Here it is. My dream test XI of Australis, England and India. Let the controversy begin.
My Dream Test Australian XI:
1. Matthew Hayden
2. David Warner
3. Ricky Ponting (c)
4. Steve Smith
5. Michael Clarke
6. Adam Gilchrist (wk)
7. Shane Warne
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Ryan Harris
10. Jason Gillespie
11. Glenn McGrath
12th Man : Damien Martyn
My Dream Test England XI:
1. Marcus Trescothick
2. Alaistair Cook
3. Joe Root
4. Kevin Pietersen
5. Ian Bell
6. Paul Collingwood (c)
7. Alec Stewart (wk)
8. Andrew Flintoff
9. Greame Swann
10. Stuart Broad
11. James Anderson
12th Man : Jonathan Trott
My Dream Test India XI:
1. Virender Sehwag
2. Gautam Gambhir
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. VVS Laxman
6. Sourav Ganguly (c)
7. MS Dhoni (wk)
8. Anil Kumble
9. Harbhajan Singh
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Ishant Sharma
12th Man : Virat Kohli
I know a lot of you will not agree with some of the players I have included here. For example, Leaving Michael Hussey, Brett Lee, Justin Langer, Michael Bevan, Stuart Macgill, Andrew Symonds etc. from Australian team or Leaving Andrew Strauss, Ashley Giles, Ben Stokes etc. from England team or Leaving Cheteswar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin etc. from Indian team. But, at the point of writing this, I genuinely believe that this is the best team to represent their respective countries. Comments are most welcome if you find some swap of players or their positions in batting order etc.
Thank you.
My Dream Test Australian XI:
1. Matthew Hayden
2. David Warner
3. Ricky Ponting (c)
4. Steve Smith
5. Michael Clarke
6. Adam Gilchrist (wk)
7. Shane Warne
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Ryan Harris
10. Jason Gillespie
11. Glenn McGrath
12th Man : Damien Martyn
My Dream Test England XI:
1. Marcus Trescothick
2. Alaistair Cook
3. Joe Root
4. Kevin Pietersen
5. Ian Bell
6. Paul Collingwood (c)
7. Alec Stewart (wk)
8. Andrew Flintoff
9. Greame Swann
10. Stuart Broad
11. James Anderson
12th Man : Jonathan Trott
My Dream Test India XI:
1. Virender Sehwag
2. Gautam Gambhir
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. VVS Laxman
6. Sourav Ganguly (c)
7. MS Dhoni (wk)
8. Anil Kumble
9. Harbhajan Singh
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Ishant Sharma
12th Man : Virat Kohli
I know a lot of you will not agree with some of the players I have included here. For example, Leaving Michael Hussey, Brett Lee, Justin Langer, Michael Bevan, Stuart Macgill, Andrew Symonds etc. from Australian team or Leaving Andrew Strauss, Ashley Giles, Ben Stokes etc. from England team or Leaving Cheteswar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin etc. from Indian team. But, at the point of writing this, I genuinely believe that this is the best team to represent their respective countries. Comments are most welcome if you find some swap of players or their positions in batting order etc.
Thank you.
