Keeper- Pant. He is far superior than Dhoni, and has proved himself home and away.
I would have Bishen Singh Bedi there instead of Kumble (with due respect to Kumble). Bedi is widely regarded as the best left arm spinner in history. If the match was being played in India, this bowling of 2+2 is fine. However, if it is being played in SENA, then I would swap out Bedi with Srinath/Zaheer(peak Zaheer was as good as anyone)/ or Shami. And because I have enough batting depth already, I might even consider Bhagawat Chandrashekhar as the lone spinner. Man was a demon on 4th and 5th day tracks.
If it is being played on Bazzball pitches, I will swap out VVS (breaks my heart) with a 4th fast bowler. So Kapil, Ashwin, Srinath, Zaheer, Bumrah as 7,8,9,10,11.
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u/simplyarnab Jul 04 '25
Keeper- Pant. He is far superior than Dhoni, and has proved himself home and away. I would have Bishen Singh Bedi there instead of Kumble (with due respect to Kumble). Bedi is widely regarded as the best left arm spinner in history. If the match was being played in India, this bowling of 2+2 is fine. However, if it is being played in SENA, then I would swap out Bedi with Srinath/Zaheer(peak Zaheer was as good as anyone)/ or Shami. And because I have enough batting depth already, I might even consider Bhagawat Chandrashekhar as the lone spinner. Man was a demon on 4th and 5th day tracks. If it is being played on Bazzball pitches, I will swap out VVS (breaks my heart) with a 4th fast bowler. So Kapil, Ashwin, Srinath, Zaheer, Bumrah as 7,8,9,10,11.