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Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) Tweeted: I was hoping to be in Southampton this week for the #WTCFinals. But quarantine requirements meant I would have to be away for 27-28 days for one game. I have spent a lot of time in bubbles and there are more ahead. I am enjoying being home and so, regretfully, had to pull out https://twitter.com/bhogleharsha/status/1404790576692666374?s=20
- SUNIL GAVASKAR
- VIRENDRA SEHWAG
- RAHUL DRAVID
- SACHIN TENDULKAR
- VIRAT KOHLI
- MS DHONI (WK)
7.KAPIL DEV
8.RAVI ASHWIN
- ANIL KUMBLE
10.JAVAGAL SRINATH
11.ZAHEER KHAN
This is Harsha Bhogle's Test XI based on the era which he witnesses. There is a video of him doing that on CRICBUZZ,link here .
Now, as soon as the video was posted, there were a few ill-informed comments where Dhoni's place in Test XI was questioned as a WICKETKEEPER BATSMAN. So, here i will try to explain why DHONI deserves a spot in this INDIA'S TEST XI.
I will straight away discuss the ploy which is used by many ill-informed to show that he doesnt deserve a spot in this XI or even in INDIA's ATG TEST XI.
Before that, Some Basic stats:- DHONI Played in 90 TEST Matches as a batsman, he played 144 Innings and remained NOT OUT only 16 times. He scored 4876 runs at an average of 38.09 with 6 hundreds.
As a WK, number of dismissals :- 294 in 90 Test Matches which is highest for an Indian and 4th highest overall.
Now, even thought MS was not an unorthodox wicketkeeper, he had a good career as a wicket keeper and was definitely a better Wicket Keeper than the previous WK of that time which was Dravid.
Purely on wicketkeeping basis, he has a better record as WKB than any other WK in ICT's history, in terms of total dismissals, he was even better than Syed Kirimani and Farookh Engineer who are widely regarded as the best WKs who have played for India and i am not denying that, they were definitely better WK than Dhoni but not a better "Wicketkeeper Batsman".
So, on purely Wicketkeeping skill, MS doesnt enter the India's ATG XI but i guess some might argue that IAN HEALY is a better WK than Gilchrist(like Shane Warne) although i disagree with that line of thought.
Now, coming to his batting. This is the factor which is used most of the time to show that "Dhoni was not that great".
MS Dhoni scored 4717 runs while playing at 6,7,8 position. Here, his performance is shown below:-
| Batting Position | Innings played | RUNS | AVG | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 105 | 105.0 | 72.41 |
| 5 | 3 | 54 | 27.00 | 66.67 |
| 6 | 25 | 1218 | 55.36 | 59.74 |
| 7 | 103 | 2871 | 30.54 | 55.96 |
| 8 | 11 | 628 | 69.78 | 73.54 |
Also, A lot of times, DHONI's number of 100's but very few know that DHONI has second highest number of 50s among all Wicket keepers in Test match history,, he has 33
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Throw in Pommie Mbangwa too. Ravi Shastri is good too.
I don't know how to feel about this, I know Varun from very close quarters and the guy is pretty laid back. Don't know how to handle talent like those, is the approach of set parameters really the answer?
Harsha Bhogle Tweeted: I was hoping to be in Southampton this week for the WTCFinals. But quarantine requirements meant I would have to be away for 27-28 days for one game. I have spent a lot of time in bubbles and there are more ahead. I am enjoying being home and so, regretfully, had to pull out https://twitter.com/bhogleharsha/status/1404790576692666374?s=20
