
The Indian team has witnessed many brilliants players in the last few decades performing well for the country and in the Indian cricketing history there were plenty good captains were there who lead the team with perfection, and still many Indian fans compare the captains of the different Era’s and also the players who have represented them in the past few era’s and won many accolades with the team.
The former Indian cricketer Akash Chopra also compares the team’s one which played under Sourav Ganguly and one which is currently playing under Virat Kohli.
The former test batsman Akash Chopra who made his test debut under Sourav Ganguly makes two hypothetical teams for Nostalgia.
Akash Chopa on his uploaded video on Youtube Channel he said:
“We went to Australia and drew the series there. We went to Pakistan and defeated them. In India, we drew one series and lost one series to Australia. And Sourav Ganguly’s team even drew the series in England. It was a fairly good team, a team which taught us how to win abroad,”
“Virat Kohli’s team has defeated Australia in their home conditions, the only team to have done so in Indian cricket history. But they lost in South Africa and lost quite badly in England. In South Africa, they came close but lost the series 2-1.”
Akash Chopra selects himself along with Virender Shewag to open the Innings and also he has picked up Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid as a No.3 and 4 batsmen respectively.
He puts V.V.S Laxman in the fifth spot and gave Sourav Ganguly the sixth spot, he picks Parthiv Patel to do the job behind the wicket and in the bowling department, he picked up two spinners Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh and also picked Zaheer khan along with Ajit Agarkar.
for the Virat Kohli’s team Akash Chopra picked the current Indian test squad but he include the youngster Hanuma Vihari and also puts Wriddhiman Saha as a wicket keeper, he puts Rabindra Jadeja and R.Ashwin as spinners and also picks Ishant Sharma and anyone between Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah.
The Teams he has picked:
Sourav Ganguly XI:
Virender Sehwag, Aakash Chopra, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, Parthiv Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar.
Virat Kohli Xi:
Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami/Jasprit Bumrah.