IND vs WI: Virat Kohli Captain, MS Dhoni As Wicketkeeper! Pragyan Ojha Reveals His Best India Test Team

Former India spinner Pragyan Ojha formed his best India Test team for the 21st century. The former left-arm spinner picked Virat Kohli as the captain. He chose MS Dhoni as the wicketkeeper. Many active Indian players were not part of the playing XI.

Interestingly, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin were not part of the playing XI in Pragyan Ojha’s list. However, Both the Indian stalwarts were part of the 16-member squad.

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Pragyan Ojha Reveals His Best India Test Team Of the 21st Century

Pragyan Ojha took to Twitter to share his best Indian Test players of the 21st century. The former off-spinner opted to go ahead with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir as openers.

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At the one-down batting position, he kept Rahul Dravid. Batting legends Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, and VVS Laxman were picked in the middle order. In the spin category, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh were inducted into the playing XI.

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Ravichandran Ashwin was another spinner in the squad but he was not part of the playing XI. For the pacers, Ojha went ahead with Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma. Have a look at his tweet below.

 

My 16-member Indian Test team for the 21st century! Do share what do you guys think and share your team as well.

Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli (captain)
VVS Laxman
MS Dhoni (wk)
Anil Kumble
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Ishant Sharma…

— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) July 15, 2023

Test specialist batters like Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane were also part of the list. However, they were not picked in the playing XI. Pacer Mohammed Shami was another player who was not part of the XI but made it to the squad.

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Pragyan Ojha’s Best India Test Team For 21st Century

Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli (captain), VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni (WK), Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma

Extras- Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammed Shami

Virat Kohli | Rohit Sharma | Rishabh Pant | KL Rahul | Suryakumar Yadav | Sanju Samson | Shreyas Iyer | Yuzvendra Chahal | Jasprit Bumrah