Greatest India ODI XI that you have seen

[Ab Fan]

In light of retirement of MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina, I present you the Greatest Indian all-time ODI XI that I have watched play.

Rohit
Tendulkar
Ganguly
Kohli
Yuvraj
Dhoni(c/wkt)
Raina
Harbhajan
Zaheer
Shami
Bumrah

12th man- Mohd. Azharuddin & Ravindra Jadeja

Discuss!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

2011 World Cup especially because of the conditions

 

[therealAB]

Tendulkar
Rohit
Kohli
Dhoni
Singh
Raina
Kapil
Kumble
Khan
Srinath
Shami

Bumrah hasn’t played enough for me to get picked yet

 

[Last Monetarist]

Sharma
Tendulkar
Kohli
Yuvraj
Azharuddin
Dhoni
Kapil
Kumble
Shami
Zaheer
Bumrah

 

[Bhaijaan]

Bhaijaan's Greatest Indian ODI XI of all time :-


Sachin Tendulkar
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Mohammad Azharuddin
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni
Kapil Dev (captain)
Hardik Pandya
Anil Kumble
Zaheer Khan
Jasprit Bumrah


Reserves :-

12. Ganguly - 3rd opener
13. Jadeja - Pandya's replacement on spinning pitches
14. Mohammad Shami - reserve seamer
15. Javagal Srinath - reserve seamer

 

[Bhaijaan]

Bhaijaan's Greatest Indian ODI XI of all time :-


Sachin Tendulkar
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Mohammad Azharuddin
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni
Kapil Dev (captain)
Hardik Pandya
Anil Kumble
Zaheer Khan
Jasprit Bumrah


Reserves :-

12. Ganguly - 3rd opener
13. Jadeja - Pandya's replacement on spinning pitches
14. Mohammad Shami - reserve seamer
15. Javagal Srinath - reserve seamer

[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION]

We just never had a bowler like Starc, Warne who could rip through an opposition with a 5/15, 6/20 kind of a spell in a big match. That's the only reason why despite a damn good and long batting line-up, people will hesitate to put India above Australian All Time XI. The way Warne won it in 1999, Brett Lee through the 2003 world cup, Starc through 2015 wc, we just never had something like that in our bowling. We punch well as a unit but no si gle stand out ODI strike bowler.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Shami and Starc are similar statistically but while Starc will recover from a 70/1 thrashing from India to single handedly win the next match vs NZ/England with a 6/23 kind of a spell, Shami doesn't do that and that's just ehh Australia is another level tournament team. Guys like Warne, Lee, Starc have an extra gear in them for the big days.

 

[therealAB]

[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION]

We just never had a bowler like Starc, Warne who could rip through an opposition with a 5/15, 6/20 kind of a spell in a big match. That's the only reason why despite a damn good and long batting line-up, people will hesitate to put India above Australian All Time XI. The way Warne won it in 1999, Brett Lee through the 2003 world cup, Starc through 2015 wc, we just never had something like that in our bowling. We punch well as a unit but no si gle stand out ODI strike bowler.

Def agree with that. If you look at the top 7's, it is very similar:
Tendulkar
Rohit
Kohli
Dhoni
Singh
Azhar
Dev

vs
Gilchrist
Waugh
Ponting
Jones
Symonds
Bevan
Watson

Ind def has a better top 3/4 while the Aus lower order is better. I'd say India is better by a haur

The Indian bowling lineup is a bit average comparatively though
Shami
Srinath
Kumble
Khan

Doesn't have a single bowler of the Starc/Warne/McGrath/Lee class bowler

For me Bumrah needs to play more, but if he continues going as he has been he can be in their tier

Not sure where Pandya comes from, averages less than 30 with the bat and >30 with the ball

When rankings the ODI AT teams I'd probably go:
AUS
SA:
Amla
Gibbs
Kallis
De Villiers (keeping)
Du Plessis
Miller
Klusener
Pollock
De Villiers
Tahir
Donald

Pak:
Anwar
Raja
Abbas
Miandad
Babar
Imran
Afridi
Moin
Wasim
Waqar
Saqlain

Then India. Very fine margins though

 

[Hasan123]

Ganguly
Rohit
Sachin
Kohli
Yuvi
MSD
Kapil
Zaheer
Bumrah
Shami
Kumble

 

[marlonbrowndo]

An Indian all time ODI 11 simply isn’t as good as an Australian ODI all time 11. Even if you compare purely batting. Obviously once you start comparing everything there’s no question. No countries all time ODI 11 can be compared to Australia’s. Pakistan’s ODI bowling lineup is as good as Australia’s but again if you compare everything Australia is comfortably ahead

 

[Sidilicious]

Sachin
Rohit
Ganguly
Kohli
Yuvraj
Dhoni
Kapil DEV
Jadeja
Kumble
Shami
Bumrah

12th man - Hardik Pandya
Replaces Jadeja in seaming conditions

Rest of the 15
Srinath
Azharuddin
Ajay Jadeja

 

[Hitman]

An Indian all time ODI 11 simply isn’t as good as an Australian ODI all time 11. Even if you compare purely batting. Obviously once you start comparing everything there’s no question. No countries all time ODI 11 can be compared to Australia’s. Pakistan’s ODI bowling lineup is as good as Australia’s but again if you compare everything Australia is comfortably ahead

Well, Australia is incomparable anyways.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Raina better than Ajay Jadeja?

I'd go with Ajju. Similar/better average in a much tougher era. Played some crazy knocks for us especially in 1996 QF who can ever forget that.

 

[Ab Fan]

Raina better than Ajay Jadeja?

I'd go with Ajju. Similar/better average in a much tougher era. Played some crazy knocks for us especially in 1996 QF who can ever forget that.

Yes, Raina is better. Played clutch knocks against Pakistan in 2011 & 15 and better match winner under pressure.

 

[Ab Fan]

Def agree with that. If you look at the top 7's, it is very similar:
Tendulkar
Rohit
Kohli
Dhoni
Singh
Azhar
Dev

vs
Gilchrist
Waugh
Ponting
Jones
Symonds
Bevan
Watson

Ind def has a better top 3/4 while the Aus lower order is better. I'd say India is better by a haur

The Indian bowling lineup is a bit average comparatively though
Shami
Srinath
Kumble
Khan

Doesn't have a single bowler of the Starc/Warne/McGrath/Lee class bowler

For me Bumrah needs to play more, but if he continues going as he has been he can be in their tier

Not sure where Pandya comes from, averages less than 30 with the bat and >30 with the ball

When rankings the ODI AT teams I'd probably go:
AUS
SA:
Amla
Gibbs
Kallis
De Villiers (keeping)
Du Plessis
Miller
Klusener
Pollock
De Villiers
Tahir
Donald

Pak:
Anwar
Raja
Abbas
Miandad
Babar
Imran
Afridi
Moin
Wasim
Waqar
Saqlain

Then India. Very fine margins though

How will Windies fare again these sides? They have a great team.

Greenidge
Gayle
Lara
Viv
Lloyd(c)
Hooper
Dujjon(wkt)
Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Garner

 

[King_Kohli]

[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] - Perfect team. I will make only change, I will pick Kumble over Harbhajan.
[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] - Surprising pick Srinath over Bumra
[MENTION=65183]freelance_cricketer[/MENTION] - Bhaijaan team picked little differently. I will pick Raina over paper tiger Pandya and Ganguly over Azar. Good to see that you picked Kapli as a captain.

 

[therealAB]

How will Windies fare again these sides? They have a great team.

Greenidge
Gayle
Lara
Viv
Lloyd(c)
Hooper
Dujjon(wkt)
Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Garner

Very good, close to India. Hooper and Dujon are weaknesses, as well as the lack of a decent spinner

 

[therealAB]

[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] - Perfect team. I will make only change, I will pick Kumble over Harbhajan.
[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] - Surprising pick Srinath over Bumra
[MENTION=65183]freelance_cricketer[/MENTION] - Bhaijaan team picked little differently. I will pick Raina over paper tiger Pandya and Ganguly over Azar. Good to see that you picked Kapli as a captain.

Bumrah will likely finish his career rated higher, but he has not played enough for me to pick him

 

[Bewal Express]

Very good, close to India. Hooper and Dujon are weaknesses, as well as the lack of a decent spinner

The Ind team is a good team but This team would beat Ind and without too much trouble. I would replace Hooper with Kallicharan or Richie. The only weakness would be Viv and Gayle as 5th bowler

 

[Ab Fan]

[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] - Perfect team. I will make only change, I will pick Kumble over Harbhajan.
[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] - Surprising pick Srinath over Bumra
[MENTION=65183]freelance_cricketer[/MENTION] - Bhaijaan team picked little differently. I will pick Raina over paper tiger Pandya and Ganguly over Azar. Good to see that you picked Kapli as a captain.

I picked Harbhajan over Kumble because I started watching cricket from late 90s or rather early 00s(properly) and since then as per my memory, Bhajji took over Kumble as India's main spinner in LO.

Now when I check stats, Kumble has better stats than Harbhajan.

 

[sweep_shot]

I think India had a fantastic ODI lineup in 2013 (under the leadership of MSD). That was probably their best ODI lineup in history.

 

[par]

In light of retirement of MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina, I present you the Greatest Indian all-time ODI XI that I have watched play.

Rohit
Tendulkar
Ganguly
Kohli
Yuvraj
Dhoni(c/wkt)
Raina
Harbhajan
Zaheer
Shami
Bumrah

12th man- Mohd. Azharuddin & Ravindra Jadeja

Discuss!

Why nobody picked Sehwag? I would definitely pick him in place of Raina.

Sehwag started his career as a middle order batsman, remember?

 

[Ab Fan]

Why nobody picked Sehwag? I would definitely pick him in place of Raina.

Sehwag started his career as a middle order batsman, remember?

That was in tests, maybe in ODIs as well but don't recall any good knock in ODIs down the order.

We had so many players at top, the list is huge. I wonder if Shaw and Gill does great in future, where will they find a spot?

 

[par]

That was in tests, maybe in ODIs as well but don't recall any good knock in ODIs down the order.

We had so many players at top, the list is huge. I wonder if Shaw and Gill does great in future, where will they find a spot?

Sehwag was only a make-shift opener for India, like Tendulkar.

 

[MP2011]

No way Raina deserves a place in an AT Indian XI. He won't even come close to selection in 2nd XI.

 

[MP2011]

I think India had a fantastic ODI lineup in 2013 (under the leadership of MSD). That was probably their best ODI lineup in history.

Our best ODI XI was the one which played in WC '11.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Our best ODI XI was the one which played in WC '11.

Period.

It was also not a team that won on fluke. Apart from winning the trophy in 2011, it was also the best ODI team in the world leading up to the tournament for 2-3 years.

 

[sweep_shot]

Our best ODI XI was the one which played in WC '11.

That was under MSD leadership.

I meant that period. Yes.

 

[MP2011]

That was under MSD leadership.

I meant that period. Yes.

Our '13 team was vastly different from what we played in '11.

 

[MP2011]

Period.

It was also not a team that won on fluke. Apart from winning the trophy in 2011, it was also the best ODI team in the world leading up to the tournament for 2-3 years.

True.

 

[KP From India]

Shami more than likely to get 3-4 wickets vs.NZ in semi finals looking at how Bhuvi economical Kumar got 2 wickets.We would be chasing something like 200 and would have scraped through even after an early collapse.

 

[KP From India]

Only Cronje's SA could be compared man to man with that team, then again SA didnt have Warne but better combined pool of pacers?

 

[Ab Fan]

The memories that Yuvi-Dhoni pair gave to India between 2007 to 2011 still gives goosebumps to every Indian fans.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Call me crazy but I don’t think there can be an Indian XI without Sehwag in it.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Why nobody picked Sehwag? I would definitely pick him in place of Raina.

Sehwag started his career as a middle order batsman, remember?

Call me crazy but I don’t think there can be an Indian XI without Sehwag in it.

Absolutely nothing crazy about Sehwag in an Indian ODI All time XI. He was destructive and a game changer.

To each their own. Different people will pick either of Ganguly, Sehwag, Sharma and i would never argue with any of them. All champion batsmen and proven ODI match winners.

Just goes to show how India's spoilt with world class ODI batting talent.

People in 1980s and 1990s wouldn't have envisioned this team without Srikanth and Ajay Jadeja either.

I'm.excited to know how things pan out in next 20 years and which players will push for places in our ATG teams

 

[Justcrazy]

How will Windies fare again these sides? They have a great team.

Greenidge
Gayle
Lara
Viv
Lloyd(c)
Hooper
Dujjon(wkt)
Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Garner

They lack quality spinner in the Team , Tail is also very long.

 

[Justcrazy]

Rohit Sharma
Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli
Azharuddin
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni
Kapil Dev
Ravinder jadeja
Harbhajjan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Jasprit Bhumrah

 

[BreadPakoda]

Sehwag
Sachin
Gambhir
Kohli
Yuvi
MSD (C)
Raina
Kapil
Harbhajan
Zak
Bumrah

Notable omissions: Rohit, Ganguly and Dhawan

So the WC11 squad with Kapil and Bumrah replacing Nehra and Munaf.

 

[Slog]

I am baffled to the number of people picking Pandya

Also Sharma > Sehwag

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Rohit
SRT
Dravid (he is so underrated)
Kohli
Ganguly
(Batting position can be shifted according to the situation)

Yuvi
MSD wk/captain
(Finishing touches)


Ashwin
Zaheer/Jadeja
Shami
Bumrah
(4+1 combo is the Indian way)

SRT, Ganguly, Yuvi and even Kohli can be the so Indian 5th bowler.

A tremendous ODI team. Only Pak and Aussies can win against them.

 

[Bhaijaan]

I am baffled to the number of people picking Pandya

Naughty kid but a special talent.

In last two years, due to injuries world could not see him at his peak. With the bat alone, he is potentially a Top 3 level batsman.

 

[BreadPakoda]

I am baffled to the number of people picking Pandya

Also Sharma > Sehwag

I chose Sehwag for his early onslaughts that can demolish any bowler’s confidence. Rohit takes time to settle. A peak Sehwag could have got us over the line in 2015 and 2019 SF. Granted he could have been dismissed early too but he’s shown in past that he can survive on green wickets in ODIs. There was this NZ series before 2003 WC that had crazy wickets where he was the only one who could score.

 

[Giannis]

2011 world cup.

 

[therealAB]

Naughty kid but a special talent.

In last two years, due to injuries world could not see him at his peak. With the bat alone, he is potentially a Top 3 level batsman.

You have to rate him on what he has achieved, and he is nowhere near that
I also doubt the potential you give him. None of his stats, in any form of professional cricket at any level reflect that degree of talent

 

[Bhaijaan]

You have to rate him on what he has achieved, and he is nowhere near that
I also doubt the potential you give him. None of his stats, in any form of professional cricket at any level reflect that degree of talent

The guys a match winner in all facets of the game. Bowling is his weakest facet and he's win us our only test on last tour to England.

 

[therealAB]

The guys a match winner in all facets of the game. Bowling is his weakest facet and he's win us our only test on last tour to England.

His performances do not match this - he is a match winner very rarely.
If batting is his strongest suit then that is an issue, as he hasn’t showed the consistency or ability to be a good lower order bat

 

[King_Kohli]

Naughty kid but a special talent.

In last two years, due to injuries world could not see him at his peak. With the bat alone, he is potentially a Top 3 level batsman.

You are overrating him.
He played OS tests and ODI's, I haven't seen anything.

He is just IPL tiger and flat track bully.