Deleted_User_1 Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Test team from 70s an on. I do not think any of us go back further than that. Wicket is conducive to both spin and pace. Here is mine. No one hit wonders please............ Sunil Gavaskar Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid Sachn Tendulkar Mohd Azharduddin Kapil Dev © Farookh Engineer (wk) Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath Zaheer Khan Bishen Bedi 12th man: Ravi Shastri
SachDan Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Sunil Gavaskar Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Mohd Azharduddin G.R.Viswanath Kapil Dev © Farookh Engineer (wk) Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath Zaheer Khan Bishen BediE.A.S.Prasanna 12th man: B.S.Chandrashekhar
mhr123 Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Sunil Gavaskar Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid Sachn Tendulkar VVS Laksman Kapil Dev © Sayed Kirmani (wk) Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath Zaheer Khan Prasanna 12th man: Mohammad Azharuddin
SachDan Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 What no DHONI:--D Lets wait for all those Dhoni worshippers to check this thread.
chanakya Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 What no DHONI:--D We prefer to pick the best wicket keeper available. With farook Engineer available ppl like Dhoni simply aren't good enough
DomainK Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Lets wait for all those Dhoni worshippers to check this thread. dsr is the biggest Dhoni worshipper. Not a single day passes when he does not think about Dhoni. :giggle:
Kumar Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 i wish no modern era, then we wuld c the supreme lala amarnath. Mohammad Azharuddin shuld b there regardless of his match fixing, if we were in an england or pakistani forum they would put botham and akram.
Deleted_User_1 Posted July 22, 2008 Author Posted July 22, 2008 C'mon guys more teams please? I think the Indian spin quartet in 70s was a bit overrated. sure they were good spinners, but please keep in mind that some countries did not play spin well at all. I think current spinners like Murali, Kumble and Warne have much better records. Dhoni as a wicketkeeper has some ways to go. I chose Engineer over Kirmani because he was a better batsman.
jf1gp_1 Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 S Gavaskar © Sehwag Dravid Sachin Dilip Vengsarkar M Amarnath Kapil dev Manoj prabhakar kiran more kumble Srinath BS Bedi 12th- Ganguly I wanted to put azhar but just couldnt. Bedi is in my team cause i would love to see him bowl. Sunny is my captain because ganguly is not in my playing xi.
vadodaravictor Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 S Gavaskar © Sehwag Dravid Sachin Dilip Vengsarkar M Amarnath Kapil dev Manoj prabhakar kiran more kumble Srinath BS Bedi 12th- Ganguly I wanted to put azhar but just couldnt. Bedi is in my team cause i would love to see him bowl. Sunny is my captain because ganguly is not in my playing xi. Prabhakar ?? I would prefer Zak or Pathan instead of Prabhakar
swami1984 Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Sunil Gavaskar Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid Sachn Tendulkar Dilip Vengsarkar Kapil Dev © MS Dhoni (wk) Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath BS Chandrasekhar Bishen Bedi 12th man: Ravi Shastri
coffee_rules Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Gavaskar Sehwag Dravid Tendulkar Vishwanath Vengsarkar/BSBedi (7th batsman or 5th bowler) Dhoni (wc) Kapil Dev Kumble Prasanna Srinath 12th man: Solkar
Holysmoke Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 It would be fun to watch Dravid and Gavaskar bat together. :D
coffee_rules Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 It would be fun to watch Dravid and Gavaskar bat together. :D Gavaskar had the fastest 100 record before Sehwag broke it. He has scored a 100 in 94 balls aginst Marshall and Co in this match: http://usa.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1983-84/WI_IN_IND/WI_IND_T2_29OCT-03NOV1983.html He has also scored a 90 before lunch in Ahmedabad aginst the same famed WI attack: http://usa.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1983-84/WI_IN_IND/WI_IND_T3_12-16NOV1983.html Altho' he was known as one to play for records and draws, he has some amazing fast innings before we know sehwag.
Holysmoke Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Interesting. I didnt know that. Whenever I think of Gavaskar's batting, I think of someone making 36* in 60 overs in an ODI.
coffee_rules Posted July 23, 2008 Posted July 23, 2008 Interesting. I didnt know that. Whenever I think of Gavaskar's batting' date=' I think of someone making 36* in 60 overs in an ODI.[/quote'] Another interesting gavaskar trivia in ODIs: After the WC 83 till the end of his carrer his stats are: unfiltered 108 3092 103* 35.13 1 27 1 1/10 25.00 0 22 0 filtered 71 2287 103* 42.35 1 21 0 - - 0 17 0 It is almost SRTish. or Gangulyish. Only 1 100, but he batted mostly in MO. Nearing the end of his career, he had gotten a hang of ODI batting quite contrary to the beginning of his career. Sad that people remember only 36* in 60 overs.
Deleted_User_1 Posted July 23, 2008 Author Posted July 23, 2008 Another interesting gavaskar trivia in ODIs: After the WC 83 till the end of his carrer his stats are: unfiltered 108 3092 103* 35.13 1 27 1 1/10 25.00 0 22 0 filtered 71 2287 103* 42.35 1 21 0 - - 0 17 0 It is almost SRTish. or Gangulyish. Only 1 100, but he batted mostly in MO. Nearing the end of his career, he had gotten a hang of ODI batting quite contrary to the beginning of his career. Sad that people remember only 36* in 60 overs. Actually you are right, as great as he was, he picked up ODI batting quickly and towards the end of his career (last 3 or 4 years) he was a pretty good ODI opener.
Deleted_User_1 Posted July 23, 2008 Author Posted July 23, 2008 Gavaskar had the fastest 100 record before Sehwag broke it. He has scored a 100 in 94 balls aginst Marshall and Co in this match: http://usa.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1983-84/WI_IN_IND/WI_IND_T2_29OCT-03NOV1983.html He has also scored a 90 before lunch in Ahmedabad aginst the same famed WI attack: http://usa.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1983-84/WI_IN_IND/WI_IND_T3_12-16NOV1983.html Altho' he was known as one to play for records and draws, he has some amazing fast innings before we know sehwag. I distinctly remember those two knocks.....remember the entire series. In Kanpur (first test), Gavaskar has humiliated by Marshall by a rising ball from just short of good length and he got caught while the bat slipped out his grasp. He came in Delhi with guns blazing and there was no looking back for the rest of the series. Remember the 236* in Madras. He was probably the best batsman of the series against a lethal bowling attack of Marshall, Holding, Roberts, Daniel, etc. Unfortunately the rest of the Indian team was not up to it and were blown away in the series.
Deleted_User_1 Posted July 23, 2008 Author Posted July 23, 2008 Interesting. I didnt know that. Whenever I think of Gavaskar's batting' date=' I think of someone making 36* in 60 overs in an ODI.[/quote'] Gavaskar was my childhood idol.....In many ways I think he faced a superior bowling attack that SRT ever did....He was the first Indian to prove to the world that we can play high quality pace. IMHO, the greatest test opener ever and a pretty good ODI opener towards the end of his career. Too bad ODIs became the norm only towards the end of his career, i. e. post 1983.
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