All Time India Test XI Draft (Shravi)

[ZoraxDoom]

Bwahahahaha, and Prasad's already been picked Agarkar will be next...

 

[shravi]

Cricketman, Zorax, quick, let's get your next picks in today . I want to get one more in.

Great idea btw Cricketman. Good fun.

 

[nightprowler10]

Honestly, Merchant and Engineer should have been long gone. Can't believe it took 15 picks. Looks like my prediction was correct though, Zorax will have the best team. Of course I fully expect people to vote for whichever team has UV!!

 

[Leggie]

TBH I was actually considering UV, but then scolded myself.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

UV! For shame!


Hurry up and pick! I want to get my picks done before I have to go out!

 

[Cricketman]

I was about to pick Merchant in for my Prasanna pick. I had the post typed out and everything, but then realized that I probably needed at least one of the spin quartet in my team to have anything to do with India. Then got myself safe with a keeper...

Now I need an opening bat. Gawd!

This pick might take a while guys, bear with me!

 

[nightprowler10]

TBH I was actually considering UV, but then scolded myself.

Haha well done then. Wouldn't walk into my Indian fifth all time XI.

 

[shravi]

I disagree with Usman. I think the team's are even. I forgot to add that Roger Binny has the 5th best strike rate for Indians, ahead of Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath, Amar Singh, Zaheer Khan and Venkatesh Prasad. Don't take him too lightly . Also, Hazare's average at number 4 is 54.10, which is 7 higher than his career average.

 

[Cricketman]

Mohammad Nissar

India's first, and possibly greatest, fast bowler. Nissar was a 'bull of a man' (cricinfo) that could move the ball in the air and off the deck. However, it was his speed that set him apart - more than half of his test victims were bowled or leg before, a testimony to the sheer pace in which he delivered the ball. In India's maiden test against England, he plunged the hosts into disarray by knocking over the openers - Holmes and Sutcliffe - who ten days earlier had added 555 for Yorkshire. He ended up with 5/93. On that tour of England, Nissar picked up 71 wickets at 18.09 to top the charts.
In his last tour of England, Nissar departed the test scene with a brilliant spell that yielded 4 wickets in just 5 overs, sending England from 422/3 to 463/7.

Mohommad Nissar only played 6 Test matches, however he was an absolute beast in the domestic format. He took 396 first class wickets at just over 17, in just 93 matches. His most memorable performance was in the Ranji Final of 1939, where he snapped up an amazing 17 wickets to grab the title for Southern Punjab.

Kapil Dev and Mohommad Nissar as my new ball pair, the batsman are in for it!

1.
2.
3.
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. GR Viswanath
6.
7. Kapil Dev
8. Syed Kirmani (WK)
9.
10. EAS Prasanna
11. Mohommad Nissar


Sachin Tendulkar (Cricketman)
Rahul Dravid (Shravi)
Sunil Gavaskar (ZD)
Anil Kumble (Leggie)
Kapil Dev (Cricketman)
Mohammed Azharuddin (Leggie)
Vinoo Mankad (ZD)
Vijay Hazare (shravi)
Bedi (ZD)
Virender Sehwag (Leggie)
BS Chandrasekhar (shravi)
GR Viswanath (Cricketman)
Javagal Srinath (shravi)
EAS Prasanna (Cricketman)
Zaheer Khan (Leggie)
Farokh Engineer (ZD)
Amar Singh (ZD)
Roger Binny (shravi)
Syed Kirmani (CM)
Venkatesh Prasad (Leggie)
Md. Nissar (CM)

Cricketman added 5 Minutes and 44 Seconds later...

Check out this article on Amar Singh and Md. Nissar - Indian Cricket Fever - Fast bowling legacy: Nissar and Amar Singh

Haven't heard of them till recently, but they're probably the best quicks we've ever had!

 

[Cricketman]

Zoraaaaaaaaaaax! Get your picks in! I want to get another pick in today!

 

[shravi]

Zoraaaaaaaaaaax! Get your picks in! I want to get another pick in today!

He's in the Middle East. He's sleeping now. I think Leggie must be sleeping too. I'm afraid you've/we've got to wait till tomorrow.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Was actually out for a dinner party and have just reached home at about 3 AM.


And screw you Rohit, you stole my second new ball bowler! Geez, that's about it as far as Indian quicks go. And yea, I've known for quite a while that Amar Singh and Mohammed Nisar were our best quicks. Should have picked Nisar instead of Engineer TBH, could have always taken Dhoni as keeper/bat...


Anyways, thanks to Rohit being such a prat and stealing the guy I had planned for my these two picks, I'll be posting my two picks tomorrow Goodnight.

 

[shravi]

Yeah, I actually thank Rohit. He really evened up the teams. It makes it very difficult for Zorax to choose his 2nd quick now. Come on Zorax, do it now .

 

[Cricketman]

Post yours now Zorax! I'll give you 20k vCash if you do...

 

[shravi]

I'll add 51k to that 20k.