All-Time India XIs - A re-run

[capt_Luffy]

Navjot Singh Sidhu
Dattu Phadkar
Axar Patel

If Shastri gets selected then;

Vijay Manjrekar
Kuldeep Yadav

 

[ma1978]

Ravi Shastri
Vijay Manjrekar
Harbhajan Singh

 

[Xix2565]

Murali Vijay
Chandu Borde
Kuldeep Yadav

 

[ma1978]

Three votes, nine unique names. Here’s where it gets interesting. No bad choices btw

 

[Flametree]

Sidhu
Sardesai
Axar Patel

 

[Thala_0710]

Shastri
Manjrekar
Harbhajan

If Sidhu gets in over Shastri,
Then: Phadkar and Harbhajan

 

[Thala_0710]

Shastri bcoz he has a similar level of record to Sidhu/Vijay as an opener but also provides a good quality 5th bowling option as a handy left arm off spinner

 

[Bitmap]

NS Sidhu
Dattu Phadkar
Harbhajan Singh

If Shastri gets in then Vijay Manjrekar instead of Phadkar

 

[capt_Luffy]

Incase anyone wants, they can use "if A gets selected then B" type statement. Like, I don't think many people will like a combination like Shastri - Phadkar - Venky with over bowling options; or Sidhu - Manjrekar - Patel with extra deep batting sacrificing bowling. Can reference to my selection.

 

[Teuton]

Sidhu
Shastri
Harbhajan

 

[Thala_0710]

Good to see diverse voting, but interested to know why Axar/Kuldeep are being voted ahead of Harbhajan as spinners in team when they have only picked about 50 wkts each and hardly bowled outside India?

 

[ma1978]

Good to see diverse voting, but interested to know why Axar/Kuldeep are being voted ahead of Harbhajan as spinners in team when they have only picked about 50 wkts each and hardly bowled outside India?

fair I'm chenging Venkat to Harbhajan.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Good to see diverse voting, but interested to know why Axar/Kuldeep are being voted ahead of Harbhajan as spinners in team when they have only picked about 50 wkts each and hardly bowled outside India?

Because Prasanna is an offie; and Axar an all-rounder. I am more interested in why Venkat getting voted ahead of Harbhajan with at average of 37, a fraction of his wickets and much worse batting.

 

[ma1978]

Because Prasanna is an offie; and Axar an all-rounder. I am more interested in why Venkat getting voted ahead of Harbhajan with at average of 37, a fraction of his wickets and much worse batting.

I changed my vote and the answer is because most posters have living memory of what a wasteman Harbhajan was whereas Venkat is one of the quartet (but very few actually were around when he played) so his reputation precedes his average.

 

[Thala_0710]

Because Prasanna is an offie; and Axar an all-rounder. I am more interested in why Venkat getting voted ahead of Harbhajan with at average of 37, a fraction of his wickets and much worse batting.

Ok Axar if you are putting him in as the all rounder, but why kuldeep though? Just for variety or his fifer in AUS?

 

[capt_Luffy]

Ok Axar if you are putting him in as the all rounder, but why kuldeep though? Just for variety or his fifer in AUS?

I think Kuldeep is a better bowler on quality than Harbhajan. So both really and this.

 

[Thala_0710]

I think Kuldeep is a better bowler on quality than Harbhajan. So both really and this.

Fair enough, but by the above metric surely Jaiswal gets in ahead of Sidhu then?

 

[capt_Luffy]

Fair enough, but by the above metric surely Jaiswal gets in ahead of Sidhu then?

Jaiswal scored almost all his runs till now at home. Sidhu himself has crazy good home record against better spinners like Warne and Murali.
Re Harbi and Kuldeep, I still rate Harbi higher. But the variety is quite a big boost there.

 

[Thala_0710]

Jaiswal scored almost all his runs till now at home. Sidhu himself has crazy good home record against better spinners like Warne and Murali.

Also did well on the WI tour, but surely the quality gap is bigger in Jaiswal vs Sidhu than in Kuldeep vs Bhajji?

 

[capt_Luffy]

Also did well on the WI tour, but surely the quality gap is bigger in Jaiswal vs Sidhu than in Kuldeep vs Bhajji?

I need Jaiswal to atleast score some runs away before placing him ahead of a batter arguably better at home.
Re quality gap, it's bigger; but variety is also huge boost for Kuldeep. Also, Jaiswal is very young and still not fully developed. Kuldeep is 29 and has plenty of international experience.