mancalledsting 1,850 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 What would be the best XI to overturn the might of India at home? My thoughts: Azhar Ali Kane Williamson (c) Joe Root Steve Smith Barbar Azam Shakib Al Hasan Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Pat Cummins Nathan Lyon KG Rabada James Anderson Link to post
test fan 684 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Elgar/ Karunaratne Latham Kane Smith Root Shakib Rizwan(Wk) Cummins Lyon Yasir Shah Archer Majestic and raki05 2 Link to post
Lone Wolf 1,339 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 56 minutes ago, test fan said: Elgar/ Karunaratne Latham Kane Smith Root Shakib Rizwan(Wk) Cummins Lyon Yasir Shah Archer Latham is such a pain in the a** always.. Root Kane Smith would be tough trio to knock over. A fit & firing Rabada is different level to Archer but ever since that injury in 2018 he has lost some pace. I'll take Wood who can sustain his pace longer. I'll take Embuldeniya over Yasir ATM.. I think a leggie in tests against India is a bad idea especially the one who doesn't has a googly. Agree with the rest. Karunaratne Latham Kane Smith Root (c) Shakib Rizwan (wk) Cummins Lyon Embuldeniya Mark Wood Link to post
express bowling 43,166 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 (edited) 1. Latham 2. Azhar Ali 3. Williamson 4. Smith 5. Root ( c ) 6. Rizwan ( wk ) 7. Shakib 8. Rashid 9. Cummins 10. Lyon 11. Anderson Edited February 20 by express bowling Mosher 1 Link to post
ShebbySB 670 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 World XI: Latham Kane Root (C) Smith Babar Shakib Rizwan (Wk) Cummins Rabada Lyon Anderson India: Gill Rohit Pujara Kohli (C) Rahane Pant (Wk) Sundar/ Pandya Jadeja Ashwin Shami Bumrah Link to post
Jay 250 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 ideal india 11 gill or mayank rohit pujara kohli rahul pant thakur or sundar ashwin jadeja shami umesh too good of a team. no respite in batting. each and everyone one can take the game away from you. i would have mayank over gill because mayank in asian conditions is a beast and he is an extremely good player of spin. rahul too would be a handful in middle order. he scored 199 vs australia not too long ago. thakur has insanely good reverse swing and can bat. no respite with shami umesh, jadeja, ashwin and even thakur who can all bowl oppositon out. reverse swing plus depth in batting and add in spinners. its a nightmare team for any world 11. Link to post
Norman 4,041 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Lol why is everyone picking Azhar Ali? I know he was a class player once but now he is just another Rahane who comes good once in a series.... LathamElgarRootSmithWilliamson ShakibRizwan (WK)CumminsArcherLyonMaharaj If this team wins the toss and bats first, then it'll be a close game. Any other case, we'll win. Link to post
ShebbySB 670 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 1 hour ago, Jay said: ideal india 11 gill or mayank rohit pujara kohli rahul pant thakur or sundar ashwin jadeja shami umesh too good of a team. no respite in batting. each and everyone one can take the game away from you. i would have mayank over gill because mayank in asian conditions is a beast and he is an extremely good player of spin. rahul too would be a handful in middle order. he scored 199 vs australia not too long ago. thakur has insanely good reverse swing and can bat. no respite with shami umesh, jadeja, ashwin and even thakur who can all bowl oppositon out. reverse swing plus depth in batting and add in spinners. its a nightmare team for any world 11. No. 7 is too high for Shardul. Link to post
Jay 250 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 8 minutes ago, ShebbySB said: No. 7 is too high for Shardul. go with shardul at 9 sorry or sundar at 7. ShebbySB 1 Link to post
raki05 6,910 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 4 hours ago, mancalledsting said: What would be the best XI to overturn the might of India at home? My thoughts: Azhar Ali Kane Williamson (c) Joe Root Steve Smith Barbar Azam Shakib Al Hasan Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Pat Cummins Nathan Lyon KG Rabada James Anderson Babar Azam, Azhar Ali..... Azam was shitting against Maharaj bowling. Against ashwin and Jadeja his test career ll get over. express bowling, Pratik77 and AuxiliA 3 Link to post
sage 1,100 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Babar/Kane/Root/Smith is a hell of a middle order to be up against mancalledsting 1 Link to post
Gollum 26,036 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 9 hours ago, sage said: Babar/Kane/Root/Smith is a hell of a middle order to be up against Babar struggles against spin. Kane is poor overseas, was made to look like a tailender by Ashwin on our pitches previously. I think Mushfiqur is a more credible threat than these two. Root and Smith are gold, them batting together will make things tough for us. Link to post
Gollum 26,036 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) In my team I will look to minimize number of LHBs though not completely avoidable, at least one major threat (Ashwin) can be managed that way....you just have to check his record against the likes of Warner, Stokes, Karunaratne, Elgar, Latham, Bravo, Kock....free wickets and I don't care how good they are. No respite even as opener since Ash can bowl with the new ball. I don't rate Babar Azam against quality spin, he may require more experience in SC conditions. I'll go with: Azhar Kane (c)...more for his shrewd captaincy Root Smith Angelo (thought of Ross Taylor but the Lankan loves our bowling) Shakib Mushfiqur (wk) Holder Moeen Cummins Lyon Will look to stack up the batting, only way to beat this India on normal Indian decks is to put huge totals in 1st/2nd innings of the match and enable bowlers to use the psychological advantage of scorecard pressure. Moeen at 9, Cummins at 10 and Lyon is no mug at 11. Holder bowled well in India last time, way better than Rabada, NZ/Eng quicks. For a moment thought of Hazlewood but as an overall package Holder offers more. This is a batting lineup which can give max trouble to our bowling unit and on pattas can score enough (and bat long enough) to at least make comfortable draws. If rank turner, the deep batting can help them in a low scoring shoot-out. Bowling attack of Cummins, Holder, Lyon, Shakib, Moeen and Root/Mathews/Azhar to bowl a couple of overs here and there if required. Edited February 21 by Gollum Link to post
Tibarn 3,295 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) Darren Bravo might be a good option for the team, aside from the common players listed already. He is the Windies version of Rahane, good on spinning pitches in the ISC, but terrible at home. Overall a 54+ average in Asia. He has a fantastic record vs LA-spin, averages over 70 vs that type of bowling, so he would need to be in the MO to try and negate Jaddu. He would need a partner who takes on Ashwin more comfortably as he relatively struggles against RA-spin. https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/277472.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/277472.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting;view=dismissal_summary Edited February 21 by Tibarn Link to post
jf1gp_1 1,696 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) People are selecting Rizwan ahead of de kock, watling, bestrow and buttler. No clue why would anyone pick azhar ali as opener for world xi when his own team doesnt play him as opener. No marnus ? also in India why isnt anyone considering Yasir Shah Edited February 21 by jf1gp_1 Link to post
Ankit_sharma03 22,529 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Latham Elgar Smith Root Shakib Rahim Rizwan (wk) Moeen ali Rashid khan Cummins Rabada Link to post
Majestic 254 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Elgar Latham Smith Root Williamson Shakib Rizwan(wkt) Cummins Yasir Archer Lyon 2 pacers, 2 spinners , 1 spin all-rounder and a number of more than decent spin part timers which includes Root, Smith, Elgar and Williamson all four. Link to post
zen 11,220 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1st need to learn to beat visiting teams without having to resort to "extreme turners" Link to post
Serpico 1,125 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 9 hours ago, zen said: 1st need to learn to beat visiting teams without having to resort to "extreme turners" All matches with England went into 5th day in 2016 and india still won 4-0. They are just being extra cautious now because of WTC final Link to post
