It is so hard really.
Precisely my thinking. Though I prefer Zak to Shami.
That's cheating man, we can't do country specific. Defeats the purpose of an ATG side.
I think that's the point, different players will do different in different conditions. It's less beneficiary to carry Sehwag in England than someone like Gautam Gambhir. Anyways, you could count the team to play in India as the ATG one. That's the one I will make given any opportunity; I am not putting Shami in a team before Kumble.
The thing is that if you are doing an allround side, having 3 seamers is a must.
Why replace Bumrah? I'm thinking replace with Zaheer everytime it's needed.
Pant being selected shows how few options we have tbh. I would actually pick MSD in the SC over either Pant or Engineer. And away from home Pant has done well everywhere except NZ. So fair enough to select him IMO.
Pant has already done more than enough to show him as the best option.
So you don't have Kapil in your ATG XI? Are you serious?
India is still a fair bit stronger in batting than bowling. And they want 2 spinners for home and 3 quicks for away. 5 bowlers is the way if you have to pick a single team for all conditions.
Jadeja is actually redundant in an ATG XI with Kapil and Ashwin already giving sufficient batting strength and Jadeja's bowling being more limited away.
