honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Ok.. I am gonna post here my all time ODI XI... You guys have to make ONE change... Not one change to the team above you, but one change to my team here and post it. And we will compare how much of a difference the one player makes between the two sides.
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Viv Richards
Ricky Ponting
Michael Bevan
M.S. Dhoni (wk)
Imran Khan (c)
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Muttiah Muralitharan.
I have refrained from pick some of the all time great PURE fast bowlers and have rather gone for the guys who can also bat.. Imran and Wasim will be my strike bowlers with Shaun Pollock providing the economy and support. And the usual middle overs singles won't be that easy to take with an attacking captain like Imran and attacking spinners like Murali and Warne. And there is always Richards, Sachin, Bevan to bowl few overs in the extremely rare case that one or two of the main guys have an off day.
The batting looks after itself with 4 of the all time greats (IMO among the top 15 of all time in all forms of cricket) in the top 4 to be followed by two of the best ODI batsmen, esp. for the middle and slog overs situation. And the hitting will be taken care by Pollock, Wasim, Warne and Imran himself, should the situation arise. These 3 can also do a rearguard in case of an unlikely collapse of the top 6.
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Viv Richards
Ricky Ponting
Michael Bevan
M.S. Dhoni (wk)
Imran Khan (c)
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Muttiah Muralitharan.
I have refrained from pick some of the all time great PURE fast bowlers and have rather gone for the guys who can also bat.. Imran and Wasim will be my strike bowlers with Shaun Pollock providing the economy and support. And the usual middle overs singles won't be that easy to take with an attacking captain like Imran and attacking spinners like Murali and Warne. And there is always Richards, Sachin, Bevan to bowl few overs in the extremely rare case that one or two of the main guys have an off day.
The batting looks after itself with 4 of the all time greats (IMO among the top 15 of all time in all forms of cricket) in the top 4 to be followed by two of the best ODI batsmen, esp. for the middle and slog overs situation. And the hitting will be taken care by Pollock, Wasim, Warne and Imran himself, should the situation arise. These 3 can also do a rearguard in case of an unlikely collapse of the top 6.