India's test XI of this millennium ( post 2000)

[Stan AF]

Kohli gets out to moeen Ali of all spinners. 

 

He would be pissing his pants to Warne , Murali and other former greats.

[Stan AF]

This thread is a pathetic attempt and downright laughable nonsense.

 

Threads like this bring down the IQ of the forum. Nothing more to say actually.

Edited August 2, 2024 by Stan AF

[putrevus]

1 hour ago, Stan AF said:

 

Somebody who struggled to make one test 100 for 4 years shouldn't be considered for anything inspite of his lunatic fanbase.

Somebody who never scored 500 runs in series nor reached 900 ratings is not even in picture of ATG players.

 

Kohli atleast had slump.

 

Playing 200 tests does not make Sachin as best batsman either.

 

Scoring 100 100s after playing nearly double the matches is not great achievement either despite his idiotic fanbase assertions.

Edited August 2, 2024 by putrevus

[New guy]

43 minutes ago, putrevus said:

India won one lousy test in 1990s away from India. Did they need Sachin to lose , they would lost without him too, what exactly did Sachin do there.

 

This notion India did fine without Kohli is idiotic. Kohli as for now is only behind Sachin and Sunny in tests even after his slump.

One single bumrah and Sachin would have had way more wins than anyone else in history. Don't compare team performances to individuals

[New guy]

16 minutes ago, putrevus said:

More proof that Sachin fans are idiotic and do nothing else but try to make Sachin into some thing which he never was .

Kohli had way smaller peak than any great batsman in history. 

 

Every single country greats,  ex players, commentators, wisden, all have our Sachin among the very very top and ahead of kohli in tests. 

 

Must be all Sachin fans. 

[Praveen 06]

I will take peak kohli over peak sachin 

[putrevus]

3 minutes ago, Praveen 06 said:

I will take peak kohli over peak sachin 

There is no question Peak Kohli is far better than Peak Sachin any day in all formats.

 

Odis Sachin is not even in same ball park as Kohli.

 

Tests Sachin is far better as he had better technique but he never had the determination to carry the team on his back.He was a steady eddy for a reason.

 

Kohli never had luxury of batting with lineups like Sachin  either.

[Praveen 06]

Highest % of Team runs for India in Test
(min 5000 runs)

16.55 - Sunil Gavaskar 
15.06 - Virat Kohli 
14.82 - Sachin Tendulkar 
14.76 - Rahul Dravid 
14.68 - Virender Sehwag
13.82 - G Vishwanath 
13.36 - C Pujara

 

Gavaskar > Kohli > sachin

[Praveen 06]

5 minutes ago, putrevus said:

There is no question Peak Kohli is far better than Peak Sachin any day in all formats.

 

Odis Sachin is not even in same ball park as Kohli.

 

Tests Sachin is far better as he had better technique but he never had the determination to carry the team on his back.He was a steady eddy for a reason.

 

Kohli never had luxury of batting with lineups like Sachin  either.

Yes Kohli impact more

 

Mom

 

Sachin - 14 (200 tests)

Kohli - 10(113 tests)

 

Double hundreds 

 

Sachin - 6

Kohli - 7

Edited August 2, 2024 by Praveen 06

[Praveen 06]

My X1

 

Sehwaag

Rohit

Dravid

Sachin

Kohli

Pant

Jadeja

Ashwin

Zaheer 

Shami

Bumrah

 

 

[Gambit]

What were the away averages for all batsmen since 2000? Tendulkar is the only 50+ avg batsman. Dravid is 48 and Kohli is 44.

 

 

[singhvivek141]

1. Virender Sehwag

2. Tough to choose, will go with Gambhir

3. Dravid

4. Tendulkar

5. Kohli

6. Laxman

7. Pant (wk)

8. Jadeja

9. Kumble

10. Shami

11. Bumrah

 

 

[Ultimate_Game]

8 hours ago, Muloghonto said:

My XI: 

Sehwag

Jaiswal

Dravid

Tendulkar
Kohli

MSD+(c)

Jadeja
Ashwin

Kumble

Shami

Bumrah

 

3 spinners is too many even for home matches. One of Kumble or Ashwin should make for a batsman in India, and away matches should only have one spinner. Like the Jaiswal pick to partner with Sehwag.

[Kron]

4 hours ago, Praveen 06 said:

I will take peak kohli over peak sachin 

How the hell did cooomaa sangalosserakara get that high of a rating. He never ever performed away from home in any match winning cause. Especially not aus or india. Guy is a fraud. Rest of the ratings looks good. 

[Majestic]

9 hours ago, Muloghonto said:

 

This is unadulterated BS and categorically false lol. 

 

Explain. 

[Majestic]

The idea to remove VVS just to fit Sachin is even more crap. VVS was much better than his stats and real game changer in tests.

 

 

[Majestic]

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;opposition=1;opposition=2;opposition=3;opposition=5;opposition=6;opposition=7;opposition=8;orderby=runs;spanmax1=31+Dec+2100;spanmin1=01+Jan+2001;spanval1=span;team=6;template=results;type=batting

 

Facts. 

[Majestic]

6 minutes ago, Kron said:

How the hell did cooomaa sangalosserakara get that high of a rating. He never ever performed away from home in any match winning cause. Especially not aus or india. Guy is a fraud. Rest of the ratings looks good. 

Ratings are crap. They don't weight home or away difference

[Muloghonto]

28 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Explain. 

You dont make a team without the best ever batsman in tests after bradman,i am sorry to say. 

 

[Muloghonto]

1 hour ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

3 spinners is too many even for home matches. One of Kumble or Ashwin should make for a batsman in India, and away matches should only have one spinner. Like the Jaiswal pick to partner with Sehwag.

this whole 3 spinner vs 1 spinner overseas is fine and dandy if you got pace bowlers like Australia or West Indies. 

The basic rule of thumb is, you play your best players and then tinker with ' horses for the courses' methodology. For eg, if its a total green top wicket and my choice is between picking Muralitharan or Pandya, ofcourse i will pick Murali 10 times out of 10. As it stands, except for Kapil, Srinath, Shami and Bumrah, there isn't a pace bowler in India thats better than Kumble. So kumble gets in.