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Pakistan early 1990s vs Kohli’s India

Who wins?


  • Total voters
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ma1978

International Debutant
Pakistan in the late 90s won 2/3 tests in India against a somewhat strong Indian side at home. Wasim actually was a pretty good captain at that point. So I am fairly confident that they could manage at least a drawn series against Kohli's team. Wasim/Waqar/Mushtaq Ahmed/Saqlain in bowling and Anwar/Ijaz/Salim/Inzi/Moin in batting.
that India team was utter dogshit.

venkatesh prasad
Nayan mongia
Ramesh
Opener VVS
sunil joshi
Over the hill azhar

no accomplishment there. It basically entailed beating Sachin
 

Coronis

International Coach
that India team was utter dog****.

venkatesh prasad
Nayan mongia
Ramesh
Opener VVS
sunil joshi
Over the hill azhar

no accomplishment there. It basically entailed beating Sachin
Are you sure? Sounds like you’re just looking at stats on statsguru. Did you not feel how strong they were when they were playing? Did you not see the utter poetry VVS wove with his bat?
 

howitzer

State Captain
that India team was utter dog****.

venkatesh prasad
Nayan mongia
Ramesh
Opener VVS
sunil joshi
Over the hill azhar

no accomplishment there. It basically entailed beating Sachin
I don't see Azhar as having been over the hill there. Played well in indivdual Tests against SA and SL afterwards and his career wasn't ended by his batting not being good enough anymore but other reasons. Agree with the rest though
 

howitzer

State Captain
Are you sure? Sounds like you’re just looking at stats on statsguru. Did you not feel how strong they were when they were playing? Did you not see the utter poetry VVS wove with his bat?
Not when he opened early in his career though. Batted out of position and it went badly wrong.
 

ma1978

International Debutant
Are you sure? Sounds like you’re just looking at stats on statsguru. Did you not feel how strong they were when they were playing? Did you not see the utter poetry VVS wove with his bat?
I pretty much saw every one of VVS’s innings (and it wasn’t easy because J was a student in the US and has to get grainy illegal streamsand he’s my favorite cricketer.

Other than that 167, he didn’t have his head together as an opener.

he really put it together post 2001.

1998 / 1999 was a real low point for Indian cricket except for Sachin
 

subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
that India team was utter dog****.

venkatesh prasad
Nayan mongia
Ramesh
Opener VVS
sunil joshi
Over the hill azhar

no accomplishment there. It basically entailed beating Sachin
Azhar wasn't over the hill. Along with Sachin you had Dravid. And Srinath and Kumble.

Obviously Kohli's side was stronger but calling that a weak side, in Indian conditions, it just wrong. It was just beat by better Pakistan and later SA teams.
 

Coronis

International Coach
Not when he opened early in his career though. Batted out of position and it went badly wrong.
I was at the ground. They were ****ter than their statsguru indicates.
I pretty much saw every one of VVS’s innings (and it wasn’t easy because J was a student in the US and has to get grainy illegal streamsand he’s my favorite cricketer.

Other than that 167, he didn’t have his head together as an opener.

he really put it together post 2001.

1998 / 1999 was a real low point for Indian cricket except for Sachin
Whoosh
 

_00_deathscar

International Regular
Pakistan in the late 90s won 2/3 tests in India against a somewhat strong Indian side at home. Wasim actually was a pretty good captain at that point. So I am fairly confident that they could manage at least a drawn series against Kohli's team. Wasim/Waqar/Mushtaq Ahmed/Saqlain in bowling and Anwar/Ijaz/Salim/Inzi/Moin in batting.
I don't see Azhar as having been over the hill there. Played well in indivdual Tests against SA and SL afterwards and his career wasn't ended by his batting not being good enough anymore but other reasons. Agree with the rest though
An ATG Australia couldn’t beat India when half our ****ers were trying to throw games and this subzi guy thinks they’ll beat a team that’s gone 12 years/17 series winning every single one on the trot?
 

howitzer

State Captain
An ATG Australia couldn’t beat India when half our ****ers were trying to throw games and this subzi guy thinks they’ll beat a team that’s gone 12 years/17 series winning every single one on the trot?
I was merely disputing the notion that Azharuddin was no longer a good batsman at that point. He could clearly still play. The side was definitely sub-par though.
 

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