No Virat Kohli or Steve Smith in Piyush Chawla’s All-time Test XI

The discarded Indian leg spinner who has been a part of 2 world cup winning campaigns for India in 2007 and 2011 has picked his all time test XI in the recent social media interaction. The talented leg spinner who represented India in 25 ODIs, 3 tests and 7 T20Is has picked 43 wickets across formats.

Piyush Chawla overlooks 2 modern day greats!

The former Australian captain Steve Smith and the current Indian captain Virat Kohli are the 2 best batters of this generation in the toughest format of the game. The Ashes hero Steve Smith is considered as the next Bradman in the world circuit sporadically but Piyush Chawla didn’t pick both of them in his all time XI

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An all out batting line up!

The top 7 of Piyush Chawla’s team are all aggressive batters and clutch players who can take the game away from the opposition in a session. The destructive batsmen in Mathew Hayden and Virender Sehwag will be the openers in Chawla’s team. The middle order consists of legendary players like Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. The lower middle order will be manned by 2 dynamic batsmen in Adam Gilchrist and Kapil Dev.

Gun bowling attack

Top 2 wicket takers in tests in Muralitharan and Shane Warne will handle the spin department. The fast bowling unit comprises of Wasim Akram and Curtly Ambrose with Jacques Kallis being the 12th man.

Piyush Chawla’s all-time Test XI: Virender Sehwag, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Adam Gilchrist (wk), Kapil Dev, Wasim Akram, Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Curtly Ambrose, Jacques Kallis (12th man)

Piyush Chawla to play for new IPL franchise

The leg spinner is one of the leading wicket takers in the IPL where he has 150 wickets at an average of 27. After having played all the 12 seasons of IPL, the wrist spinner maintains an impressive economy of 7.82. He was picked up by CSK in the auction which means he will play under MS Dhoni for the first time in IPL.