The India and Pakistan combined ATG Thread : Open Voting

[morgieb]

The problem with picking Inzi or someone over Imran is that while it would improve the batting, the bowling would be kinda compromised too IMO.

 

[Red]

If I was picking this side from the outset, I'd go...


- Sunny Gavaskar
- Virender Sehwag
- Rahul Dravid
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Javed Miandad
- Inzamam ul Haq
- Imran Khan
- Syed Kirmani (wk)
- Wasim Akram
- Waqar Younis
- Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

But I don't think you lose that much if you include Kapil as the extra bowler really....

- Sunny Gavaskar
- Virender Sehwag
- Rahul Dravid
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Javed Miandad
- Imran Khan
- Kapil Dev
- Syed Kirmani (wk)
- Wasim Akram
- Waqar Younis
- Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

And if you wanted to be a bit more creative....

- Sunny Gavaskar
- Farohk Engineer (wk)
- Rahul Dravid
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Javed Miandad
- Inzamam ul Haq
- Imran Khan
- Kapil Dev
- Wasim Akram
- Waqar Younis
- Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

 

[kyear2]

Personally like

Sunil Gavaskar
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Javed Miandad
Mushtaq Mohammad
Imran khan
Syed Kirmani
Wasim Akram
Erapalli Prasanna
Waqar Younis

Anil Kumble would also have added to the batting depth, but with Mushtaq wanted the variety of the off spinner.

 

[watson]

Syed Kirmani catching a ball while doing a CARTWHEEL. That's right, at the same time. Why? Because he can;

Syed Kirmani cartwheels & does a one hand stand! Cricket ind vs aus funny! - YouTube

 

[smash84]

that is so cool

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Kirmani wag

 

[AldoRaine18]

So, I suppose with the couple of guys who changed their votes from Imran to Inzi, and nothing more coming in, Inzi seals the sixth spot.

Next up, the main spinner. Select ONE, or add your own choice.

Anil Kumble
Saqlain Mushtaq
BS Chandrashekhar
Erapalli Prasanna
S. Venkatraghavan
Bishan Singh Bedi
Abdul Qadir
Harbhajan Singh
Saeed Ajmal
Mushtaq Ahmed
Danish Kaneria
Iqbal Qasim
Subhash Gupte
Vinoo Mankad

 

[watson]

Erapalli Prasanna

 

[AldoRaine18]

Edit : I'll change my vote to Gupte as well. Hurried up with the earlier one without looking into all options carefully.

 

[bagapath]

Subhash Gupte

Please please take a look at his stats again, imagine what he would've achieved with better fielders than those he played with, and vote for him.

 

[smash84]

have heard good things about the indian quartet...not sure which one was the best of the lot though.....heard a lot about prasanna.....but I will hold my vote for now...Bedi has a decent record too

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

As much as I love Abdul Qadir, but as once Smali said he could be hot or cold in his day, so as it's going to be only 4 man attack, don't want to take that extra risk by playing him. Then there is Prasanna, one of India's first world class off-spinners (?) who was successful in both home and away matches; Bishen Bedi with lovely action and flight like a rainbow curve; Chandrashekhar, unorthodox leggie, was instrumental to many victories for India; Saqlain Mushtaq with "doosra" effect and many other notable spinners such as Venkataraghban, Iqbal Qasim (often forgotten), Mushtaq Ahmed, Anil Kumble and the list just goes on and on.

Above them all, there is one Subhash Gupte only. From Garry Sobers to Sunil Gavaskar, many rates him very highly. Sobers took it up a notch and said, "To me, Shane Warne is a great turner of the ball. I like his aggressive attitude, I love the way he attacks batsmen and I give him 100% for that as not enough spinners bowl with that approach, but in my estimation Subhash Gupte was a better legspinner." His line and length was great despite the fact that he was a big turner of the ball; he had a deadly googly as well. Rohan Kanhai, Everton Weekes, Frank Worrell, Colin Cowdrey, Ken Barrington are among many batsmen that he picked up numerous times. Some of them are great players of spin as well.

I pick Subhash Gupte as the spinner here.

 

[Satyanash89]

Gupte for me as well. He has a record that cokpares pretty favourably with chandra, kumble and co, but he played in a team notorious for its pathetic fielding and catching. Helped a great deal too that Sobers and Gavaskar rated him very highly.

 

[smash84]

Bedi is worth a shout too imo

Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

who had the most beautiful action of those above, I think Bedi

 

[Satyanash89]

who had the most beautiful action of those above, I think Bedi

ramesh powar, sehwag >>> them all

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Abdul Qadir

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

ramesh powar, sehwag >>> them all

what a legend

 

[Fusion]

Abdul Qadir. Came through against one of the greatest sides to play the game - West Indies.

 

[kyear2]

Subhash Gupte, just over Prasanna.