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James Anderson's dream XI of players he has played with or against in international cricket
Alastair Cook
Virender Sehwag
Virat Kohli
Joe Root
Sachin Tendulkar
Andrew Flintoff
Rishabh Pant
Shane Warne
Stuart Broad
Glenn McGrath
Dale Steyn
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His comments on each pick,
Cook - “I got go Cook just on volume of runs and he’s one of my best mates. We played together he was captain for a bit we just became really close and yeah amazing player,”
Sehwag - “I’m gonna go Sehwag. I just feel like Sehwag’s got that ability to take a game away from you he can win a game in a session. He wanted to hit every ball for six, he was really exciting to watch but obviously difficult to bowl,”
Kohli - “Kohli for me. I think Kohli’s just phenomenal like match winner he’s got everything,”
Root - “Joe root every day of the week. I think just he’s someone that… he I think Harry Brook could potentially become England’s greatest ever batter but I think Joe Root England’s greatest ever batter,”
Sachin - “I just think Sachin, he like the one people sort of put up there as the greatest ever, amazing. I think 200 test matches however many ODIs playing with the amount of pressure he he’s seen as a as a God in India so to have that amount of pressure of a billion people watching every time you go out there and play I think he dealt with that amazing.”
Flintoff - “I’d probably go for Fred just because he’s got that something special about him, he change games um with bat ball and in the field similar to Ben Stokes. He can just pull something out of the bag when a team needs it. I just think for match winning sort of influence that got Fred,”
Pant - “Pant I think, he’s almost there like one of the best keeper batters in the world. He’s inventive with his shot making he can you know he’s just got a really strong game for most situations I don’t know enough about the keeping to know whether who’s the best keeper out of the two but I’d go Pant.”
Warne - “Shane Warne, without a doubt one of the greatest characters to ever play the game like you we just mentioned about Fred and what he brings to a team he brings to the game of cricket and Sachin as well in that mold of people looking up to someone He had that in bucket loads he had that Charisma you know someone you wanted to go and watch you pay you know pay your money to go and watch someone like that,”
Broad - “I’m going to go Stuart, just because I think he did it sort of consistently over a long period of time. I think just for pure consistency I go broad.”
McGrath - “I just think McGrath, having grown up watching him and then playing against him I just feel like he there’s no one better who’s sort of metronomic and his accuracy and relentless could move the ball well in every all condition,”
Steyn - “I’m picking Dale Steyn. I didn’t play a lot against Bret Lee played a bit. I mean yeah amazing bowler frighteningly quick could swing it as well. but I just think Steyn was, I think Steyn was the best bowler of this generation like he had everything speed could swing it accurate like he was just a nightmare to play against and he wanted to he had that sort of uh anger in his eyes where he felt like he wanted to kill you when you were batting against him,”
England legend James Anderson reveals his dream XI team ft. Virat Kohli
James Anderson has picked his dream XI of players he has played with or against in international cricket. Anderson went with the modern-day great Virat Kohli as one of his choices.
crickettimes.com
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A decent XI. I personally will prefer to have some other players who played at the same time, but Anderson is entitled to have his opinion.
