Virat Kohli played 28 Tests against England, scoring 1,991 runs at an average of 42.36. The batter delivered some of the most memorable performances of his red-ball career against the English side, including a century at Edgbaston in the opening Test of the 2018 series and a double hundred at the Wankhede.
The duo selected Alastair Cook and Virender Sehwag as openers. Hussain called the Cook-Sehwag duo a “beautiful combination” of caution and aggression.
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Sachin Tendulkar was picked for number four. They considered options among Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Kevin Pietersen, and Rahul Dravid. Dravid was picked to bat at number three, while Pietersen was slotted in at number five, leaving out both Virat Kohli and Root.
"Dravid, Root, Kohli. Dravid batted the most at three. Dravid three, Tendulkar four, Pietersen five. So you are leaving Root and Kohli. We have missed out on Ganguly and Laxman. India does not have an all-rounder. Stokes at six. We have not picked Kohli, we have to pick Stokes as captain," the ex-England captain said.
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Ravichandran Ashwin was chosen ahead of several legendary names, including Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, and Graeme Swann.
"What it shows you is the unbelievable quality of cricketers that these two countries have produced over the last quarter of a century," Atherton said.
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