Hero ISL 2022-23 Final: Bengaluru FC and ATK Mohun Bagan combined playing XI

After five months, 116 matches, more than 10,530 minutes of footballing action, the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23 season has reached its summit, the Hero ISL final, which will be played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in Goa, on Saturday.
Nail-biting moments, breath-taking action, spectacular goals, exuberant atmospheres were the highlights of the Hero ISL playoffs. With the pathway carved only for two teams – it was Simon Grayson’s Bengaluru FC and Juan Ferrando’s ATK Mohun Bagan who reigned supreme, who will now square off in the final for the ultimate prize – the Hero ISL trophy.
Ahead of the highly-anticipated clash between the two teams, we take a look at the combined eleven of the two teams comprising the best players carefully picked by experts Erik Paartalu, Paul Masefield, and Phil Brown.
Erik Paartalu’s combined XI
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Goalkeeper: Vishal Kaith (ATK Mohun Bagan)
Defenders: Asish Rai (ATK Mohun Bagan); Pritam Kotal [C] (ATK Mohun Bagan); Sandesh Jhingan (Bengaluru FC); Roshan Naorem (Bengaluru FC)
Midfielders: Carl McHugh (ATK Mohun Bagan); Rohit Kumar (Bengaluru FC); Sivasakthi Narayanan (Bengaluru FC); Javi Hernandez (Bengaluru FC); Hugo Boumous (ATK Mohun Bagan)
Forwards: Dimitri Petratos (ATK Mohun Bagan)
Head Coach: Simon Grayson (Bengaluru FC)
Paul Masefield’s combined XI
Formation: 4-3-3
Goalkeeper: Vishal Kaith (ATK Mohun Bagan)
Defenders: Asish Rai (ATK Mohun Bagan); Pritam Kotal (ATK Mohun Bagan); Brendan Hamill (ATK Mohun Bagan); Roshan Naorem (Bengaluru FC)
Midfielders: Rohit Kumar (Bengaluru FC); Carl McHugh [C] (ATK Mohun Bagan); Suresh Singh Wangjam (Bengaluru FC)
Forwards: Sivasakthi Narayanan (Bengaluru FC); Javi Hernandez (Bengaluru FC); Dimitri Petratos (ATK Mohun Bagan)
Head Coach: Simon Grayson (Bengaluru FC)
Phil Brown’s combined XI
Formation: 3-5-2
Goalkeeper: Vishal Kaith (ATK Mohun Bagan)
Defenders: Pritam Kotal (ATK Mohun Bagan); Aleksandar Jovanovic (Bengaluru FC); Slavko Damjanovic (ATK Mohun Bagan)
Midfielders: Asish Rai (ATK Mohun Bagan); Carl McHugh (ATK Mohun Bagan); Suresh Singh Wangjam (Bengaluru FC); Rohit Kumar (Bengaluru FC); Roshan Naorem (Bengaluru FC)
Forwards: Sivasakthi Narayanan (Bengaluru FC) and Roy Krishna (Bengaluru FC)
Head Coach: Juan Ferrando (ATK Mohun Bagan)