Most challenging bowling India has faced in tests

[MechEng]

If there are any other choices apart from the ones mentioned in the poll, do write them down in comments.

[Sandeep99]

McGrath and warne at their peak, Gillespie,  Brett Lee running in at full speed. Even though the batting conditions were relatively easy, 1999 was a series where india had zero chance. So good that Australian team was! 

[Jimmy Cliff]

India tour of West Indies 1983

 

Marshall-Garner-Holding-Roberts was the attack in 4 out of the 5 Tests . 

[R!TTER]

1983 - no one comes close!

[kohli]

Ind vs wi 1983

ind vs aus 1999

ind vs wi 1997

ind vs pak 1999

[Majestic]

Voted Ind-Aus 1999 as I was not aware of the attack that Windies had in 1983. But that would also be up there. 

[Nash]

Really hard to pick one.  

Last Australia series was also good bowling attack. 

I have seen 70s or 80s cricket either. 1999 aus was the hardest .

2008 srilanka was close too. 

[Norman]

New Zealand 2020.... 

[MechEng]

6 hours ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

India tour of West Indies 1983

 

Marshall-Garner-Holding-Roberts was the attack in 4 out of the 5 Tests . 

 

On paper that was a better attack but both Marshall and Holding hit their peaks when they were in India in 1983.

[MechEng]

42 minutes ago, Nash said:

Really hard to pick one.  

Last Australia series was also good bowling attack. 

I have seen 70s or 80s cricket either. 1999 aus was the hardest .

2008 srilanka was close too. 

 

Tour of Sri Lanka in 2008 is underrated.  Atleast in the 1999/2000 series vs Australia and 1983 West Indies tour some batsmen scored runs, that Sri Lanka tour had only one Sehwag double hundred, without which we were losing 3-0.

[Jay]

2021

.1983

 

Both 

[ShoonyaSifar]

1983 vs WI: Holding, Marshall, Garner, Roberts  the most fearsome

 

1999 Pak: Wasim, Waqar, Azhar Mahmood, Saqlain, Mushtaq -  the most versatile

 

The 2018 and 2020-21 Aus attack of Cummins, Starc, Hazlewood, Lyon in Australia will definitely be in the top 5

[Norman]

2010/11 South Africa....

 

Absolute Peak Steyn, Morkel, Philander and even Tsotsobe was bowling like Wasim.... 

[Vilander]

8 minutes ago, Norman said:

2010/11 South Africa....

 

Absolute Peak Steyn, Morkel, Philander and even Tsotsobe was bowling like Wasim.... 

very good attach but lesser than Aus 1999. Don't know about 1983 WI to comments Rest don't come close. 

Edited March 11, 2021 by Vilander

[Nash]

3 hours ago, MechEng said:

 

Tour of Sri Lanka in 2008 is underrated.  Atleast in the 1999/2000 series vs Australia and 1983 West Indies tour some batsmen scored runs, that Sri Lanka tour had only one Sehwag double hundred, without which we were losing 3-0.

 

I ave never seen indian batsman that clueless and helpless against any other spinner.  It was nightmaris series.  Mendis was giant killer. 

201 sehwag . Lol .

 

 

[Vijy]

15 hours ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

India tour of West Indies 1983

 

Marshall-Garner-Holding-Roberts was the attack in 4 out of the 5 Tests . 

that was indeed an ATG attack, which is why Jimmy's performance in that series was beyond sensational. perhaps our best ever player of "pure" fast bowling when at his peak.

Edited March 11, 2021 by Vijy

[zen]

Voted for WI - Marshall, Holding, Garner and Roberts are all good enough to lead a bowling attack ... Below is a chart that I made a while back, all 4 bowlers make it to the list w/ Marshall & Garner in the top right quadrant (Low Avg, Low SR): 

 

Edited March 11, 2021 by zen

[Jimmy Cliff]

18 minutes ago, Vijy said:

that was indeed an ATG attack, which is why Jimmy's performance in that series was beyond sensational. perhaps our best ever player of "pure" fast bowling when at his peak.

 

I was gonna post a video of Amarnath playing a couple of signature hook shots from that tour but sadly that video has been removed like so many others on YouTube . 

[kohli]

9 hours ago, Norman said:

2010/11 South Africa....

 

Absolute Peak Steyn, Morkel, Philander and even Tsotsobe was bowling like Wasim.... 

steyn, morkel, tsotsobe & harris. Philander didn’t played a single match. 1 atg bowler, 1 great bowler & 2 medicore bowler. Its a good attack nothing more.

[vayuu1]

Surprised nobody mentioned south africa 96

Pollock,donald,klusner,fannie they were all breathing fire,that sa side had some world class allrounders, mcmillan, Jacques, klusner.