Best ODI XI for each country since 2000

[Unbiased-Fan]

Inspired by my previous post where i made best test XI for each country since 2000, i am here presenting my best ODI XIs.
The main factor of selection was statistics, impact and longevity.


India
Rohit Sharma
Shikhar Dhawan
Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni (w)*
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravi Ashwin
Zaheer Khan
Mohammad Shami
Jasprit Bumrah


Australia
David Warner
Adam Gilchrist (w)
Shane Watson
Ricky Ponting*
Michael Clarke
Michael Hussey
Andrew Symonds
Brad Hogg
Brett Lee
Mitchell Starc
Glenn McGrath


Pakistan
Mohammad Hafeez
Salman Butt
Babar Azam
Mohammad Yousuf
Inzamam Ul-Haq*
Sarfaraz Ahmed(w)
Abdul Razzaq
Shahid Afridi
Umar Gul
Saeed Ajmal
Shoaib Akhtar


England
Johny Bairstow
Marcus Trescothick
Joe Root
Eoin Morgan*
Ben Stokes
Jos Buttler(w)
Andrew Flintoff
Chris Woakes
Graeme Swann/Darren Gough
Adil Rashid
James Anderson


Srilanka
TM Dilshan
Sanath Jayasuriya
Kumar Sangakkara(w)
Mahela Jayawardene*
Angelo Mathews
Kusal Perera
Russell Arnold
Farveez Maharoof
Chaminda Vaas
Lasith Malinga
M Muralitharan


West Indies
Chris Gayle
Shai Hope(w)
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Brian Lara*
Marlon Samuels
Shiv Chanderpaul
Dwayne Bravo
Sunil Narine
Ian Bradshaw
Ravi Rampaul
Jerome Taylor


South Africa
Hashim Amla
Quinton deKock(w)
Faf DuPlessis
Jacques Kallis
Jonty Rhodes
AB de Villiers*
David Miller
Shaun Pollock
Dale Steyn
Imran Tahir
Mkhaya Ntini


New Zealand
Martin Guptill
Nathan Astle
Kane Williamson*
Ross Taylor
Scott Styris
Brendon McCullum(w)
Chris Cairns
Daniel Vettori
Kyle Mills
Trent Boult
Shane Bond


India and England were toughest to pick as so many greats were not selected. Likes of Ganguly ,Raina, Roy and Pietersen were unlucky to miss out due to team balance.
Australia was easiest to pick.

 

[shokz1408]

Pakistan
Saeed anwar
Mohammed Rizwan
Babar Azam
Inzamam ul haq
Misbah ul Haq
Mohammed Hafeez
Abdul razzaq
Shahid afridi
Wasim Akram
Waqar younis
Shaheen shah Afridi

 

[Pakhs]

Pakistan
Saeed anwar
Mohammed Rizwan
Babar Azam
Inzamam ul haq
Misbah ul Haq
Mohammed Hafeez
Abdul razzaq
Shahid afridi
Wasim Akram
Waqar younis
Shaheen shah Afridi

You can not have shoib of early 2000s with waqar of 2000s who was well past it.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Some addition teams.


Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal
Liton Das
Mohammad Asharful
Shakib Al Hasan
Mushfiquer Rahim(w)
Mahmudullah
Saumya Sarkar
Mashrafe Mortaza*
Abdur Razzak
Mustafizur Rahman
Rubel Hossain


Zimbabwe
Hamilton Masakadza
Grant Flower
Brendan Taylor
Andy Flower(w)
Sean Williams
Sikandar Raza
Elton Chigumbura
Heath Streak*
Graeme Cremer
Ray Price
Tendai Chatara


Afghanistan
Mohammad Shahzad(w)
Rahmat Shah
Hashmatullah Shahidi
Asghar Afghan*
Mohammad Nabi
Najib Zadran
Samiullah Shinwari
Rashid Khan
Mujeeb Ur-Rehman
Dawlat Zadran
Hamid Hassan


Ireland
William Porterfield*
Paul Stirling
Ed Joyce
Andy Balbirnie
Nigel O'Brien (w)
Kevin O'Brien
Simi Singh / Curtis Campher
George Dockrell
Alex Cusack
Trent Johnston
Boyd Rankin


Please discuss and contribute..

 

[shokz1408]

England
Marcus trescothick
Nick knight
Michael atherton
Nasser Hussain
Paul collingwood
Alec Stewart
Andrew flintoff
Ashley Giles
Darren gough
Andrew Caddick
James Anderson

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Pakistan
Saeed anwar
Mohammed Rizwan
Babar Azam
Inzamam ul haq
Misbah ul Haq
Mohammed Hafeez
Abdul razzaq
Shahid afridi
Wasim Akram
Waqar younis
Shaheen shah Afridi

Akram and Younis were close to mediocre after 2000s.. Shoaib Akhtar maintained good average and continued to pick regular wickets till 2008.
Shaheen is too young to include. Let him complete 100 wickets first. Sarfaraz has better ODI record than Rizwan.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

England
Marcus trescothick
Nick knight
Michael atherton
Nasser Hussain
Paul collingwood
Alec Stewart
Andrew flintoff
Ashley Giles
Darren gough
Andrew Caddick
James Anderson

I doubt Caddick and Giles have even 100 Odi wickets combined.

 

[mastimasti]

The India XI picks itself:

1. Sehwag
2. Tendulkar
3. Dravid
4. Kohli
5. Dhoni wk/c
6. Yuvraj
7. Jadeja
8. Harby Singh
9. Zaheer Khan
10. Bumrah
11. Shami

 

[sweep_shot]

Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal
Liton Das
Mohammad Asharful
Shakib Al Hasan
Mushfiquer Rahim(w)
Mahmudullah
Saumya Sarkar
Mashrafe Mortaza*
Abdur Razzak
Mustafizur Rahman
Rubel Hossain

This one is okay but I don't know why you added Soumya Sarkar. He was and still is very poor.

I would have Habibul Bashar over him.

Here's my BD XI:

Tamim Iqbal
Mohammad Ashraful
Habibul Bashar (c)
Aminul Islam
Shakib Al Hasan
Mushfiqur Rahim(w)
Mahmudullah
Mashrafe Mortaza*
Abdur Razzak
Mustafizur Rahman
Rubel Hossain.

 

[sweep_shot]

Here's my BD XI:

Tamim Iqbal
Mohammad Ashraful
Habibul Bashar (c)
Aminul Islam
Shakib Al Hasan
Mushfiqur Rahim(w)
Mahmudullah
Mashrafe Mortaza*
Abdur Razzak
Mustafizur Rahman
Rubel Hossain.

Correction: Mashrafe is not the captain. Habibul Bashar is.

 

[sweep_shot]

England
Marcus trescothick
Nick knight
Michael atherton
Nasser Hussain
Paul collingwood
Alec Stewart
Andrew flintoff
Ashley Giles
Darren gough
Andrew Caddick
James Anderson

This should be a decent Test team. Not sure about ODI.

I think Morgan's England should replace this team.

 

[mastimasti]

No idea where OP is getting Dhawan and Sharma is openers above Sehwag

And one of those England ODI XI looks atrocious...Caddick, Giles and Jimmy??

Mine would be:

1. Roy
2. Hales
3. Root
4. KP
5. Morgan c
6. Buttler wk
7. Flintoff
8. Ali
9. Rashid
10. Plunkett
11. Gough

I can't believe how strong an England team there is, considering how poor the 00s were for them in ODIs.

Let's make an Aussie XI and see if it can be any stronger:

1. Hayden
2. Warner
3. Ponting c
4. Smith
5. Gilchrist wk
6. Watson
7. Symonds
8. Warne
9. Lee
10. Starc
11. McGrath

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Indian odi eleven since 2000

Sachin
Sharma
Kohli
Yuvraj
Raina
Dhoni
Irfan Pathan
Ravi Ashwin
Kumble
Zaheer
Bumrah

 

[sweep_shot]

Indian odi eleven since 2000

Sachin
Sharma
Kohli
Yuvraj
Raina
Dhoni
Irfan Pathan
Ravi Ashwin
Kumble
Zaheer
Bumrah

No Sehwag?

Here's my Indian XI:

Tendulkar
Gambhir
Kohli
Rohit
Sehwag
Yuvraj
Dhoni (wk & c)
Kumble
Srinath
Zaheer
Bumrah.

 

[sweep_shot]

My Australia XI:

Hayden
Warner
Ponting (c)
Smith
Clarke
Watson
Gilchrist (wk)
Hogg
Starc
Brett Lee
McGrath

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My Pakistan XI:

Sharjeel Khan
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam
Mohammad Hafeez
Shoaib Malik
Misbah
Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk)
Umar Gul
Saeed Ajmal
Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Asif


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My Sri Lanka XI:

Jayasuriya
Atapattu
Sangakara (wk)
Jayawardene (c)
Dilshan
Chandimal
Mathews
Vaas
Malinga
Kulasekara
Murali

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My New Zealand XI:

Fleming (c)
Guptill
Williamson
Ross Taylor
Brendon Mccullum (wk)
Oram
Neesham
Vettori
Southee
Boult
Bond


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My West Indies XI:

Gayle
Chanderpaul
Lara (c)
Samuels
Pollard
Dwayne Bravo
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Russell
Narine
Alzarri
Dillon

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My South Africa XI:

Smith (c)
Gibbs
Amla
Kallis
AB De Villiers
Faf
Boucher (wk)
Pollock
Steyn
Imran Tahir
Morne Morkel.

 

[Ab Fan]

My ODI XI since 2000:-

Sachin Tendulkar
Herschelle Gibbs
Virat Kohli
AB de Villiers
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni(c/wkt)
Tim Southee
Shane Warne
Trent Boult
Kyle Mills
Glenn McGrath

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

This one is okay but I don't know why you added Soumya Sarkar. He was and still is very poor.

I would have Habibul Bashar over him.

Here's my BD XI:

Tamim Iqbal
Mohammad Ashraful
Habibul Bashar (c)
Aminul Islam
Shakib Al Hasan
Mushfiqur Rahim(w)
Mahmudullah
Mashrafe Mortaza*
Abdur Razzak
Mustafizur Rahman
Rubel Hossain.

But he has more impressive numbers than Bashar..
Very few Bangladeshis has a strike rate near 100 in ODIs.
Also Aminul's sample size is too size to consider him.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Indian odi eleven since 2000

Sachin
Sharma
Kohli
Yuvraj
Raina
Dhoni
Irfan Pathan
Ravi Ashwin
Kumble
Zaheer
Bumrah

Actually you select a great team .
But Kumble took less than 100 wickets after 2000 with average above 30.
I too considered adding Raina but Dhawan's numbers were too good to ignore.
Also i added Jadeja instead of Pathan as he is better batsman and i already have Zaheer as my left arm pacer.

 

[sweep_shot]

But he has more impressive numbers than Bashar..
Very few Bangladeshis has a strike rate near 100 in ODIs.
Also Aminul's sample size is too size to consider him.

It is about the impact.

Guys like Habibul Bashar and Aminul Islam used to play during the early days. They built a foundation for guys like Shakib to take over.

Also, Soumya's stats are deceptive. He scores something like 10* from 5 balls. It shows good strike rate but doesn't really help team's cause.

Furthermore, Soumya is pretty much a Zimbabwe/minnow basher.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

No Sehwag?

Here's my Indian XI:

Tendulkar
Gambhir
Kohli
Rohit
Sehwag
Yuvraj
Dhoni (wk & c)
Kumble
Srinath
Zaheer
Bumrah.

Sehwag is biggest underachiever in ODIs..
Average of 35 doesn't justify his talent.
Rohit is probably 2nd best opener in history of ODIs after Sachin.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

My Australia XI:

Hayden
Warner
Ponting (c)
Smith
Clarke
Watson
Gilchrist (wk)
Hogg
Starc
Brett Lee
McGrath

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My Pakistan XI:

Sharjeel Khan
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam
Mohammad Hafeez
Shoaib Malik
Misbah
Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk)
Umar Gul
Saeed Ajmal
Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Asif


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My Sri Lanka XI:

Jayasuriya
Atapattu
Sangakara (wk)
Jayawardene (c)
Dilshan
Chandimal
Mathews
Vaas
Malinga
Kulasekara
Murali

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My New Zealand XI:

Fleming (c)
Guptill
Williamson
Ross Taylor
Brendon Mccullum (wk)
Oram
Neesham
Vettori
Southee
Boult
Bond


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My West Indies XI:

Gayle
Chanderpaul
Lara (c)
Samuels
Pollard
Dwayne Bravo
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Russell
Narine
Alzarri
Dillon

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My South Africa XI:

Smith (c)
Gibbs
Amla
Kallis
AB De Villiers
Faf
Boucher (wk)
Pollock
Steyn
Imran Tahir
Morne Morkel.

Good teams but selections like Sharjeel, Chandimal, Jacobs and Alzarri are laughable..

 

[sweep_shot]

Sehwag is biggest underachiever in ODIs..
Average of 35 doesn't justify his talent.
Rohit is probably 2nd best opener in history of ODIs after Sachin.

I think you are focusing too much on stats. Some players cannot be judged based on stats alone. Sehwag is one of those players.

Ryan ten Doeschate has an ODI average of 60+. Does that mean he is the best of all time?

I think stats along with contexts/impacts need to be taken into consideration.

 

[sweep_shot]

Good teams but selections like Sharjeel, Chandimal, Jacobs and Alzarri are laughable..

West Indies didn't really have a stable ODI keeper once Ridley Jacobs retired.

They had Ramdin, Browne etc. They were quite ordinary.

There's Shai Hope but he is pretty new.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

My ODI XI since 2000:-

Sachin Tendulkar
Herschelle Gibbs
Virat Kohli
AB de Villiers
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni(c/wkt)
Tim Southee
Shane Warne
Trent Boult
Kyle Mills
Glenn McGrath

Mine would be
Sachin
Rohit /Warner
Virat
Devilliers
Shakib
Dhoni *
Flintoff
Afridi
Starc
Muralitharan
McGrath

 

[Ab Fan]

This one is okay but I don't know why you added Soumya Sarkar. He was and still is very poor.

I would have Habibul Bashar over him.

Here's my BD XI:

Tamim Iqbal
Mohammad Ashraful
Habibul Bashar (c)
Aminul Islam
Shakib Al Hasan
Mushfiqur Rahim(w)
Mahmudullah
Mashrafe Mortaza*
Abdur Razzak
Mustafizur Rahman
Rubel Hossain.

Good list. There was a guy, Mohammad Rafique. Left arm spinner, does he deserve a go?

 

[Ab Fan]

Who added Neesham in NZ ODI XI?

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

I think you are focusing too much on stats. Some players cannot be judged based on stats alone. Sehwag is one of those players.

Ryan ten Doeschate has an ODI average of 60+. Does that mean he is the best of all time?

I think stats along with contexts/impacts need to be taken into consideration.

I think Rohit and Dhawan has more match winning knocks than Sehwag in ODIs.
Sehwag's aggressive nature meant there was always risk of him getting out for single digits.
Plus Dhawan and Rohit has tremendous records in tournaments.

 

[sweep_shot]

Good list. There was a guy, Mohammad Rafique. Left arm spinner, does he deserve a go?

Yeah! I forgot about him. LOL.

He should make the XI ahead of Abdur Razzak.

 

[sweep_shot]

Who added Neesham in NZ ODI XI?

New Zealand were pretty ordinary in ODI from 2000 to 2014. So, some of the guys from 2015 to 2020 have to be considered. Neesham makes the cut for me (due to the fact he can bowl too).

Here's my NZ XI:

Fleming (c)
Guptill
Williamson
Ross Taylor
Brendon Mccullum (wk)
Oram
Neesham
Vettori
Southee
Boult
Bond.

 

[sweep_shot]

Good list. There was a guy, Mohammad Rafique. Left arm spinner, does he deserve a go?

Here's my updated BD XI:

Tamim Iqbal
Shahriar Nafees
Mohammad Ashraful
Habibul Bashar (c)
Shakib Al Hasan
Mushfiqur Rahim (w)
Mahmudullah
Mashrafe Mortaza
Mohammad Rafique
Mustafizur Rahman
Rubel Hossain.

 

[Ab Fan]

Here's my updated BD XI:

Tamim Iqbal
Shahriar Nafees
Mohammad Ashraful
Habibul Bashar (c)
Shakib Al Hasan
Mushfiqur Rahim (w)
Mahmudullah
Mashrafe Mortaza
Mohammad Rafique
Mustafizur Rahman
Rubel Hossain.

Don't know about Nafees but rest are well deserved in my opinion. Ashraful and Bashar were the shining stars for BD in 90s and early 00s.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

I'm replacing Salman Butt for Fakhar Zaman..
Dont know how he missed

 

[sweep_shot]

I'm replacing Salman Butt for Fakhar Zaman..
Dont know how he missed ��

Fakhar has scored 193 and 210. He has also scored a match-winning century in the CT 2017 final.

What has Salman won?

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Fakhar has scored 193 and 210. He has also scored a match-winning century in the CT 2017 final.

What has Salman won?

Sorry for typing error.
Fakhan Zaman in for Salman Butt in my team.