All Time Asian Cricket XI

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My choice:

OPENERS:

Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) and Saeed Anwar (Pak)

BATSMEN:

Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
Hanif Mohammad (Pak)
Javed Miandad (Pak)

WICKET-KEEPER:

Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

BOWLERS:
Imran Khan (Pak)
Kapil Dev (Ind)
Wasim Akram (Pak)
Bishen Bedi (Ind)
Abdul Qadir (Pak)

[Ganesh]

Here is my XI with few changes.

Openers:
Sunil Gavaskar and Saeed Anwar

Batsmen:
Sachin Tendulkar
Javed Miandad
Inzamam-ul-Haq

Wicket Keeper:
Syed Kirmani( According to me, Sangakkara hasn't played enough to qualify for an all-time XI)

Bowlers:
Imran Khan
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Muthiah Muralidharan( I feel he is way ahead of Bedi)
Anil Kumble(qualifies ahead of Qadir)

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Originally posted by Ganesh
Here is my XI with few changes.

Openers:
Sunil Gavaskar and Saeed Anwar

Batsmen:
Sachin Tendulkar
Javed Miandad
Inzamam-ul-Haq

Wicket Keeper:
Syed Kirmani( According to me, Sangakkara hasn't played enough to qualify for an all-time XI)

Bowlers:
Imran Khan
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Muthiah Muralidharan( I feel he is way ahead of Bedi)
Anil Kumble(qualifies ahead of Qadir)

Good choice - thoo anil kumble isnt as prolific as he was before.. not sure if i'd have vengsarker int he side - nto sure about how he compares to inzy

[Ganesh]

Star,
I never had Vengsarkar in my mind. Inzamam is definitely better than him according to me. The other players that I had in my mind were G.R.Vishwanath, Aravinda de silva, Mohammed Azharuddhin and Hanif Mohammed.

As for Anil Kumble, it was a a tough choice for me too. Saqlain lost out as the off spinner's slot had already been filled. Chandrasekar and Qadir were other possible choices. Some crickets always tend to be under-rated in spite of their consistent performance and my heart always goes out for them. That probably explains my decision in favour of Anil Kumble( That explains my preference for Inzy too)

Also, wicket keeper selection gave me a tough time as Asia doesn't seem to have produced many quality wicket-keepers. Just imagine if we were to choose a wicket keeper from rest of the World. There are so many contenders - Gilchrist, Healy, Rod Marsh, Jeff Dujon, Andy Flower, Alec Stewart....

Another cent of thought. In our XIs, I think these gentlemen stand out as they will be present in anyone's XI without doubt.
Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Imran Khan.
I am not undermining others, I just feel that they might get edged out in some people's list due to different considerations, but not these three in 99% of the cases.