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So India have practically been unbeatable at home in more than a decade now. Is there a side that can actually defeat this colossus of a team? Time to do a bit of time travelling.
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[@CricNazz]

In India if Ashwin gets to bowl 15 overs at you, he will get you out even if you are Sir Don Bradman.

[@tanaybhomia2784]

Yessss.

[@mcmjoe]

Only on doctored dustbowls, doesn't even have a single five for outside Asia and WI.

[@Orion225]

​@@mcmjoe well yes but actually no

[@prakashmahtani6345]

Since 1988 India has lost 3 series..... that's a series loss every 12 years. Incredible what the team has achieved

[@higherpower254]

It's the batting that'll win you series here in India. 2004 had prime Martyn and Gilly 2012 had cook and Pietersen 😊

[@shauryanegi6699]

Pitches were a lot batter friendly back then. Even our own batters don't get the numbers they used to.

[@harsh....8993]

Well we didn't have ash and jadeja thn ... Nor did we have these pitch

[@Fantasticpravin]

Cook's defence was most impressive in that series

[@futuregamer6987]

If Australia get that types of pitches that England got in 2024 I can bet you australia can win series here easily But india fear them to give that they are give fuckinnng rank Turners

[@PiyushKumar-qf8pk]

@@futuregamer6987 Did you watch the england series at all???No rank turner in the whole series except a single match where ball started spinning from day 2 otherwise all the pitches were batting and fast bowling friendly which started spinning on 3rd 4th day which quite frankly is expected in India and even then their prime bazball got defeated by our jaisball.

[@sudhakarbhat6396]

What an analysis and historical perspective in depth insight. Wow. Thank you Jarrod.

[@Saksham0401]

It’s unfortunate that in India, where the cricket team is currently so Invincible and the sport enjoys immense popularity, only a few people truly understand the game. While I have around 60-70 friends and known ones who watch cricket, only about 2 of them have a deep understanding of how the game is played. Most watch cricket simply because it’s popular, with many only tuning in for T20 matches due to its fast pace. There are only few people in our country who understands how cricket is being played rest of them are just fighting about how their favourite player is the best player of all time.

[@ravinakuwar1407]

That's happen all around the world.

[@Saksham0401]

@@ravinakuwar1407 can't tell about any other country buddy...i can tell about my country

[@DEVNarayan1107]

😂😂Good Joke Make Your Team at Sapna 11

[@haryyrocks]

If I just do a simple math at your example, 2 out of 60 friends having deep knowledge then that’s 3.33% of the sample population and if you extrapolate that to the entire population of India or even 50% that would give you 2.33 crore people with deep cricketing knowledge. That’s a lot of people for cricket as a sport anyways, some countries don’t even have a population of that size. If you want that population to be 20% then that would be such a waste of resources on just one sport.

[@sabertrat]

Bud sports is a form of entertainment. It makes sense. That's the case literally everywhere. In fact Indians still care and understand more about cricket than any other nation on earth. Of course there will be more normies considering how popular the sport is.

[@MrBaniya28]

U know this indian team is legendary when such hypothetical scenarios are being discussed

[@deepakkandarpa2083]

2004 Australia Tour of India, Aus won because of the following: 1. Sachin Tendulkar didn't play the first 2 tests and came back into the 3rd post a long break from his infamous Tennis Elbow injury(Yeah, Ricky Ponting didn't play too, but I would rate Sachin's impact in India much much higher than that of Ponting's). 2. 2nd Test Match at Chennai 5th day got washed out. India would have most certainly chased it down(200 odd on the last day). 3. Terrible umpiring which went against India. First over of the tour, Justin Langer was not given LBW. It was plumb out. Many such instances. 4. Parthiv Patel's terrible wicket keeping skills. He dropped way too many catches which even pissed off Rahul Dravid in the slips. 5. Ganguly and Harbhajan choosing not to play the 3rd test at Nagpur since the wicket had a green top 🙄 Australia were undoubtedly brilliant, but the above points went terribly against India.

[@prashantconstantine5943]

Plus ind was stolen a victory in 2004 n 2008 in australia or else that same Indian team had won in Australia long time back

[@randalthorish]

BCCI Politics lost us the series...imagine preparing a green top for a visiting Australian team...was done to oust Ganguly from captaincy

[@rj6404]

Fast spin the best left arm was Derek Underwood , he was amazing in english condition but not much in India then there is the right arm fast leg spinner B S Chandra , he was the best , the speed , the spin , the unplayable googly , he had all the batmen guessing .

[@striker44]

Best whiteboard cricketer statistician (a compliment).

[@gd6576]

Dude ran out of markers

[@abdullahjadoon8363]

I have been thinking about this for a while now that no team can beat India at home in tests at home and maybe even away. India is so balanced that they can recover themselves from the most difficult situations in test cricket as in tests you don't need to win just once, like in T20is or ODIs, you need to win session after session or win so dominately in one session that the game is over and you just can't do that to the indian team. The same begali team that was playing wow cricket against Pakistan beating them by nearly an innings, were completely helpless against India. I think Pakistan currently should be happy rather than disappointed that India dont play billatareals against them because this Indian team would humiliate them at home,away, or neutral venues. In conclusion, the Indian team currently is the best test team.

[@harshal8956]

In 2012 India lost mostly because of an ageing team. The team was in transition with Tendulkar, Gambhir, Sehwag, Yuvraj etc all past their prime and new talent like Virat and Pujara didn't have experience. Combined with England's spin duo of Swann and Panesar cost India that series. One such time may come in next year when Virat, Rohit, Ashwin, Jadeja will be done and if some good side comes India may lose at home.

[@Slayer123-g6v]

Yhh May be in transition time 😊

[@Akirasenjuuu]

Big credit goes to kohli From 2014 till 2021 kohli only lost 2 test matches at home which is insane He is in the list at no 4 of all time run scorers in test as a captain Ofc ashwin Jadeja rahane pujara and rohit did had their contributions But kohli was a fabulous test captain He is one of the reasons for the home dominance india has had over for years and now rohit's carrying the same Also umesh yadav is someone who has contributed a lot in winning home tests as a pacer its never easy to take wickets in india but he did his part

[@Sid-e5y]

I can see a team winning or drawing a two match series,but anything more than that looks implausible right now

[@expt22]

Interesting. Wondering how an Indian team before 2010 would fare against the current Indian team?

[@sarangp5896]

Pre 2010 team win easily Sehwag Gambhir Dravid Sachin Ganguly(C) VVS MS(Wk) Harbhajan Kumble Ishant Zaheer Similarly great spin combo or even better Better Batters for sure Pace takes a hit only because of Bumrah Sachin and Sehwag top order batters who can bowl are main advantage

[@shrikrishna19993]

The current Indian team is the best Indian team and will defeat past generations Indian team just because they have the best bowling line up India has ever produced. Even though pre 2010 has better batting, the bowling quality of Ashwin, Jadeja, Axar/Kuldeep, Bumrah and Shami will trump the opposition.

[@PiyushKumar-qf8pk]

@@sarangp5896 Yeah Top order is way better and consistent than today but I respectfully disagree that spin combo then was better than present.I think they are on similar level and Lower middle order is way better in the present team.So, i don't think it will be an easy win for pre 2010 team and it will be a close fight(Taking assumption that pitch is not a complete rank turner because if it is then it is a easy win for pre 2010s team). i have taken that particular assumption beacuse in recent times(for the last 2 series) Indian pitches are not that much of a rank turner.

[@yashsingh1631]

U guys always forget that using feet is not a great option anymore as spinners are fastest in this era on average.​@@sarangp5896

[@govuxyz]

​@sarangp5896 I get that these players are Indian greats & legends but the XI that you mentioned probably never even played together goes to show how inconsistent that team was. pre 2010 team had a top order collapse and fall to part timers problem, not to forget the inability to get the tail out as they had a poor fast bolwing lineup 2003 Aus tour bottled coz last batting pair got 250 partnership. SL made 769/7 after being 350/5 at home. That batting line up was way better than current but they never played together that much.

[@Adisonhvc]

No amount of permutations and combinations that I can think of can really even challenge india in india

[@milindjoshi6012]

The most legit team has to be Aus 2004. They have all the ingredients to win against this prime Indian side. In order to win in India, you need a batsman who frustrate bowlers by not giving wicket for longer spells and are great players of spin e.g. D Martin, Younis Khan, Cook, Khwaja. You need individual match winners like Gillespie, McGrath, Warne. I still remember how Gillespie and McGrath troubled Dravid in that series and by which we couldn’t draw the matches. Eng 2012 was a solid team but legendary Indian side was already old and jaded. Also feel this Indian team can beat 1999 Pak team fairly easily in India.

[@benudharmadhi4154]

Any older teams to beat modern indian team is uphill challenge which is nearly impossible, as cricket as evolved over past times, there are some great Spinners & seamers but how will they tackle pant scoping them over wicketkeeper, the riversweep, switch hits,

[@arijitpramanik]

Only one option, Pakistan of 1999, they had a decent batting line-up and a bowling unit which might be better than India's on their days. They didn't play an one off test match, they drew the series 1-1 before the Kolkata test. This includes an incredible test match in Chennai and the memorable 10 fer for Kumble in Delhi

[@preshant91]

Jay shah will buy them.

[@pralhadhanamshet9904]

If pak play now a 5 match test series...they will probably lose 6-nil....😅😅😅

[@palashsasidharan5710]

Jarrod you should discount 2000 SA win. It was the height of match fixing and India was terrible. 2012 was a team under transition and in Tendulkar, Harbhajan, Yuvraj, Gambhir, Sehwag there were lot of players past their prime. 2004/05- Nagpur pitch and bad form of Indian batters lost the games.

[@raamcaash]

You missed the West Indies team that had Clive Loyyd as captain … Larry Gomes and Lance Gibbs before he retired where Alvin Kalicharan could Tuen his arm and be quite deceptive …. Not to mention the destructive batting of Roy Fredricks .. Gordon Grednidge … kalicharan … Richards … Loyyd ..Daryck Murray … and the speed quartet …

[@lovepreetsingh-tc6po]

I think Sri Lanka is the team which gives very tough competition to India in India because of their spinners and batting

[@benudharmadhi4154]

Srilanka yet to win a series against India in india, even their prime teams couldn't achieve that

[@enigmaticbloke1129]

They still couldn't win a series in India. Even Rangana Herath said it was the one thing he regretted in his test career

[@sukhbirsingh8053]

Series???? Sri Lanka is yet to win a test MATCH in India??? Series is a far off discussion

[@enigmaticbloke1129]

Sri lanka still haven't won a test series in India which is pretty surprising considering the team they had in the past.

[@adityanvs1312]

They haven’t won a test in India let alone a series 😂

[@Slayer123-g6v]

They don't even win a test match in India they winning series is long distance thing 🤗

[@1334-kas]

Cool stats Jarrod

[@futuregamer6987]

If any indian captain loose test series in india the backlash,trolling he will get from indian fans 😂

[@123lenu]

Gilchrist lead AUS beat India in 2004-05!! Final Frontier has been conquered.

[@AshutoshTripathi-ug9qm]

Anil Kumble would be most successful fast spinner of all time

[@muralikrishnayerubandi8451]

It is a shame that WTC final is just 1 test match. This is unfair. WTC final should always be best of 3 test match. England is a rainy country. Imagine on the WTC final there is rain and couple of sessions being washed out. Also overcast conditions can favour the side bowling. India lost first WTC final to NZ because there was rain during that final and NZ bowlers used the best the precipitation because they were bowling then. Rain had played a highly significant role for India loss at the first WTC final. This is not a lame excuse. This is 100 percent truth and fact. But I totally agree the second WTC final between aussies and India, Australia outplayed India for sure. There is no rain this time for the whole 5 days. So it fair. I believe WTC final should always be best of 3 test match instead of just 1 test match deciding the fate of a team which for which it took 2 years to reach the WTC final. ICC should make WTC final as best of 3 test match.

[@areebsiddiqui758]

Clue is in the name mate. It's a "Final". It's meant to be a one off game, not a series because that defeats the point. Guarantee you wouldn't be complaining if India hadn't lost the last two finals.

[@lj4daniel70]

​@@areebsiddiqui758 did you know about the CB series in aus-indi-sri which had 3 finals ???... 2ndly this is a test series final , best teams of 2 years gaining points from series wins gets to play the final.So the final should also be a series final.. Or else it's like participating in 400m race to qualify to finals and in the finals you have to play a 100m race.... 2ndly WTC has to follow a better format than this current type...Top 3 qualification should be look after...

[@muralikrishnayerubandi8451]

@@areebsiddiqui758 Man I have prepared a long passage justifying the reasons for why should best of 3 match for the WTC finals. I am sure you will change your view. But sadly that long passage i prepared for you got deleted somehow while i am typing the last sentence. I do not have patience and energy to type again that long passage which lost .

[@muralikrishnayerubandi8451]

@@lj4daniel70 100 percent fact and truth. It is a shame and disgrace for ICC to just keep 1 test final for WTC and declare them as winner. Getting to the WTC final is a result of 2 years dedication and brutal hard work. It is unfair and Unequal for WTC to be just 1 match final. Totally unfair.

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@lj4daniel70 If you're trying to find the best team in every tournament then the world cup should also be a best of 5 or best of 3. The point of a final is that whoever plays better on the day wins. For example, in the IPL the team that wins the league phase doesn't necessarily win the knockouts and the final. The WTC is interesting because it's a one off game and anything can happen. Unpredictability is always enjoyable in sport.

[@samir99dec]

You also forget that Indian batsmen of today themselves cannot play on rank turners like what the greats of Indian cricket (Sachin, Dravid, Laxman, Ganguly) used to. So rank turners are out now, pitches with good bounce and gentle spin is what India thrives on at home.

[@suryasingh9121]

Old Jarod we love that ❤

[@turefantasy7677]

Pak team of 1981 or 1999 Pak team both have realistic chances of winning a series in India.

[@sunil280567]

Interesting one by Jarrod Kimber,fascinating in fact and a must watch for those oriented to measuring greatness over eras in a team sport,however thereotical.😊

[@accursedsoul5006]

The stat are amazing ❤ hopefully they win next test championship 🏆

[@rohitmty]

Perhaps you can do a vid which Ind team from a diff era could defeat the current team

[@paravatareddypullareddy9954]

Best analysis on Indian test Cricket team on Indian soil

[@chinmey_0147]

99 pak team would look good on paper but most likely self explode for some reason or other

[@suresh2137]

Ah... Time travelling Cricketers ...

[@Voltairec]

Jarrod, that 1983-84 windies team would take current Indian team to cleaners …..Malcolm(82-88) Marshall would single-handedly destroy this team….am an Indian and still cower when remembering Macko’s Kanpur spell

[@rakeshkrishnan1099]

That windies team will destroy every current team in this planet not only india

[@98.951]

let's be honest there is too much of a time gap. The game has evolved exponentially in those 40 years you can't really compare. The legends then would not be that much of a threat nowadays i believe

[@lj4daniel70]

Then you don't understand the game...cricket has evolved and beating india in India is the toughest challenge ...

[@Voltairec]

@@lj4daniel70 you sound funny in your ignorance….a fairly ordinary England gave palpitations to this great Indian team just this yr…..statistically India can have all the records but nobody comes close to Lloyd’s team

[@ritwikghorui2731]

Its the batting that will be blown apart. Hell even they might break bodies of Ashwin and Jadeja.

[@curiocitizen1069]

Clive Lloyd's West Indian team from the early eighties can easily demolish any team

[@muralikrishnayerubandi8451]

sports is a dynamic, not a static area. West indies can only talk about their past glory. They have become most useless test side way way long back. They even did not qualify for the last ODI world cup. This is total shame and disgrace.

[@srikartik]

Great analysis - Kimber a class act

[@sudiptodas1313]

Only team that can give a terrific competition to India at home is the Pakistan team of 1999 and even win it and the Indian pitches will be todays condition not 99 Indian pitches

[@yogeshrajoriya3092]

Travis Head Tom Latham (WK) Kane Williamson Joe Root Daryl Mitchell Ben Stokes Keshav Maharaj Nathan Lyon Pat Cummins Kagiso Rabada Josh Hazlewood Even if we combine players from the world, they may not be qble to defeat India

[@neilmichael2676]

Thr overseas team that could beat this India side is Imran's 1987 team...with Adul Qadir, Tauseef Ahmed and Iqbal Qasim...Imran and Wasim headed the fast bowlers... Mudassar, Javed Salim Mallick the lead batsman!! What a fantastic team!!

[@danielmathew7768]

Pakistan don't play against India ❌❌❌ India don't play against Pakistan ✅✅✅

[@onkarchakrawar4224]

This is some superb stuff Jarod, that's why I am ur fan ❤😊

[@parag408]

Jarrod is all over the KZbin. I like it 🤣😀

[@dante666jt]

"There is no team in the world that could beat Indians at home" India choked against australia at home at the world cup finals

[@Gateastrologykc]

Test match cricket series

[@ClubHouseIndia]

Uncle he's talking about test matches also world cup final loss was the only loss india had and again india was the most dominant side in that world cup

[@13jhelum]

99 team draw a test series in india

[@lexsite]

Now watch New Zealand steal their first series win in India next month.

[@Reacher-nj4me]

Next joke plz

[@Gateastrologykc]

They lost to sri Lanka quite comprehensively

[@gambet0007]

This is just me, but I don't think you need to be at Ashiwn or Jadeja level to get Indian batters out of the current era. IMO, they really struggle against the spin, any good spinner of yester years would've done well against India of today.

[@fullstackdeveloper2573]

for me its Pakistan 1999 team, they can beat India in India.

[@Cricket-Debonair]

I don't why you didn't consider South Africa team of 96 and team of 10

[@roshan11140]

16:41 Right at the moment if Pakistan play India, they would lose 6-0 in 5 match series 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sarthakshrivastava790]

Facts

[@kevinmenezes8386]

In recent years, losing the toss against Ind in Ind is as good as losing the match for SENA countries

[@angshumanhazarika2592]

Lame and silly excuse. Lose the toss and bowl first then whats stopping those teams from getting India all out for 200-250?? There have been several other instances where teams have won the toss, batted first and still lost those matches. England won 3 tosses this year and 4 tosses in 2016 yet they won only 1 match combined in 2016 and 2024

[@debasismohanty1952]

India winning at home easily because other countries don't have 2 high quality test spinners australia is the only team who challenged india in india because they have 3 quality test fast bowlers and nathen Lyon and playing ashwin and jadeja in india is very difficult for any batsman and india needs to find sshwin and jadejas replacements quickly if they want to maintain their home dominance in future

[@mohitk05]

I think 2000-2008 Indian side might challenge this current Indian side.

[@arthdewangan08]

You might be kidding thinking that their batting could survive jadeja, ashwin, bumrah, shami, kuldeep, siraj, axar. None of them were in their prime and would have easily dismissed that pre 2010s team. By 3rd and 4th innings , jadeja , ashwin and bumrah all averages less than 20, doesn't matter if it's sachin, dravid, or laxman, today's india bowlers would have eaten their soul in breakfast

[@GurpreetSingh-gr4jw]

Absolutely ❤

[@rajatjain1697]

I think Pakistan '99 has the best chance against today's team. Pak '99 was one of the best all round Pak team. Pity it didn't stay that way for hakf a decade.

[@Jhjbgrmm]

Flawed reasoning for a change from the great Jarrod. I firmly believe 2004 Australia can beat this team of ours most times. Our batting is very brittle

[@paarthgoyal4546]

jarrod what is your opinion on cricket dying as a sport, As sena + ind are the only teams really flourishing right now. West Indies, sl pak etc have not been doing well since past 5-6 years. And it has also not been the most popular sport among fans etc. Even odi cricket is vanishing.

[@VikJo]

Sri lanka?

[@dipyaman93]

I think 99 Pakistan beats India at home rn. It would need Bumrah Shami and Siraj at peak fitness and form for 5 games, Rohit Kohli Jaiswal, Gill to average between 40-60, with Pant and Sarfaraz to come in and bash spinners when the ball gets softer, and finally for Ashwin Jadeja to bowl huge bulk overs against very good players of spin like Inzy, Yusuf, Anwar and figure a way to get them out. The only x factor in our team would be Bumrah and Pant as no one would have faced anything like this before. So by a slight margin edge Pakistan, because a session or two would decide the series. An odd session of bad play will decide the fate for India, and I feel India's batting lineup would be more prone to collapse against Pakistan's bowling options than vice versa, because they simply do not have the playing style of test cricket anymore. The only way you can stop the Waqar Wasim Akhtar attack is if you play them out, tire them and defend relentlessly.

[@rakeshkrishnan1099]

Pakistan can beat india in india , because pakistan team has jazba

[@shivas9600]

But if they lose it will be raaaaaawwwww ke sazish.

[@ramankantjha7034]

Prime sri lanka

[@arnabiitmphy]

Who cares about any team winning in India or not, nobody gives a shit.

[@subinek2531]

6-0 in 5 test series 😂

[@singprashant]

Pakistan will lose 6 Nil in a 5 match series.

[@arnavthesceintist1149]

The only team i think could do it is prime sl with malinga for fast, murli and mendis for spin and brilliant battting of sanga jaywardene dilshan, these batsmen are good against spin. thishara parera the allrounder. i think if any team is history were to do this i think it would be this one.

[@robin-38-]

Nope

[@KevinEdwards-g7q7q]

Ho girato questo video a mia madre e ora anche lei vuole diventare una blogger. Sembra che abbiamo un progetto di famiglia🐱

[@Codersquare]

Opinion: The reason behind sheer dominace is bumrah. If bumrah is not playing then it's possible for someone to win a couple of matches if not the series.

[@saianilkumar4888]

I think it is collective effort of shami,Bumrah,ishant and Umesh not only bumrah

[@theaveragesinger]

16:40💀

[@foodsafari-rj3uq]

Epic lol

[@futuregamer6987]

100%

[@arnabiitmphy]

2004 Aus team could easily beat current Indian team at home

[@Hesidros]

Sri Lanka can beat India with their Spin Skills.

[@DevendraYadav-kp4sp]

1-Usman Khwaja 2-travis head 3-kane willom son 4- stev Smith 5-joo root 6-cammaron green 7-m rizwan 8-k mendid 9-keshav maharaj 10-n loyan 11- rabada 12-p cummins This team can be beat india in India

[@theaveragesinger]

Williamson, Smith, Root, Lyan, Rabada, Cummins. Rest all are mid in Test cricket against India 'in India'.

[@sahasransusbarik]

Lol, no way... in indian pitches Jsiswal, Gill and Pant will destroy this team to the core, forget about Ashwin, Jadeja and Axar Patel.

[@Adisonhvc]

Absolutely no chance

[@rajeshkannan4154]

They can't

[@yetanothercsstudent]

Second

[@yetanothercsstudent]

Frist non spam I think

[@reddinagaravikumar1402]

16:42 man you got me

[@sdr79]

Assume he understands Hindi and then imagine him sitting in the commentary box with our Hindi Commentators 😂😂😂

[@HeySadEye]

16:43 😂😂😂😂

[@sdr79]

16:40 "If Pakistan played India, they'd lose 6-0 in a 5 test series." 😂😂😂