Former India National Cricket Team batter Wasim Jaffer made a few surprising calls when he was asked to name his favourites for an all-time Asian Test XI. Wasim Jaffer, however, did not completely mention a complete playing XI but picked his captain, vice-captain, and the keeper-batter.
Speaking in a YouTube video, Wasim Jaffer picked former Pakistan captain Imran Khan as the captain of his choice of all time Asian XI. While he closed with Imran as the leader of the team, Jaffer picked Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar as his vice-captain.
Sachin Tendulkar as vice-captain is a surprising call as he is mostly known for his batting skills over his leadership qualities. However, there were multiple events when Sachin Tendulkar helped the Team India captains throughout his career to handle tricky situations.
MS Dhoni joins the conversation automatically as he guided the Men in Blue to multiple ICC trophies in his career as a captain and was one of the best keeper-batters across the world. Dhoni's stumping and run-outs using lightning-fast hands and presence of mind to date are a testimony of wicketkeeping.
Wasim Jaffer chose to go with Rishabh Pant over MS Dhoni
But Wasim Jaffer said that Dhoni would not even make it into the Asian XI because of Rishabh Pant. According to the former opener, Pant would be a better inclusion in the team over MS Dhoni.
"Imran Khan would be the captain. My vice-captain would be Sachin. I don't think MS Dhoni will even make it to the team. For me, Rishabh Pant would get into the team. Sachin would be an ideal vice-captain," Wasim Jaffer said in the YouTube video.
Rishabh Pant breaks MS Dhoni Test record
Rishabh Pant recently surpassed MS Dhoni's Test record as an Indian keeper-batter amid the India vs Sri Lanka second Test match in Colombo. In 36 away games, Pant has 2534 runs with six hundreds and 11 fifties, which is more than Dhoni's Test runs in away matches.
The former India captain played 90 Tests in his career and scored 4876 runs at an average of 38.09 with six hundreds and 33 half-centuries. In overseas conditions, he claimed 2496 runs in away Tests from 48 matches at an average of 32.48, with a hundred and 18 half-centuries.
Rishabh Pant completed 2500 away Test runs in the first innings of the Test match in Colombo. On Day 1 of the match, he started his knock maintaining his natural aggressive intent, but he had to leave the ground because of an injury in his wrist. The southpaw came back to bat on Day 2 and stitched a crucial partnership with Dhruv Jurel. In this innings, Pant made 63 off 89 balls.
In the previous match in Galle, the middle-order batter registered another Test half-century, 66 runs off 69 balls in the second innings of the first Test. So, it's back-to-back 50s for Pant in the ongoing India vs Sri Lanka Test series.
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