Ramapriya
2016-09-22 03:31:16 UTC
On the eve of our Test #500, Wisden has named the following as what it feels is the best all-time Indian team:
Sunil Gavaskar
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman
Kapil Dev
MS Dhoni (c)
Anil Kumble
Javagal Srinath
Zaheer Khan
Bishan Singh Bedi
12th man: Mohammad Azharuddin
It's interesting that each of these has played during my time, which isn't always the case when an all-time XI gets picked, but that probably is because ours isn't that old a cricketing country. I've little to crib about but if it had been me, I'd have picked the intelligent Gavaskar as captain, Vijay Hazare for Srinath and not let Azhar come anywhere near the team.
Ramapriya
Sunil Gavaskar
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman
Kapil Dev
MS Dhoni (c)
Anil Kumble
Javagal Srinath
Zaheer Khan
Bishan Singh Bedi
12th man: Mohammad Azharuddin
It's interesting that each of these has played during my time, which isn't always the case when an all-time XI gets picked, but that probably is because ours isn't that old a cricketing country. I've little to crib about but if it had been me, I'd have picked the intelligent Gavaskar as captain, Vijay Hazare for Srinath and not let Azhar come anywhere near the team.
Ramapriya