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Which one player from past world cup squad you would add to this current WC squad?


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Kapil hands down. A guy who can open the bowling and can smack quality bowling at the death. No brainer. We are stuck with Bhuvi,Hardik,Jadeja and Shankar and you think Kapil will Not make it to the side.

 

Yuvraj sure quality but if it is Kapil vs Yuvraj then it is a no brainer here

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Kohli of 4 years back, then we will have 2 Kohlis in the playing XI. The stupid number 3/4 spot discussion can be put to rest and Anushka will be confused as *. If they can win us the WC I will be happy, if 2 Kohlis fail to get the job done I will troll the Kohli fanboys mercilessly and bump the old Steve Smith threads.

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7 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Kohli of 4 years back, then we will have 2 Kohlis in the playing XI. The stupid number 3/4 spot discussion can be put to rest and Anushka will be confused as *. If they can win us the WC I will be happy, if 2 Kohlis fail to get the job done I will troll the Kohli fanboys mercilessly and bump the old Steve Smith threads.

by bumping AVKC thread lol Damn we had such a thread.

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41 minutes ago, maniac said:

Kapil hands down. A guy who can open the bowling and can smack quality bowling at the death. No brainer. We are stuck with Bhuvi,Hardik,Jadeja and Shankar and you think Kapil will Not make it to the side.

 

Yuvraj sure quality but if it is Kapil vs Yuvraj then it is a no brainer here

Kapil Dev went w/o scoring a 50 in the last 6+ years of his career

 

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  Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0  
unfiltered 1978-1994 225 198 39 3783 175* 23.79 3979 95.07 1 14 13 Profile
filtered 1988-1994 105 89 18 1271 49* 17.90 1589 79.98 0 0 4

 

 

He was exceptional with the bat from the SR perspective in the first 10 years of his career:

 

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  Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0  
unfiltered 1978-1994 225 198 39 3783 175* 23.79 3979 95.07 1 14 13 Profile
filtered 1978-1987 115 104 21 2371 175* 28.56 2264 104.72 1 13 9

 

 

PS  ODI batting 1978-87:

 

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N Kapil Dev (INDIA) 1978-1987 115 104 21 2371 175* 28.56 2264 104.72 1 13 9 investigate this query
IVA Richards (WI) 1978-1987 129 117 18 5281 189* 53.34 5819 90.75 9 39 6 investigate this query
Zaheer Abbas (PAK) 1978-1985 55 53 5 2315 123 48.22 2713 85.32 7 11 2 investigate this query
RW Marsh (AUS) 1979-1984 77 63 10 1062 66 20.03 1255 84.62 0 3 6 investigate this query
IT Botham (ENG) 1978-1987 91 82 9 1640 72 22.46 1992 82.32 0 7 5 investigate this query
SM Patil (INDIA) 1980-1986 45 42 1 1005 84 24.51 1223 82.17 0 9 4 investigate this query
Saleem Malik (PAK) 1982-1987 64 56 8 1333 100 27.77 1644 81.08 1 7 2 investigate this query
DM Jones (AUS) 1984-1987 53 52 10 1738 121 41.38 2150 80.83 3 10 2

 

Viv with an avg of 53 and a SR of 91 in that period :hatsoff:

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  • In the current side, top 3 are well settled -> Rohit, Dhawan and Kohli 
  • Got some good players at 6 and 7 -> Pandya and Jadhav 
  • Dhoni would be there at #5 

If I have to bring in someone from the past, it would be a young Sachin to bat at #4 

 

 

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Some thoughts that came across:

 

Zaheer from 2011 - would complete the bowling jigsaw, was a terrific bowler for us.

 

Dravid from 99/03 - was highest run scorer in 99, willing to keep wickets in 03. Would settle the middle order if required.

 

Dada - the one captain who could leave the washerman & his dog at the pond and focus on the best XI.

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7 minutes ago, Clarke said:

Some thoughts that came across:

 

Zaheer from 2011 - would complete the bowling jigsaw, was a terrific bowler for us.

 

Dravid from 99/03 - was highest run scorer in 99, willing to keep wickets in 03. Would settle the middle order if required.

 

Dada - the one captain who could leave the washerman & his dog at the pond and focus on the best XI.

  • we have Bumrah, Shami, Kuldeep and Chahal so would not waste "the one wish" on Zak 
  • Dravid can come in at #4 but do not see his usefulness vs someone like Sachin at #4 
  • Dada can be a good option as someone who can lead, bat at #4 and bowl a few overs 

 

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Gambhir and Gambhir only.

 

CAN open if needed, can bat at 1 down, 2 down, you name it.

 

Someone mouthing off to him, he can get the momentum going by mouthing back in the courteous punjabi manner, and can get players around him also going.

 

 

Calm under pressure twice in world cup finals. No CV/Resume needed. He’s the man.

 

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