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Originally Posted by Daemon
Agreed.
As much as I love the man, I find it hard to see him fare better than Merchant against an ATG attack. Merchant's record in England also helps.
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Think it more depends on the conditions, rather than the attack. He's smacked Mcgrath, Steyn and almost every decent too good attack on non seaming wickets (and these weren't necessarily flat wickets.) And then also smacked all the spinners on helpful conditions.
People getting a bit carried away by his last 1 and a half years where he has been out of sorts.
But having said that Merchant was quality too, so it's a tough pick.
I'll go with
Sunil Gavaskar and
Virendra Sehwag because of the way in which Sehwag can hurt the opposition, almost force a result and also put psychological pressure in certain situations. Plus he'll have quality batting in and around him so a bit of leeway in certain situations can be taken.