddict Would probably be enough interest for another running imo. Maybe not to go as deep as previously but certainly an A team and probably B team as well for most sides.
I just compiled it quickly based on records in India, I don’t care that much.Gary Kirsten had a better record in Asia compared to Amla. Andy Flower is a Wicket Keeper so don't need Knott. Why no Spinner ?
Flower was a Keeper even when he scored double ton in India. Knott is required if you are taking lethal spinners otherwise Flower is good enough.I just compiled it quickly based on records in India, I don’t care that much.
Flower is there as a batsman, Knott is a keeper.
I know Benaud had an excellent record in India, but a lot of spinners struggled there. Benaud didn’t fit the time frame.
Because people only care about the same 80 players anymore.@ataraxia @CricAddict Would probably be enough interest for another running imo. Maybe not to go as deep as previously but certainly an A team and probably B team as well for most sides.
@TheJediBrah to comment.Gary Kirsten had a better record in Asia compared to Amla. Andy Flower is a Wicket Keeper so don't need Knott. Why no Spinner ?
Fair.Because people only care about the same 80 players anymore.
WrongHashim Amla bowled an over once.
Sure. I am ready to do a re-run of the sides, starting with Australia. I hope there will be sufficient interest for the exercise. Will follow same model as Nufan.@ataraxia @CricAddict Would probably be enough interest for another running imo. Maybe not to go as deep as previously but certainly an A team and probably B team as well for most sides.
Matt HaydenSouth Asia XI vs World XI Who will win in South Asia ? (Players from 1975-2024)
7 Tests in South Asia
Pick the World XI that can defeat this Team in South Asia
Alastair Cook has a better record (albeit marginally) in all 3 South Asia nations played.Matt Hayden
Graeme Smith *
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Steve Smith
Adam Gilchrist +
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Dale Steyn
Glen McGrath
Cook did better than Smith in Asia. Also Adam Gilchrist failed in India and Andy Flower is one of the very best batsman there and if the team has only one spinner, can't see why he won't get ahead. Lara also did relatively poorly in India, and Viv was Okay in India and Pakistan both. Based on records, Border and Sobers (averages 100 odd) should be ahead of both easily. And of course, a 5 man bowling attack with only one kinda allrounder makes the batting susceptible.Matt Hayden
Graeme Smith *
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Steve Smith
Adam Gilchrist +
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Dale Steyn
Glen McGrath