The Most Nightmarish Indian Squad

[Ranjha]

The Most Nighmarish Indian Squad Will Consist Of 10 Clones And The Original Of The Best Indian All Rounder.: Ravindera Jadeja 1 Ravindera Jadeja 2 Ravindera Jadeja 3 Ravindera Jadeja 4 Ravindera Jadeja 5 Ravindera Jadeja 6 Ravindera Jadeja 7 Ravindera Jadeja 8 Ravindera Jadeja 9 Ravindera Jadeja 10 Ravindera Jadeja 11 Coach: Mahindera Singh Dhoni

[Andy]

The Most Nighmarish Indian Squad Will Consist Of 10 Clones And The Original Of The Best Indian All Rounder.: Ravindera Jadeja 1 Ravindera Jadeja 2 Ravindera Jadeja 3 Ravindera Jadeja 4 Ravindera Jadeja 5 Ravindera Jadeja 6 Ravindera Jadeja 7 Ravindera Jadeja 8 Ravindera Jadeja 9 Ravindera Jadeja 10 Ravindera Jadeja 11 Coach: Mahindera Singh Dhoni

:hysterical:

[Sooda]

Sujith Somasunder :woot: There was a post recently, a link to an article about two guys discussing what the worst ever indian team would be. it was hilarious. But yes, there were some interesting Indian players in the 90's.

[fineleg]

They should be bodybuilders not the ones who are suffering from malnutrition in order to fit into rahulrulezz's playing eleven or even a worse eleven. :weights:

Yeah, seems like rahulrulezz is putting together a bodybuilders11 for WC2011 :--D

[DomainK]

Looking back it seems unbelievable that some of these players actually managed to get a place in the team. Just imagine people like Dodda Ganesh and David Jhonson bowling in an international match. That was a miracle. Our team really sucked at one time.

[fineleg]

Did SRT ask - Noel who?

[Sir john]

Great list man' date=' will amay khurasia also make it ? how about J P Yadav ?[/quote'] hindustani :whack: mp waalon ko kucch maat bolo

[fineleg]

sir johneja - i hope the superstar will be out of the wc squad. You want india to win, dont you?

[jibranpatel15]

where is Ajit Agarkar man

[Sid]

hindustani :whack: mp waalon ko kucch maat bolo

:hmmm:

[gaurav92]

Noel David Ajay Sharma Vivek Razdan Ravindra Jadeja© D.Ganesh David.Johnson P.Mhambrey V.Rathore S.Bahatule H.Kanitkar(VC) V.Bharadwaj Ajay Ratra(w/k) Amit Bhandari Sarandeep Singh Jaob Martin Abey Kuruvilla We will find it tough to pick the Final XI, as its a side full of match winners.:cantstop:

[Hindustani]

Noel David Ajay Sharma Vivek Razdan Ravindra Jadeja© D.Ganesh David.Johnson P.Mhambrey V.Rathore S.Bahatule H.Kanitkar(VC) V.Bharadwaj Ajay Ratra(w/k) Amit Bhandari Sarandeep Singh Jaob Martin Abey Kuruvilla We will find it tough to pick the Final XI, as its a side full of match winners.:cantstop:

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[msplash9]

Ohh ...Most of them debuted under Sachin's captiancy .

Looking at the love Jaddu gets on this forum and watching Tiwary play yesterday, I have just assembled an Indian squad that can send chills down Indian Cricket Fan's spines....I have been a long time lurker so never remember a thread like this made before. What would it be like if we had these players in their playing for usin the worldcup Noel David Ajay Sharma M.S.K.Prasad(WK) Ravindra Jadeja© D.Ganesh David.Johnson P.Mhambrey V.Rathore S.Bahatule H.Kanitkar(VC) V.Bharadwaj V.Dahiya Reetinder SinghSodhi Sarandeep Singh Jaob Marti Just puttiing these names together gave me chills remembering what it was being a Indian Fan in the 90's and more so what goddy went through as a captain and player sorrounded by this mediocrity. Honorable mentions or missed out from probables:Yusuf Pathan,A.Salvi,N.Chopra,D.Mohanty,S.Ankola,A.bedade

[SachDan]

Sujith Somasunder :woot: There was a post recently, a link to an article about two guys discussing what the worst ever indian team would be. it was hilarious. But yes, there were some interesting Indian players in the 90's.

Enough of celebrating Sachin, Lara, Wasim, Warne et al. Sometimes I wonder why we even celebrate them. I had only one dream in my childhood – to be an international cricketer. These guys didn’t help me even one bit in realizing my dream, if anything they pushed me further away from my dream. I bowl a good spell in a school match and feel good about myself, come back home and switch on the TV only to watch Allan Donald cleaning up Atherton with a an absolute Jaffa that I can’t even dream bowling it. What’s the point of admiring these dream-spoilers, they didn’t even allow me to live in an illusion. But just when I was going through those depressionary times, there were always a bunch of guys providing hope and inspiration…If Iqbal Siddiqui can play for India, surely I should be able to. If Vikram Rathore could open why not me? I wanted to pay a tribute to all those who inspired me when I was growing up by dedicating a blog to them. Then we thought we would do it a little differently – after all these people have inspired not just me but so many in my generation. So Ramki and I had a discussion (on gtalk) on some of those inspiring cricketers (the discussion was restricted only to Indian Cricketers) of our generation and we came up with an idea to select an all time best inspirational XI as a mark of respect to them. The transcript of the discussion follows: Mahesh: Those were great times man. We had stalwarts like Vikram Rathore, Devang Gandhi, Atul Bedade etc. I feel sorry for the teenagers of today, they only have Joginer Sharma to look upto… Ramki: Sujith Somasundar how can u miss him Ajay Sharma Bhupinder singh jr... M: Subroto Banerjee! R: hahahaha M: Amay Khuraysia R: of course M: In a match he consitently played Shoaib's next ball in advance R: Nikhil Chopra Aavishkar Salvi M: oh beauty R: thank you M: Almost Mcgrath - i.e, till he released the ball R: hahaha M: after that Paras Mhambrey would seem Mcgrath in comparison... R: yaaa M: What about Iqbal Siddiqui - till date even he doesn't know how he got selected..... I think it was part of BCCI's poverty alleviation program whereby they would pick one player to be part of the Indian team for a match R: yep... M: and that one match fees by Indian standards is enough for him to survive the rest of his life R: and based on that he would make a lot of money M: exactly M: "I helped India chase a 4th innings total successfully against England" R: 5 runs? R: honor of opening the batting and bowling in the same test on debut M: that is ultimate R: Laxmi Ratan Shukla Jacob Martin? M: oh…ya you know what M: when Sachin picked him in the XI for one of the matches in the tri -series down under he was asked about Jacob Martin by Ian Chappell at the toss R: hmmm.... M: "Tell us something about this new guy in the team" Sachin had only one thing to say - He's an excellent fielder! R: hahaha M: and we all know the excellence of his fielding - so u know how much Sachin rated his batting! R: Ranadeb Bose M: What abt Harvinder Singh R: Of course in the list M: Bose is ultimate M: my alltime fav R: David Johnson M: he got Sachin's wicket with a beauty (the only good ball I have seen him bowl though!)- so lets not tease him too much....... Amit Bhandari! R: top pick that Connor williams M: lol but none to beat Vikram Rathore I say R: couldn’t agree more M: People talk of Lara being the quintessential walker R: my all time favourite M: but this man is in a different league Have you even seen Lara walk for an LBW? Our man did.......... apart from the grace and elegance, the sportsmanship is what separates him from the rest comfortably R: and Sujith Somasundar also 17runs 1 single 4 fours all french cuts M: all classy french cuts…he simply didn’t have a clue…the ball came and hit the bat and went to the boundary! R: Vivek Razdan M: lol his greatest achievement in cricket is that he was part of the winning team finally in a quiz contest in Home Tv "A Question of Cricket" R: hahahaa M: he even beat Gavaskar I say R: oh..ok..lots of time to study about cricket.... T. Kumaran? M: Dodda Ganesh....... R: maan brilliant M: Kumaran - narrowly misses out R: hahahahaha M: lack of enough samples... R: yaa..true Dodda Ganesh is a good pick M: Mr.Dodda Ganesh single-handedly undid all the good work by Srinath and Prasad in the opening spells in SA oh....... R: Gagan Khoda ! averages around 80 in international cricket against Kenya.... M: I think he got the man of the match award for that innings R: yes 89 if I am not wrong... M: immediately after that match, Azhar seemed to have told the selectors that he is not fit for international cricket R: hahahaahaha M: Devang Gandhi! I think he was the closest to Vikram Rathore! R: in terms of footwork...deja vu M: In the whole of Australian tour I think he only played 2 shots in front of the wicket one resulted in Sadagoppan's Ramesh's run out ! R: yaaa in brisbane M: and the other was a catch right into the hands of the only fielder standing in front of the wicket in an ODI Only Devang Gandhi can do that......... R: Ajay Sharma? M: no match fixers pls R: ok... we dont want to spoil the team…. M: this list is too big man lets filter it M: lets pick an all time best XI out of this… Openers are a no brainer...... R: openers of course if you pick anybody else...then I don’t know you for the rest of my life… M: Vikram Rathore - Class, Style and that quintessential sportsman spirit of walking.... Devang Gandhi - His repertoire of dismissals is simply stunning even more stunning than Sachin's repertoire of shots R: ok... M: now lets come to the crucial no.3 spot R: scenario India lost one quick wicket against pakistan shoaib bowling who would you want? M: who else… but Amay Khuraysia.... the next ball man! after a cracking 50 against a Srilankan team packed with spinners at home, he was up against Shoaib in Sharjah R: hmmm M: boy was he putting on a show there... almost beating Sujith Somasundar's master class by the time the ball had thudded into the keeper’s gloves, he brought his front foot forward and by the time he completed his stroke, Shoaib had completed the next ball! R: hmmm M: but no one can beat Sujith Somasundar though! not even Khurasiya at his best, so lets have Sujith at 3 and Khuraysia at 4…. R: ok no 3 sujith no 4 khurasiya no 5 bedade no 6 dighe M: wow...........thats a batting line up to die for Atul Bedade averaged almost 10 in an innings against Pakistan - for 40 odd he had 4 lives! R: 44 with 4 sixes in them! M: I know R: my father used to say he is a hard hitter well he hardly hits M: thats not the point Whenever he does he hits it hard Hardly hitting hard hitter at no.5 R: thats once in 3 matches! M: but I must confess he came back with a better technique later in his career in the masters series that is!!! R: hahahaha M: now to Mr.Dighe.... I know Ajay Ratra gives him tough competition..... but it has to be Dighe man R: he won a series for us THE series M: but the real Dighe moment was in his debut match in Australia Gavaskar had hyped him as a batsman who could keep a bit! R: ok and Sachin goes one step further...... sends him at no.3 after a good start to up the tempo further....... R: yaaa M: up the tempo he did....3 off some 25 balls I think!!! R: 1 of 27 balls M: even better! Sachin was so pleased with that effort that he gave him the privilege of carrying the drinks in the same match R: hahaha M: in my opinion that must be the first occasion where a player in the XI after playing a physically exerting innings is being asked to do this... R: Lol… Now to the bowlers M: wait R: hmmm M: that is probably the only wise thing that Sachin did in his captaincy....... But hang on What abt Jacob Martin R: ok... 12th man M: Atul Bedade cant have it so easy R: he is an excellent fielder isn’t he? M: ok agreed YES......... M: now to the bowlers.......... Paras Mhambrey R: Bhupinder Singh he should be there M: Subroto Banejee Dodda Ganesh....... R: Dodda Ganesh M: YES.......... R: Harvinder Singh Aavishkar Salvi M: even Sourav out bowled him in a test match against Australia Salvi is a real beauty - the almost Mcgrath...... R: yaaaa M: we are spoilt for choices man lets zero in on 3 fast bowlers R: tough Salvi definitely M: YES! R: and Dodda Ganesh no arguments M: I totally agree now Subroto Banerjee R: bhupinder singh M: no more questions on that R: you havent seen bhupinder singh? M: I have seen I love him too R: then ? M: but Subroto Banerjee is a notch above R: no no Banerjee bowled some good spells…but this guy is a class aprt M: Does Banerjee know this??? Anyways let’s go with Bhupinder Singh for now....... R: hmmm...ok we will take a look at the records and then see M: one spinner and one allrounder now sure R: all rounder...Hrishikesh Kanitkar? M: lol not a bad choice but lets dig deeper Laxmi Ratan Shukla JP Yadav..... can neither bowl nor bat - all-rounder! Greg Chappell's masterful selection - apparently better than Sourav it seems! R: Reetinder Singh Sodhi M: he's not even fit enough to be in this team Let’s leave it at that R: ok then I would go with JP Yadav M: now to that quintessential spinner's slot........ R: hmmm...Rajesh Chauhan.... M: Just yesterday Harsha was talking about him! other contenders? Utpal Chatterjee? R: Ananthapadmanabhan? M: I thought of him too! R: Sunil Subramaniam? M: I haven't seen much of him… R: ok if no spinner comes to my mind...we would take an extra fast bowler M: lol R: we should pick the best XI not horses for courses M: no no Utpal or Rajesh Chauhan would be taken for sure if no other name comes up 3 fast bowlers and a spinner… good balance R: then rajesh chauhan M: but he's also bowled well on occasions R: k utpal chatterjee i am not so sure M: Nikhil Chopra! R: oh yaa…the best of them all he could also be an all rounder you know? M: I know.... R: I missed atul wassan man M: lol..thats ok, we’ll have notable mention list at the end – would add him there… There you go, the final inspirational XI is: 1. Vikram Rathore 2. Devang Gandhi 3. Sujith Somasundar 4. Amay Khurasia 5. Atul Bedade 6. Sameer Dighe 7. JP Yadav 8. Nikhil Chopra 9. Dodda Ganesh 10. Bhupinder Singh 11. Aavishkar Salvi 12th man is the excellent fielder Jacob Martin… Notable mentions: Iqbal Siddiqui, Ranadeb Bose (the only reason he missed out is because he didn't play in the XI for India, otherwise he was a certainty)Atul Wassan, Subroto Banerjee, Vivek Razdan, Utpal Chatterjee, Rajesh Chauhan, Gagan Khoda, Connor Williams, MSK Prasad, Jatin Paranjpe, Pankaj Dharmani, Debashis Mohanty, Harvinder Singh, Aashish Kapoor, Robin Singh (jr)….oh I am tired of typing now…Please feel free to add more!

[maniac]

where is Ajit Agarkar man

Ajit Agarkar has a century at test level....Was once the fastest bowler to reach 50 wickets in ODI...Won a test match for us in Australia with his bowling and also think he had the fastest 50 by an Indian in ODI's at one point..I also remember he took us home against Srilanka in a final at Sharjah 12 years back.. He has definetley acheived a lot more than a lot of Indian cricketers let alone people on this list.

[Ram]

Thiru Kumaran..:wall:

[King Tendulkar]

The Most Nighmarish Indian Squad Will Consist Of 10 Clones And The Original Of The Best Indian All Rounder.: Ravindera Jadeja 1 Ravindera Jadeja 2 Ravindera Jadeja 3 Ravindera Jadeja 4 Ravindera Jadeja 5 Ravindera Jadeja 6 Ravindera Jadeja 7 Ravindera Jadeja 8 Ravindera Jadeja 9 Ravindera Jadeja 10 Ravindera Jadeja 11 Coach: Mahindera Singh Dhoni

:hysterical::hysterical:

[rahulrulezz]

Kaif a lot better than some of the others who have played! Seriously rahulrulezz you only look at 6 hitting ability or what. Tontee-tontee ipul effect :headshake:

They should be bodybuilders not the ones who are suffering from malnutrition in order to fit into rahulrulezz's playing eleven or even a worse eleven. :weights:

Yeah' date=' seems like rahulrulezz is putting together a bodybuilders11 for WC2011 :--D[/quote'] :hysterical: lol, when did Sehwag, Sachin, GAMBHIR become bodybuilders....I watch cricket as a sport only for fun and entertainment..not to do some mathmetical or scientifical analysis of magnitudes and angles of the bat while hitting a forward defensive shot.. I do enough of that at work:(( .... so want to see entertaining playerss P.S. Jadeja and Kaif are still malnourished:--D

[Mamu]

Debang Gandhi Sishir Hattangadi (Gavaskars fav) Pranab Roy There was another bowler from Jamshedpur (forgot hs name) W V Raman

[maniac]

W V Raman

He had a one day 100 in S.A in their own backyard so that kinda redeems him