Aakash Chopra picks his Test XI of the decade

 Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra has picked his Test team of the decade in a video shared on his Facebook page. Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin are the only two Indians who make a place in his XI.

Opening Pair:

Aakash Chopra picked Alastair Cook as his first opener and termed him one of the greats of the game.

"The second player I have picked is Hashim Amla. There was David Warner's name as well but the thing against him was that his numbers in the sub-continent, England, and New Zealand are not that good. Amla has scored 5446 runs at an average of 46 and hit 16 hundreds." 

Number 3rd Position
Aakash Chopra opted for Steve Smith ahead of Joe Root as the No. 3 batsmen, considering the Australian's outstanding record.

4th Place
Indian captain Virat Kohli was picked by Aakash Chopra as the No. 4 batsmen.

5th Position
The final specialist batsman's spot in Aakash Chopra's team was taken by Kane Williamson.

6th Position - Wicket Keeper
Kumar Sangakkara was the wicketkeeper-batsman chosen by Aakash Chopra, even though the Sri Lankan did not play in the latter part of the decade.

7th Place - All Rounder
Ben Stokes got the all-rounder's berth in Aakash Chopra's chosen Test XI.

8th Place - Spin Bowler
Aakash Chopra chose Ravichandran Ashwin ahead of Nathan Lyon as the off-spinner in his Test team of the decade.

9th Place - Spin Attack
The 43-year-old went with left-arm spinner Rangana Herath as the other spin bowler in his team.

10th Place - Pace Attack
The mercurial Dale Steyn was the first pacer picked by Aakash Chopra in this Test XI.

11th Place - Pace Attack
Aakash Chopra rounded off his bowling attack by picking James Anderson as the other swing bowler.

Test team of the decade: Alastair Cook, Hashim Amla, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Ben Stokes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rangana Herath, Dale Steyn, James Anderson


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