After picking the all-time IPL XI and ODI XI, former domestic giant Wasim Jaffer has now named the alཧl-time Indian XI in ODIs.
There, he went ahead with the blo♎ckbuster opening duo of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. Therefore, the Mumbai stalwart had no place for Delhi swashbuckler Virender Sehwag, who has a double-ton to his name in ODI cricket.
Following Ganguly-Tendulkar are modern masterꦺs of the game, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. The two Indian mainstays have been unstoppable in white-ball cricket, scoring tons at will.
For the finisher’s role, Jaffer went ahead with Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni, completing a f෴ormidable batting lin꧋eup. However, there was no place for Rahul Dravid, who has more than 10,000 ODI runs to his name, after being tagged as a Test batsman initially.
Jaffer named talismanic Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Dhoni, who has a꧃ Champions Trophy, World T20 and ODI World Cup toඣ his name, as the captain of the side.
Perhaps the greatest all-rounder to grace Indian cricket, Kapil Dev walks in at number seven in Jaffer’s lineup.
The highest run-getter in first-class cricket, Jaffer, had a tossup between Ravindra Jadeja and Harbhajan Singh. Either of the two-finger🎀 spinners paired up with Anil Kumble to complete the spin-attack.
The new ball shall be shared🎃 between Zaheer Khan and Jasprit Bumrah, who are, perhaps, two of the greatest bowlers produced by the country in ODIs.
All time India ODI XI
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11PS: This is entirely in my opinion.
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Here is Wasim Jaffer’s all-time Indian ODI XI:
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Kapil Dev, Harbhajan Singh/Ravindra Jadeja, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Jasprit Bumrah.
