TO ME INDIA DOESNT REALLY NEEDS AKASH CHOPRA, IN THE FINAL 11. PARTHIV PATEL HAS SHOWN HIS CAPABILITIES TO OPEN THE ININGS. IT IS A DIFFICULT THING TO DROP CHOPRA, WHEN HE HAS DONE SO WELL IN RECENT PAST, BUT SACRIFICES HAS TO BE MADE FOR A BETTER TEAM. FOR THE BOWLING I THINK WHEN HARBAJHAN SINGH WILL BE BACK, THE SPIN DEPARTMENT OF THE TEAM WILL BE ROCKING AGAIN.
SOURAV GANGULY MIGHT NOT BE DOING WELL WITH THE BAT NOW A DAYS, BUT HE IS CAPTAINING THE SIDE VERY WELL, HE IS BOLD, AND TOUGH HEARTED AND LEADS HIS MEN FROM THE FRONT. I THINK HE CAN LEAD OUR MEN TO WEST INDIES 2007.
THE BEST INDIAN TEST 11 FOR ME -:
PARTHIV PATEL {WK}
VIRENDER SHEWAG
RAHUL DRAVID
SACHIN TENDULKAR
SOURAV GANGULY
V.V.S LAXMAN
YUVRAJ SINGH
LAXMIPATI BALAJI
IRFAN PATHAN
ZAHEER KHAN
ANIL KUMBLE
12th man HARBAJHAN SINGH
ASHISH NEHRA
AKASH CHOPRA
AJIT AGARKAR
SARANDEEP SINGH