Best Asian Test Team of All Time

[Himannv]

I rate Sunny as great as the other I mentioned, to say one is comprehensively better than the others is utter bollocks quite frankly and reeks of nothing more than national bias.

 

[Agar]

Gavaskar
Sehwag
Sangakkara
Tendulkar
Younis/Dravid
Imran
Kapil
Engineer
Wasim
Gupte
Muralitharan

 

[smash84]

Murali is Asia’s greatest off-spinner and Kumble is Asia’s greatest leg-spinner. However, Subhash Gupte is probably Asia’s best ever leg-break googly bowler and I think that an attack is generally more potent with a classy Grimmett, Benaud, or Warne like bowler in it.

If Gupte had the likes of Waugh, Ponting, Taylor, and Hayden around the bat rather than the hapless Indian fielders of his day then his average and strike rate would be more like Warne’s because he really was that good.

So you're basically admitting that if Gupte had an ATG team at his disposal even then his stats would have been worse than Murali?

 

[Red]

So you're basically admitting that if Gupte had an ATG team at his disposal even then his stats would have been worse than Murali?

Depends. Would he have played a combined total of 25 tests against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe (like Murali did), or would he have played a combined total of 3, like Warne did?

 

[smash84]

Depends. Would he have played a combined total of 25 tests against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe (like Murali did), or would he have played a combined total of 3, like Warne did?

Doesn't matter, even after removing Bangers and Zimbos Murali's average is better than Warne's

 

[Grumpy]

Sharjeel Khan
Salman Butt
Salim Malik
Mohammad Azharduddin
Ajay Jadeja
Kamran Akmal (+)
Manoj Prabakhar
Mohammad Amir
Danesh Kaneria
Mohammad Asif
Ata-Ur-Rehman

Competitive team $

 

[cnerd123]

Doesn't matter, even after removing Bangers and Zimbos Murali's average is better than Warne's

Warne's stats against BD and Zim in those 3 tests is worse than his career stats too.

Rookie move by Red Hill bringing up that point in a Warne vs Murali debate. Anyone who's been on the interwebs since the early/mid 2000s should know better, especially those fond of statsguru-fueled player comparisons.

 

[Starfighter]

Why would you do that when you can bring up the 'only (total) away performances count' comparison? That's much better for Warne. Noob error.

 

[harsh.ag]

Gavaskar
Dravid
Sanga
Tendulkar
Younis
Miandad
Engineer +
Imran (c)
Wasim
Waqar
Murali

 

[srbhkshk]

Gavaskar
Dravid
Sanga
Tendulkar
Younis
Miandad
Engineer +
Imran (c)
Wasim
Waqar
Murali

I'd go for Sehwag instead of Dravid because he offers something that the rest of the 5 in the top 6 don't have. Even though Dravid is a better batsman, there is not much he can do which the other guys can't.

 

[smash84]

Gavaskar
Dravid
Sanga
Tendulkar
Younis
Miandad
Engineer +
Imran (c)
Wasim
Waqar
Murali

I like this team. Very good batting.

 

[ankitj]

I'd go for Sehwag instead of Dravid because he offers something that the rest of the 5 in the top 6 don't have. Even though Dravid is a better batsman, there is not much he can do which the other guys can't.

Doesn't the forum rate Dravid ahead of Miandad?

 

[srbhkshk]

Doesn't the forum rate Dravid ahead of Miandad?

Not at #6 I'd imagine. Dravid's battle is with Sanga or the openers.

 

[harsh.ag]

I'd go for Sehwag instead of Dravid because he offers something that the rest of the 5 in the top 6 don't have. Even though Dravid is a better batsman, there is not much he can do which the other guys can't.

 

[OverratedSanity]

You proved his point. I've never seen Dravid score 8 off the first over of the innings.

 

[harsh.ag]

Also better in the slips than Sehwag.

 

[vcs]

Dark days

 

[srbhkshk]

Sunny, Sanga, Younis and Miandad were not playing that game.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Why was Gambhir batting so low? Injured?

 

[smash84]

Regarding miandad and dravid, it's close. Dravid definitely better up the order. But lower down the order probably miandad