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Bit of fun...who makes your all time Sub Continent Test XI?

Here's mine

1.Virender Sehwag
2.Javed Miandad
3.Kumar Sangakkarra (wk)
4.Mahela Jayawardene
5.Sachin Tendulkar
6.Rahul Dravid
7.Kapil Dev
8.Ravichandran Ashwin
9.Wasim Akram
10.Zaheer Khan
11.Muttiah Muralitharain

1. Saeed Anwer - his record in a low scoring era of quality bowlers is worth multiples of Sehwag's flat track bully act on historically flat ones.
2. Sunil Gavaskar - The only person to tame that best seam attack in history.
3. Rahul Dravid - The greatest 3 to play the game in my opinion. Classy, tough and probably added a few runs onto Tendulkar's average below him being wearing out attacks.
4. Sachin Tendulkar - No explanation needed.
5. Inzamam-ul-Haq - Terrific player at his peak. Languid style, brutal power, great player of quick bowling. Extra points for being mad as a hatter...
6. Mohammed Yousuf - If I could take a time machine and pick one batsman I witnessed in my life at a given time to bat for me, I go to that period in 2005ish after MY converted to Islam and then became as close to unplayable as anyone I have witnessed in sport. He made something ridiculous like 10-11 hundreds in 11-12 matches. Some of them were big hundreds too.... can't remember anyone over such a long period sustaining that type of unbelievable form.
7. Sangakarra (wkt) - The gloves get him in the team. His record was great, and that 180 odd away in Australia was one of the greatest innings ever, but in general there is way too many dead calories in those runs he scored. Never looked that great when the ball did things for the seamer.
8 - Ravi Jadeja - Complete package. World class fielder, proper batsman, takes wickets for fun.
9 - Murali - No debate here at all.
10. Shoaib Akhtar - At his very best, that reverse swing at pace was unplayable. Has a great record in an era of big runs, and most of that record is him struggling to remain fit. If he didn't have injuries, he'd have been the best bowler of his era. Absolutely unplayable when he got his tail up and the ball reversing.
11. Jasprit Bumrah - Considering the pitches he plays on, his record is unbelievable.

Honourable mentions to ... Yousuf Khan, Sehwag, VVS, Ashwin, Saqlain Mushtaq, Wasim Akram, Waqar, Mahela, Aravinda de Silva, Jayasuriya, Ganguly and Kohli.

Imran must be must!

Gavaskar
Sehwag
Dravid
Miandad
Tendulkar
Sangakarra (wk)
Imran (c)
Akram
Ashwin
Murali
Waqar

Gavaskar
Sehwag
Tendulkar
Dravid
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Sangakarra
Dhoni
Wasim Akram
Imran Khan
Anil Kumble

Need one more Prof!

Got to have Bumrah and Yousef in there, surely?

Geez, imagine an attack of Bumrah, Akram, Ashwin and Murali.

Sunny
Sehwag
Rahul
Sachin
Sangakkara (wk)
Kapil
Imran
Ashwin
Wasim
Jasprit
Murali


Murali and Ashwin are two specialist bowlers. Both have ability to bowl 30+ overs each in an bowling innings. Sachin bowled and picked hundreds of wickets as spinner. So he can backup as 3rd spinner who could pick wickets on his own while giving support to Jasprit, Wasim, Murali, Ash, Kapil and Imran if at all required. Sehwag would be the part time spin option.
Jasprit and Wasim to be pace spearheads. Kapil and Imran form very good 4 pace attack.

5 world class test batsmen followed by Kapil and Imran. Ash at 8 and Wasim at 9 is more than enough batting depth to give a score for such a strong bowling attack to bowl out the opposition.

Sehwag
Gavaskar
Dravid
Sachin
Younis Khan
Sangakarra (wk)
Imran khan (c)
Ashwin
Wasim
Waqar
Murali

Younis khan is underrated. Averaged 58 in asia but also averaged 50+ in England and Australia.