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Arnab Bhattacharya

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As Matth says it’s very difficult to find. I had to use Cricinfo to use my stats. Ended up having around 30-35 tabs open to look around stats for this XI

My Sheffield Shield team of the decade

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Rellum I did think about Hopes but tough to fit a squad of 15 into a playing XI

My Sheffield Shield team of the decade

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Thanks mate. In all honesty, I’ve tried to keep my bias aside (both with NSW and Bengal since i support them in their tournaments) and just pick a solid XI. Not all of my inclusions will please everyone but that’s cricket everyone’s entitled to their own opinion

An uncapped Australia versus India Test match

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I genuinely think Shield cricket may need to expand to include the territories. Gives more players exposure and surely there’s some talent in ACT and NT. Indian youngsters are playing FC cricket from age of 17 or so and are given security even if things don’t go ritht at first. In Shield cricket it’s been chop and change lately

An uncapped Australia versus India Test match

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Jackson plays his FC cricket at the same team as Pujara. Unlucky not to play test cricket.

As for Australia uncapped players, hard to pinpoiny a proper top six of seasoned veterans. Hopefully Street and Solway have consistent seasons in the future

An uncapped Australia versus India Test match

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Gannon has played T20 games for the US but he’s still eligible to play test cricket for Australia. Pretty sure he was in the Aus A v England Lions game in February

An uncapped Australia versus India Test match

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Both have strong pace attacks. Tough to say really but I’d say India just. And I’m saying this because of the experience in that top six. Either they’ve played plenty of games for India A or they’re already established players at the Ranji Trophy. Compare that to the uncapped Australian top six. Plenty of talent but haven’t had enough experience at Shield level bar Hughes and possibly Pucovski imo. Also, India has the spinner who can tie and end up or spin them to victory. Can Swepson do that? Not sure yet

An uncapped Australia versus India Test match

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Yes I’m writing one for new zealand right now. Hopefully will be done by tonight.

What if England had to field a team in all three formats at the same time?

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A lot of those T20I games for Denly have come where he’s batting at 6 or 7 as a finisher when he clearly isn’t that. When he bats between 1-4, he plays more fluently and bats a lot better. Livingstone has only played 2 t20i games which is surprising really. With the test side – Sam Northeast, Hassan Azad and Chris Dent are some options that could come in.

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The lack of investment in FC cricket in Bangladesh is worrying. Very happy that the players stood up for themselves and protested last year. Hopefully BCB actually invests in domestic cricket properly

What if Bangladesh had to field a team in all three formats at the same time?

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Craig since Shakib is still banned I didn’t choose him and would’ve had him as captain of the test side

What if Bangladesh had to field a team in all three formats at the same time?

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Lack of options in the test bowling attack but hardly anyone left really. Jayed will have a good career. Ebadot shows willingness to learn. Khaled needs to be backed. It’s how it is for us unfortunately. Don’t see Bangladesh producing great fast bowlers for tests unless we have a pace bowling academy to improve the pacers similar to how India has the NCA

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Both India and Pakistan have quality batsmen. I feel regarding India, the non-contracted BCCI players are stifled by not having the freedom of playing T20 leagues outside of India. It would benefit them in playing in different conditions and enhance their game. Suresh Raina raised this point a few days ago which was very logical.

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I chose Malik over Akhtar due to his experience of captaining franchises across the world. However, if Akhtar was given the captaincy, Malik would be a massive helping hand for him.

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Great to see another Bengali on this forum, and someone who’s gone to matches in Bangladesh long before test status. Really enjoyed this article

My memories of cricket in the Dacca Stadium: Part 1

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One thing Pakistan has a pretty big advantage over India is their depth across all formats in terms of fast bowling. India’s one day and t20 depth in terms of fast bowlers has got some work to do but getting better. Apart from that Indian domestic players have their own state t20 leagues which are televised alongside their domestic t20 league and IPL. Ranji trophy which is the first class tournament is still priorotised and BCCI has organised many India A tours to see how some of the domestic stars bode for the future

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Ashwin at home is brilliant however him outside the SC hasn’t convinced me.

Shaw – he’s got eight fifties but he’s also very inconsistent. Even in t20 cricket as a top order bat you need consistency.

Pandya – I’m playing him as a finisher however you are right that he could go up the order. Sundar could play at 7 and 4-7 could bat a spot above. Depends on match situations really.

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Yeah sure mate. So Shaw plays his FC cricket for Mumbai alongside Rahane and Rohit. Mumbai pitches are absolute roads with nothing for bowlers which is why Mumbai struggle to produce any decent bowlers as well. He’s got some big technical flaws for a guy who has been heavily hyped. Gill plays for Punjab where the pitches are very similar to the Adelaide Oval – something for the bowlers but if you’re good enough, you’ll score runs. Gill has amassed so many runs for Punjab and for India A. In India A’s tour of NZ he scored a century and a double ton in two FC games yet was discarded in the test series. He’s more compact and technically solid than Shaw. Shaw doesn’t have great t20 numbers to be considered in the T20 side.

Now Ashwin. Jadeja outshines him outside the SC which is why i went with Jadeja. I don’t see Ashwin ever playing white ball cricket for India again which is why i chose Shreyas Gopal ahead of him.

Dhoni – I don’t see him playing for India again i feel as if he’s unofficially retired. For some reason he doesn’t bat in T20I like he does in IPL. He seems to almost bat for his average while Karthik was brilliant for India with the bat since he came into the T20 side in 2017. Proper finisher and can play the anchoring role if needed.

Krunal Pandya – Kohli hasn’t used him properly like Rohit Sharma has for Mumbai Indians. He’s not a 5th choice bowler. He’s a batsman who’s my 6th choice bowler. For India he hardly gets batting opportunities since he bats in the lower order. Most balls he’s faced is 18. He’s still in India’s t20 WC plans and IPL would’ve determined whether it would be him or Jadeja on the plane to India

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Blundell had played only three tests between 2017-2019 or else I’d have had him in the XI

My emerging Test and ODI XI of the decade

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Steyn still hasn’t retired from one dayers yet

My retired ODI XI of the decade

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Forget associates the lower-ranked sides in test cricket get nothing against the bigger boys. Last time Bangladesh played a Test in Australia was over 15 years ago. Haven’t played test cricket in England since 2010. Only New Zealand has offered full tours twice in the past five years. Can’t expect results straight away but these boys deserve a better chance to enhance themselves in international cricket rather than playing Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and the West Indies every few months or so. ICC need to really restructure the FTP

The near upsets of the decade in international cricket: Part 1

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Root is a quality player but average captain. Stokes would flop like Flintoff if he got it. I would give it to Broad for the short term and then give Rory Burns the gig since he’s been a very good captain for Surrey and will be a more estbalished test bat by then

My top five Test knocks by English batsmen in the past decade

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England were trailing by 221 runs and made an extraordinary comeback albeit against a weaker bowling attack. KP was terribly out of form and that innings got his international career back on track. I’m a Surrey fan in county cricket, so I was very happy to see likes of Burns, Foakes, S Curran and Pope make their test debut. Foakes did get recalled for the tour of SL which is cancelled for obvious reasons. I believe that this quartet from Surrey will be key to England’s hopes in the Ashes when they come Down Under.

My top five Test knocks by English batsmen in the past decade

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Oh absolutely batting for over 100 overs with B Mac and Williamson to save/win a test requires a lot of mental strength. Played a quality knock v England at Tauranga last year where he bailed NZ out of trouble with the lower middle order

My top five Test knocks by New Zealand batsmen in the past decade

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Misbah is criminally underrated in tests. We talk about Hogg and how he still played franchise cricket till 46 or so. Misbah captained a test side till he was 42 or 43 and averaged 46 batting at 5. As for that test v SL i think it was Jan 2014 where they did it courtesy of an Azhar Ali ton

My top five Test knocks by Pakistani batsmen from the past decade

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