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If you had to come up with an Asian ODI XI right now, what would your starting 11 be?
 
Fakhar Zaman
Azhar Ali
Babar Azam
Mohammad Hafeez
Shoaib Malik
Sarfraz Ahmed*
Imad Wasim
Shadab Khan
Hasan Ali
Mohammad Amir
Junaid Khan

Best side in the CT as well as the world, and therefore the best Asian ODI XI as well.
 
Dhawan
Tamim
Babar
Kohli (c)
Sarfraz +
Shakib
Shadab Khan
Ashwin/Pandya (depending upon conditions)
Fizz
Hasan Ali
Bumrah
 
Tamim Iqbal
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli(C)
Babar Azam
Shoaib Malik
Shakib
MS Dhoni(Wk)
Jadeja
Amir
Hassan Ali
Bumrah
 
1) Tamim Iqbal
2) Shikar Dhawan
3) Babar Azam
4) Virat Kohli
5) MS Dhoni (wk)
6) Angelo Matthews (c)
7) Shakib Al-Hasan
8) Ravichandran Ashwin
9) Mohammad Amir
10) Mustafizur Rahman
11) Junaid Khan
 
Shikar Dhawan (I)
Tamim Iqbal (B)
Virat Kohli* (I)
Kusal Mendis (S)
Shakib Al Hasan (B)
Angelo Mathews (S)
MS Dhoni+ (I)
Ravi Ashwin (I)
Md. Amir (P)
Rashid Khan (A) / Mustafizur (B) - Depending on conditions
Jaspreet Bumrah (I)
 
1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Shikhar Dhawan
3. Virat Kohli (C)
4. Kusal Mendis
5. MS Dhoni (WK)
6. Angelo Matthews (VC)
7. Shakib Al-Hasan
8. Ravichandran Ashwin
9. Mohammad Amir
10. Mohammad Shami
11. Mustafizur Rahman
 
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1.Rohit Sharma
2.Tamim Iqbal
3.Virat Kholi(c)
4.Babar Azam
5.Shoaib Malik
6.MS Dhoni(wk)
7.Angleo Methew
8.Shakib al Hassan
9.Mohammad Amir
10.Hassan Ali
11.Mustfizur Rehman
 
UNBIASED

I am a firm believer of, bowling wins the matches. I don't select half all rounders, especially seamers. So I go with four genuine quicks.


1.Sharjeel Khan
2.Rohit Sharma
3.Virat Kohli *
4.Babar Azam
5.Angelo Mathews(6th bowler)
6.Shakib al Hassan
7.Kusal Perera +
8.Mohammad Amir
9.Hassan Ali
10.Mohammad Shami
11.Jasprit Bumrah

I could have selected Tamim/Dhawan in place of Sharjeel, but even Rohit is a slow starter, so Rohit and Tamim/Dhawan cannot be in the same playing 11.
 
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Rohit Sharma
Tamim Iqbal
Virat Kohli
Babar Azam
Mushfiqr Rahim
Angelo Mathews
Shoaib Malik
Imad Wasim
Mohammad Amir
Hasan Ali
Mustafizur Rehman

Not even one good spinner In asia these days... I hope Shadab becomes one.
The batting is also not so strong...
 
Tamin Iqbal
Dhawan
Kohli
Mendis
Malik
Dhoni ( WK & C )
Shakib
Jadeja
Amir
Hassan Ali
Kumar

Pure modern OD team, 6 pure world class players, no bits and bobs players like imad Wasim. All have their specific role to play.

Captaining a Asian team is insanely hard especially with Ines with a mix from other countries, their is only one man fit for the job and is respecting hugely in Asia and the whole world MS Dhoni. Arguably the greatest finisher of all time and a surreal captain always thinking and calm.

Two spinners in Shakib and Jadeja, both all rounders and both ranked number 1.

Three pure pacers who can swing it, reverse it and make the hall talk while bowling beey fast.

The team bats deep down to 8. With a express pace battery and a world class spin department. Alongside Dhoni as the skipper this team is simply a beast
 
Tamim
Rohit
Kusal
VK
Matthews
Shakib
Dhoni(C and WK)
Rashid Khan
Bumrah
Fizz
Hasan Ali/JK

All based on recent form.
 
Tamim
Rohit
Kusal
VK
Matthews
Shakib
Dhoni(C and WK)
Rashid Khan
Bumrah
Fizz
Hasan Ali/JK

All based on recent form.

Looks spot on. Rashid Khan is a great entry after his performance yesterday. I can see Asia dominating world cricket, home and away, in 10 years of time. Bangladesh and Afghanistan have come a long way and we're living in fun times.

An Asia cup right now would be a block buster. We have 5 teams with different strengths. How awesome would that be!
 
Tamim Iqbal
Dickwella/Gunathilaka
Kohli
Sarfraz (WK/C)
Malik
Shakib
Gunaratne
Jadeja
Hassan Ali
Shami/B Kumar
Bumrah

In my opinion this is the most balanced Asian combined XI. A lot of players miss out marginally because had to make a realistic team with players playing in their right positions. A lot of posters here have unconditional love for Amir despite his form/shortcomings with the ball, and just like in our current Pakistan team, seems like he got in based on his previous reputation alone. Shami and Bhuvi get ahead of him all day everyday.

Sarfraz as the captain as I do feel he'll prove to be a better captain than Kohli in the long run, given the right tools.
 
Some posters having Junaid Khan in their best Asian XI is hilarious.
 
Shikhar Dhawan
Tamim Iqbal
Virat Kohli (c)
Babar Azam
Angelo Mathews
Shakib al Hasan
MS Dhoni (w)
Rashid Khan
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
Mohammad Amir
Jasprit Bumrah
 
some shockers of the team on posts above ... but well , some people just dont understand cricket :P

1) Rohit Sharma ...
2) Tamim Iqbal
3) Babar Azam (hard to move Kholi from no3 but settled enough to play at a different spot but young baber isnt)
4) Kholi (wont be my captain, he is just been lucky to play his captain career so far in his most favoured places)
5) Malik
6) MS Dhoni (c) (wk) ... big fan of his captaincy still and he is a daaaaammmm lucky captain
7) Saqib (my only spinner and all rounder, a champ, also a floater in terms of batting position)
8) Aamir (not picking wickets but he is making life hell for batsmen)
9) Hassan Ali ( for me the bowler of the year so far in 2017, improving at speed of light)
10) Shadab Khan / Rashid Khan (i love to have a leggie, only ones worth mentioning)
11) Yadev ... pace aggression , he is good

12... xtremly difficult to cut him out but Mustafiz doesnt get in.
 
1) Tamim Iqbal
2) Shikar Dhawan
3) Babar Azam
4) Virat Kohli
5) MS Dhoni (wk)
6) Angelo Matthews (c)
7) Shakib Al-Hasan
8) Ravichandran Ashwin
9) Mohammad Amir
10) Mustafizur Rahman
11) Junaid Khan
Junaid Khan :)))

Clearly judging a players ability isn't your strong point.
 
Tamim
Rohit
VK
Rahim
Mathews
Dhoni (w)
Shak
Mash *
Fizz
Shami
Amir
Lol, Mushfiqur Rahim barely averages above 30 in OD cricket?

If these teams are being constructed on form then leaving Malik out is a travesty.
 
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Some posters having Junaid Khan in their best Asian XI is hilarious.

He has got one of the better averages among the pace bowlers who have atleast played 30 matches and he is one of the better death bowlers around. There is a reason why Lancashire selects him regularly for the campaigns.
 
Tamim
Rohit
Kohli
Malik
Dhoni (c & Wk)
Shakib
Angelo
Jadeja/Pandya
Rashid
Amir
Bumrah

Imo this is the best ODI XI from asia.
 
Junaid Khan :)))

Clearly judging a players ability isn't your strong point.

He averages under 29 in ODI cricket and has bowled very well in both Australia and England recently. He makes my XI any day.
 
Tamim
Rohit
Kohli*
Malik
Shakib
Dhoni+
Mathews
Amir
Ashwin
Hasan
Shami
 
Tamim
Rohit
Babar
Kohli
Sarfaraz (C&WK)
Malik
Shakib/Mathews (Depending upon conditions)
Rashid
Amir
Hassan
Shami

This the best I could make
 
He averages under 29 in ODI cricket and has bowled very well in both Australia and England recently. He makes my XI any day.

Clearly he is one of the best around when he is fully fit and in rhythm.
 
He averages under 29 in ODI cricket and has bowled very well in both Australia and England recently. He makes my XI any day.
He bowled well in the MCG where the pitch was holding up and assisting our bowlers, apart from that he was bashed around.

He is one of the worst bowlers going around today, and here you are putting him in an Asian ODI XI :facepalm:
 
He bowled well in the MCG where the pitch was holding up and assisting our bowlers, apart from that he was bashed around.

He is one of the worst bowlers going around today, and here you are putting him in an Asian ODI XI :facepalm:

You are saying that his overall stats lie, what are your facts that make him the worst bowler around, just averages of past year where he hasnt played a lot of matches. He has performed in the dead wickets of UAE earlier in his career. Yes he was struggling recently but he got injured in 2015 and it took him sometime to get back into rhythm. Now he is getting his mojo back.
To be honest he is one of the few bowlers around who are complete bowlers rather than just being a new ball bowler or just being a death bowler. He seams the new ball, reverse swings the old one and bowl good yorkers.
 
Main XI :

Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh)
Shikhar Dhawan (India)
Virat Kohli (India)
Babar Azam (Pakistan)
MS Dhoni (India) (Captain & WK)
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)
Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
Mohammed Shami (India)
Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Jasprit Bumrah (India)

Reserves:

Mohammed Shehzad (Afghanistan)
Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Mohammed Amir (Pakistan)
Dawlat Zadran (Afghanistan)
 
Main XI :

Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh)
Shikhar Dhawan (India)
Virat Kohli (India)
Babar Azam (Pakistan)
MS Dhoni (India) (Captain & WK)
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)
Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
Mohammed Shami (India)
Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Jasprit Bumrah (India)

Reserves:

Mohammed Shehzad (Afghanistan)
Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Mohammed Amir (Pakistan)
Dawlat Zadran (Afghanistan)

Lol at having Bumrah over Amir and Hassan. He cant take wickets with new ball and gone for plenty against Srilanka in the death as well
 
Tamim
Dhawan
Kohli *
Mendis
Dhoni +
Shakib
Mathews
Hasan
Bhuvneshwar
Rashid
Fizz
 
Lol at having Bumrah over Amir and Hassan. He cant take wickets with new ball and gone for plenty against Srilanka in the death as well

Tbh I haven't seen much of Hasan Ali, so I didn't include him in my XI. Amir, on the other hand, I feel is a tad too defensive a bowler. He almost never seems to pick wickets.
 
Tamim
Rohit
Kohli
Mendis (wk)
Malik
Mathews
Shakib
Amir
Nuwan Pradeep
Bumrah
Fizz
 
1) Tamim Iqbal
2) Shikar Dhawan
3) Babar Azam
4) Virat Kohli
5) MS Dhoni (wk)
6) Angelo Matthews (c)
7) Shakib Al-Hasan
8) Ravichandran Ashwin
9) Mohammad Amir
10) Mustafizur Rahman
11) Junaid Khan

I totally overlooked Dhoni for the captaincy. He gets the armband over Matthews in this team.

Here is a non-Asian XI:

1) Hashim Amla
2) David Warner
3) Joe Root
4) Steven Smith
5) AB de Villiers (c)
6) Ben Stokes
7) Jos Buttler
8) Mitchell Starc
9) Kagiso Rabada
10) Trent Boult
11) Imran Tahir
 
Tbh I haven't seen much of Hasan Ali, so I didn't include him in my XI. Amir, on the other hand, I feel is a tad too defensive a bowler. He almost never seems to pick wickets.

Yet, averages 27 with the ball.
 
1) Tamim Iqbal
2) Shikhar Dhawan
3) Virat Kohli
4) Babar Azam
5) Sarfraz Ahmed(C)(WK)
6) Angelo Mathews
7) Shakib Al Hasan
8) Mohammed Amir
9) Rashid Khan
10) Hasan Ali
11) Mustafizur Rahman
 
You are saying that his overall stats lie, what are your facts that make him the worst bowler around, just averages of past year where he hasnt played a lot of matches. He has performed in the dead wickets of UAE earlier in his career. Yes he was struggling recently but he got injured in 2015 and it took him sometime to get back into rhythm. Now he is getting his mojo back.
To be honest he is one of the few bowlers around who are complete bowlers rather than just being a new ball bowler or just being a death bowler. He seams the new ball, reverse swings the old one and bowl good yorkers.
How exactly is he getting his mojo back? They guy has continuously lost games for whatever side he plays for whether that be the Zalmi or even recently in the Pakistan Cup. It's only a matter of time before we same occurrences at the national stage.

A combined XI would look something like:

Shikhar Dhawan
Tamim Iqbal
Virat Kohli
Babar Azam
Kusal Mendis
Angelo Mathews
M.S Dhoni
Hasan
Shami
Mustafizur/Bumrah
Rashid Khan
 
Yet, averages 27 with the ball.

Exactly why I included him in the reserves and not the main XI. He averages 28 btw. There are bowlers with much better averages. Hasan Ali, based on his stats, is probably good enough to make the XI. I haven't seen him bowl much though.
 
Shikhar Dhawan
Tamim Iqbal
Virat Kohli
Babar Azam
Angelo Mathews*
Ms Dhoni WK
Shakib Al Hassan
Hardik Pandya
Mustafizur
Bumrah
Hassan Ali
 
Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli
Dhoni
Angelo mathews
Kedar jhadhav
Hasan ali
Bumrah
Shami
Mustafizur
Rashid
 
He has got one of the better averages among the pace bowlers who have atleast played 30 matches and he is one of the better death bowlers around. There is a reason why Lancashire selects him regularly for the campaigns.

Those stats are due to him doing exceptionally well during those first few years of his career before his injury. His stats post injury, over the last 2 years, are abysmal. Yes, he did well in the last match, but he bowls gun barrel straight and gets tonked around 9 times out of 10. We'll see how he progresses through this tournament.
 
Yes exactly why would any body have a guy with average over 50 and strike rate above 85 in his one day team!

Also the fastest guy in the history of the sport to score 1000 runs in ODIs. What an atrocity to put him in your fantasy side.
 
MD Gunathilaka
Dhawan/Tharanaga
Virat Kohli (c)
Dhoni (wk)
AD Mathews
Mahmadullah
Pandya
Shakib ul hasan
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Jasprit Bumrah
Mustafizur Rahim/Shami
 
Tamim Iqbal
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli*
Mushfiqur Rahim+
Shakib Al Hasan
Mahmudullah
Mosaddek Hossain
Mashrafe Mortaza*
Rashid Khan
Mustafizur Rahman
Hasan Ali
 
Fakhar Zaman
Azhar Ali
Babar Azam
Mohammad Hafeez
Shoaib Malik
Sarfraz Ahmed*
Imad Wasim
Shadab Khan
Hasan Ali
Mohammad Amir
Junaid Khan

Best side in the CT as well as the world, and therefore the best Asian ODI XI as well.

If it wasn't for sarcasm, I'm lovin this post...Let the positive-ness prevail at least until the end of this tournament and back our players
 
1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Niroshan Dikwella (wk)
3. Virat Kohli (c)
4. Babar Azam
5. Shoaib Malik
6. Angelo Mathews
7. Shakib al Hasan
8. Rashid Khan
9. Hassan Ali
10. Mohammed Shami
11. Mustafiz ur Rehman
 
Check the averages of the Asian bowlers first who have atleast played 30 matches.
I though we are adding people on current form. If whole career taken in to account, Lasith Malinga is far better than Junaid Khan for the fast bowling spot. In that case fast bowlers would be Malinga, Bumrah and Amir and Mathews. Mathews averages 40 with the bat and 34 with the ball.
 
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1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Niroshan Dikwella (wk)
3. Virat Kohli (c)
4. Babar Azam
5. Shoaib Malik
6. Angelo Mathews
7. Shakib al Hasan
8. Rashid Khan
9. Hassan Ali
10. Mohammed Shami
11. Mustafiz ur Rehman

Just 2 players from the best Asian side :yk2 this team gives the impression that Bangladesh and Pakistan are the best asian sides :yk
 
1) Tamim Iqbal
2) Shikar Dhawan
3) Babar Azam
4) Virat Kohli
5) MS Dhoni (wk)
6) Angelo Matthews (c)
7) Shakib Al-Hasan
8) Ravichandran Ashwin
9) Mohammad Amir
10) Mustafizur Rahman
11) Junaid Khan

Hahahahaha yar bilal.

That did make me laugh btw. If you were to go for a 2nd Pak bowler, why didn't you pick Hasan Ali over Junaid who is miles better?

Or do you seriously think Junaid > Hasan?
 
I though we are adding people on current form. If whole career taken in to account, Lasith Malinga is far better than Junaid Khan for the fast bowling spot. In that case fast bowlers would be Malinga, Bumrah and Amir and Mathews. Mathews averages 40 with the bat and 34 with the ball.

Bumrah and his 22 wickets aren't getting anywhere near an Asia XI.
 
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Hahahahaha yar bilal.

That did make me laugh btw. If you were to go for a 2nd Pak bowler, why didn't you pick Hasan Ali over Junaid who is miles better?

Or do you seriously think Junaid > Hasan?

Junaid is better than Hasan. Although Hasan did not make the cut for reasons similar to why Bumrah was excluded.
 
I though we are adding people on current form. If whole career taken in to account, Lasith Malinga is far better than Junaid Khan for the fast bowling spot. In that case fast bowlers would be Malinga, Bumrah and Amir and Mathews. Mathews averages 40 with the bat and 34 with the ball.

I guess a lot of people forget that Mohammed Shami has taken 87 wickets in just 47 ODIs at an average of 24. Both Malinga and Amir average 28 with the ball.
 
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I guess a lot of people forget that Mohammed Shami has taken 87 wickets in just 47 ODIs at an average of 24. Both Malinga and Amir average 28 with the ball.

Yes, great stats. However, if he can't make the Indian XI, he can't make the Asian XI either.
 
I guess a lot of people forget that Mohammed Shami has taken 87 wickets in just 47 ODIs at an average of 24. Both Malinga and Amir average 28 with the ball.
I think he is out of form, and that is the reason he cannot make Indian XI
 
However I agree that Bumrah cannot make Asian XI based on the career. On career wise it would be Shami, Malinga, Amir and Mathews. Mustafizur is good, but not proven over a long career.
 
I think he is out of form, and that is the reason he cannot make Indian XI

I don't think he is out of form. He did well in the warm-ups. But I'm not sure if he is fully fit. He should replace Yadav in the XI, he's a much better bowler.
 
However I agree that Bumrah cannot make Asian XI based on the career. On career wise it would be Shami, Malinga, Amir and Mathews. Mustafizur is good, but not proven over a long career.

Career? If we are going to look at the whole career then none of the bowlers you mentioned will make the asian XI, it will be made of ATGs who have retired, if we are going to select the team based on current players, then current form should be the criteria, and bumrah easily makes it because he's the best pacer in asia, but to each his own
 
On contrary, he is the best death bowler on form these days.

13 matches isn't enough to make claims like that. He may be as good as you make him out to be but needs to show that sort of skill and quality over a long period of time.
 
Jasprit Bumrah has played a grand total of 13 ODI matches, taking 22 wickets. Three of those 13 matches have come against Zimbabwe, against whom he averages 8. He has played a handful of games against New Zealand and England and a solitary ODI against Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia. He averages 35+ in the ten matches that he has played against the big teams.

Like I said, he does not make the Asian XI.
 
Shikhar Dhawan
Tamim Iqbal
Virat Kohli
Babar Azam
MS Dhoni
Shakib Al Hasan
Mushfiqur Rahim
Angelo Mathews
Ashwin
Amir
Mustafizur
 
I am surprised that nobody has mentioned Kedar Jadhav yet. Done well in whatever opportunities he has got so far.
 
Quite ironic to see Tamim Iqbal in almost every XI. Before 2015 no one would pick him. Since then he has been spectacular.
 
Quite ironic to see Tamim Iqbal in almost every XI. Before 2015 no one would pick him. Since then he has been spectacular.
A couple of years ago, it was impossible to pick such an XI without MSD. But now I see that some of the posters have omitted him.
 
1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Virat Kohli (C)
3. Babar Azam
4. Shakib Al-Hasan
5. Shoaib Malik
6. MS Dhoni (WK)
7. Angelo Mathews
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. Mohammad Amir
10. Hasan Ali
11. Muztafizur Rahman
 
A couple of years ago, it was impossible to pick such an XI without MSD. But now I see that some of the posters have omitted him.

Its on the basis of current form(say post world cup).

Dhoni has regressed. There was a time opposition bowler didn't want to get the Indian top order dismissed just so that Dhoni batting at no. 6 did not have to come out to bat at the last 15-20 overs.
 
Its on the basis of current form(say post world cup).

Dhoni has regressed. There was a time opposition bowler didn't want to get the Indian top order dismissed just so that Dhoni batting at no. 6 did not have to come out to bat at the last 15-20 overs.

He has regressed a bit. But more than that his regular job effort of something like 60 of 55 balls in the last 15 overs has become obsolete in this era of big hitters.
 
There can't be a better team than this one.

1.Azhar Ali
2.Ajinkya Rahane
3.Mohammad Hafeez
4.Sarfaraz Ahmed
5.Yuvraj Singh
6.Nasser Hossain
7.Thisara Perera
8.Axar Patel
9.Wahab Riaz
10.Suranga Lakmal
11.Arafat Sunny
12th man : Ashgar Stanikzai
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1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Virat Kohli (C)
3. Babar Azam
4. Shakib Al-Hasan
5. Shoaib Malik
6. MS Dhoni (WK)
7. Angelo Mathews
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. Mohammad Amir
10. Hasan Ali
11. Muztafizur Rahman

Babar over Virat at No.3
Dont agree with this one...
Babar definitely has to be there but not at Virat's position.
 
1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Virat Kohli (C)
3. Babar Azam
4. Shakib Al-Hasan
5. Shoaib Malik
6. MS Dhoni (WK)
7. Angelo Mathews
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. Mohammad Amir
10. Hasan Ali
11. Muztafizur Rahman

Kohli doens't move for others, others move for kohli, there is no way any other batsman can bat at no. 3 other than Virat kohli
 
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