53rd World Eleven – Excelsior Diamond 11
Category: Excelsior Diamond 11
- Anshuman Gaikwad
- Ashok Mankad
- Surender Amarnath
- Lala Amarnath (Captain)
- Greame Hicks
- Mushfiqur Rahim (Wicketkeeper)
- Daniel Vittori
- Zahir Khan
- Mohammed Shami
- Tino Best
- Dilip Doshi
Notes
Anshuman Gaykwad is a good batsman though his stats do not reveal his greatness but his performance against arch rival Pakistan that was equipped with mighty bowling line up yeah he scored 201 is memorable and his compact 85 in West Indies versus formidable fiery attack compelled the critics and me so I have chosen him as the opener. Timo Best : Tino Best is an intimidated fiery fast bowler and his ferocious speed is big matter tough his bowling average is 40 plus but capable to make difference if control his line and length. Misfiqur Rahim the Bangladeshi wicketkeeper batsman who played 86 Test and scored 10 Test hundredsnand 26 half hundreds and held 110 catches behind the wicket and preyed 15 as the stumping and wow 219 out highest individual score and he is in the worthy credit as the keeper who slammed double hundred. Yes two Indiam bowlers as Zahir Khan and Mohammed Shami in whom Zahir a medium fast and M Shami the fast are good though Zahir is 33 plus bowling average while M Shami a handsome bowling average of 28 plus . Yeah spin master Daniel Vittori the member of famous for with Shane Warne, M Muralidharan, and Anil Kumble and a Bangladesh spinner Taizul Islam with good bowling of 32. Lala Amarnath the pioneer of Indian cricket and one of the stalwarts is the skipper of the Eleven whose international game was affected and due to indisciplinary action missed some series and Test but his FC stats are good and is ever respectful and impressive cricketing figure of India. Yes his son Surender Amarnath who is a prodigy of his time and made emphatic entry by slamming a fabulous hundred vurses New Zealand and is a potential batsman . His Test career summed up shortly that he credited only 10 Tests and became preyed of selectors. Ashok Mankad is a FC great and great technician of the bat but his Test stats are moderate but a promising talent and could able to perform well. Greame Hick is a FC giant but the Test stats are poor but to see LA and FC he is well potential to play in big manner.Despite played 65 Tests he couldn’t prove his great quality is shocking.
From: Part -2’KINGDOMS AND CROWNS ADORNED WITH PRECIOUS GEMS’ (31ST JULY 2023)