"Ganguly's XI would defeat Virat's XI in Tests," says Aakash Chopra

Aakash Chopra played his 10 Tests under captaincy of Ganguly.

Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag | AFP

India's commentator Aakash Chopra rated Sourav Ganguly-led team India over Virat Kohli and co in Test. He feels Ganguly's XI could have defeated Kohli's current XI.

The ex-India cricketer Chopra, who has himself played under Ganguly, said the team had performed well in Australia against a long-time dominating side.

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Talking about the achievements in his 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 that 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."

Sourav Ganguly's 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's 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
 

 
 

By Sihyeu Singh - 01 Jul, 2020

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