All time Asian-XI

[Fuller Pilch]

Gavaskar
Sehwag
Sangakkara
Tendulkar
Miandad
Shakib
Imran (c)
Prasanna J/Engineer(wk)
Wasim
Waqar
Murali

2nd XI:
Hanif
Anwar
Dravid
Younis Khan
Kohli/Inzaman/Jayawardene?
Dhoni (c) (wk)
Kapil
Ashwin
Herath
Shoaib
Bumrah

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Agree that considered in isolation he's better as a specialist batsman, but the all time Asian XI has lots of atg batsmen to choose from and no atg keeper bat (Pant is on track to get there). So I think it's fine to give Sanga the gloves here.

I'd rather pick a quality keeper (especially in the subcontinent). The three best are Engineer, Bari, and Prasanna Jayawardene. Bari struggled with the bat, so it is between the other two.

 

[Gob]

Gavaskar
Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Miandad
Sangakkara (keep)
Imran c
Wasim
Shoaib/Ashwin
Waqar
Murali

 

[ataraxia]

What about:

Gavaskar /
Engineer + /
Dravid /
Tendulkar /
Sangakkara /
Younis / Laxman /
Shakib / o
Imran* o /
Wasim o /
Waqar o
Murali o

The real problem here is a decent fifth bowler -- Shakib edges it over Mushtaq Mohammad for me. Alternatively, open with Mankad and have Dhoni keep.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Test XI

Gavaskar
Shewag
Sanga
Tendulkar
Dravid
Y. Khan
Dhoni (w)
Imran (c)
Wasim
Waqar
Murali

ODI XI

Jayasuriya / Dilshan
Tendulkar
Abbas
Kohli
Inzamam
Dhoni (w)
Dev
Wasim
Malinga
Murali
Bumrah

Really Sehwag? He can't play swing at all. Also Dhoni was neither a good test bat nor a captain.

Waqar or even Imran over Malinga in ODIs

 

[subshakerz]

Gavaskar
Dravid
Sangakkara +
Sachin
Miandad
Laxman
Jadeja
Imran (c)
Wasim
Murali
Waqar

12th man : Kapil Dev

What's yours?

Sorry but Jadeja isn't really necessary since there is already enough batting depth. Pick your two best spinners. I go for Kumble overall and Ashwin if in SC.

Gavaskar
Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Miandad
Sanga +
Imran
Wasim
Kumble/Ashwin
Waqar
Murali

 

[subshakerz]

Agree that considered in isolation he's better as a specialist batsman, but the all time Asian XI has lots of atg batsmen to choose from and no atg keeper bat (Pant is on track to get there). So I think it's fine to give Sanga the gloves here.

I agree and I have Sanga batting lower in the order to make it easier for him.

 

[Burgey]

These sides are all pretty cute.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Sorry but Jadeja isn't really necessary since there is already enough batting depth. Pick your two best spinners. I go for Kumble overall and Ashwin if in SC.

Gavaskar
Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Miandad
Sanga +
Imran
Wasim
Kumble/Ashwin
Waqar
Murali

sehwag doesn't belong here

Jadeja is as good as Ashwina s an spinner plus a gun fielder

 

[Prince EWS]

1 Gavaskar
2 Hanif
3 Dravid
4 Tendulkar
5 Miandad
6 Sanga +
7 Jadeja
8 Imran *
9 Wasim
10 Murali
11 Waqar

So quite similar to the OP. Kapil very stiff to miss out but the second spinner adds more IMO.

I considered Ashwin ahead of Jadeja because Imran-Wasim-Ashwin is still a perfectly good 7-9... but having the second spinner turn it the other way to Murali seemed like a good idea, so as is often the case the answer is Jadeja.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Highest averages in test cricket by Asian keepers (minimum 20 tests as keeper):

Pant - 43.32
Rizwan - 42.03
Sanga - 40.38
Liton Das - 40.14
Chandimal - 39.54
Dhoni - 38.09
Mushfiqur - 37.00
Sarfaraz - 36.39

Prasanna Jayawardene (29.5) was a much better keeper than all of them, but it depends how strong you want your batting to be.

Imterestingly, Hashan Tillakaratne only averaged 31.5 in 11 tests as keeper, but 44.90 in his 72 matches as a specialist batsman. He's often forgotten when very good SL batsmen are discussed.

Sanga averaged an absolutely ridiculous 66.78 (31 100s) from 86 tests as a non-keeper, so I think he should be in as a specialist bat. As a comparison Smith averages exactly 60 from 87 tests (28 100s).*

* And yes I know he started as a leggie.

 

[Xix2565]

Wonder what the AT Asian 15/20 would be if you wanted to have subs like actual teams.

 

[Migara]

Really Sehwag? He can't play swing at all. Also Dhoni was neither a good test bat nor a captain.

Waqar or even Imran over Malinga in ODIs

Waqar will get smashed to all parts under current ODI rules once the reverse swing is taken out of the equation. Malinga has lot more in his arsneal than pace and reverse swing.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

No way Kapil is a lock.

Only if you want the best team.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Really Sehwag? He can't play swing at all. Also Dhoni was neither a good test bat nor a captain.

Waqar or even Imran over Malinga in ODIs

Pant will overtake Dhoni in future.

Dhoni > Sanga
1.Similar avg
2.Dhoni has longevity and wont mess batting order
3. A low avg No:3 in an AT 11 doesn't make sense, and if he bats in lower order.. Good chance for a lower avg.
4. Specialist Sanga is 3rd best Asian batsman after Sunny and Sachin

 

[CricAddict]

Really Sehwag? He can't play swing at all. Also Dhoni was neither a good test bat nor a captain.

Waqar or even Imran over Malinga in ODIs

Still, he is one of the top 10 openers ever to play the game. And a unique one at that as he is different to other openers who are all mostly conservative. He will be a perfect foil to Gavaskar.

 

[subshakerz]

sehwag doesn't belong here

Jadeja is as good as Ashwina s an spinner plus a gun fielder

Happy to replace Sehwag with Anwar, but on points it should be Sehwag

And Ashwin is clearly better than Jadeja as a spinner at home and roughly equal abroad

 

[subshakerz]

Waqar will get smashed to all parts under current ODI rules once the reverse swing is taken out of the equation. Malinga has lot more in his arsneal than pace and reverse swing.

You can't rule out Waqar based on a what if. He is objectively one of the most destructive ODI bowler ever and clearly ahead of Malinga.

The best Asian ODI Xi:

Sachin
Rohit
Zaheer
Kohli
Babar
Dhoni
Imran
Kapil
Wasim
Waqar
Murali

 

[ankitj]

Only if you want the best team.

Poo

 

[CricAddict]

Happy to replace Sehwag with Anwar, but on points it should be Sehwag

And Ashwin is clearly better than Jadeja as a spinner at home and roughly equal abroad

Ashwin is not clearly better than Jadeja at home. Jadeja actually averages lesser with the ball at home than Ashwin on the same set of conditions and same set of opponents. As a batsman at home, there is no contest since Jadeja averages 40+ while Ashwin averages 30-. As a fielder, Ashwin can't move more than 2 steps even to catch a flying bun to eat while Jadeja is one of the best fielders in the world currently.

It is just your perception that Ashwin is better and do go ahead with that perception. But do not say that Ashwin is clearly better than Jadeja.