ODI World XI from current players

[babajee]

What would your ODI World XI be currently?

 

[Ab Fan]

All-time?

 

[babajee]

All-time?

Read the OP

 

[Hasan123]

Warner
De Kock
Kohli
Root
AB
Stokes
Shakib
Hasan Ali
Starc
Tahir
Rabada

 

[WildSwing]

Rohit Sharma/Tamim Iqbal
Shikar Dhawan
Virat Kohli (c)
Ross Taylor
Joe Root
Jhonny bairstrow (wk)
Stokes
Kuldeep Yadav
Bumrah
Hasan
Boult

Just from the top of my head, might change a few names after going through the stats

 

[Spectrum]

Shikhar Dhawan
Quinton deKock
Virat Kohli
Joe Root
AB deVilliers
Shakib Al Hasan
Ben Stokes
Mitchell Starc
Hassan Ali
Kagiso Rabada
Kuldeep Yadav
12th man- Martin Guptill

 

[backfootpunch]

Dhawan
J.Roy
Kohli (c)
AB
B.Stokes
Butler (wk)
Moeen ALi
Starc
H.Ali
K.Yadav
T.Boult

 

[Taaya]

Shikhar Dhawan
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Joe Root
AB De Villiers
Ben Stokes
Jos Buttler (wk)
Hasan Ali
Kagiso Rabada
Mohammad Amir
Rashid Khan


If anyone is wondering about Mohammad Amir's inclusion - he is there because he took out the top 3 in my world XI in a CT final. His stats may not back it up since his return, but his performance in big games is up there with the best.

 

[King Kong]

Shikhar Dhawan
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Joe Root
AB De Villiers
Ben Stokes
Jos Buttler (wk)
Hasan Ali
Kagiso Rabada
Mohammad Amir
Rashid Khan


If anyone is wondering about Mohammad Amir's inclusion - he is there because he took out the top 3 in my world XI in a CT final. His stats may not back it up since his return, but his performance in big games is up there with the best.

Swap Amir with any trundler in that match, Pakistan could have still won the game easily.

 

[King Kong]

Dhawan
Bairstow
Kohli
Root
AB
Stokes
Buttler
Kuldeep
Hassan
Starc
Rabada

Beat this team if you can!

 

[Princejain191]

Dhawan
De Kock (Wk)
Kohli (Capt.)
AB de
Stokes
Butler
Shakib
Starc
Rashid Ali
Hasan Ali
Boult

12th Man: Bumrah

 

[jaguarjack]

Shikhar
Guptill
Kohli
Root
Ross Taylor
Quinton
Ben Stokes
Starc
Boult
Hasan Ali
Rashid Khan


Might switch Taylor to KW if in need of someone who can roll their arm for couple of overs.

 

[Taaya]

Swap Amir with any trundler in that match, Pakistan could have still won the game easily.

It was an extremely flat pitch. We won easily because India's batting is horrible after their world class Top 3. It is rare when you see them all fail in the same match. For one bowler to take them out with fantastic deliveries is a match winning performance in an ICC final. A trundler would've been taken to school on that pitch.

 

[babajee]

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Shikhar Dhawan
3. Virat Kohli
4. Ross Taylor
5. AB De Villiers
6. Ben Stokes
7. Jos Buttler
8. Mitchell Starc
9. Hasan Ali
10. Jasprit Bumrah
11. Imran Tahir

What a team

 

[Hamad_H]

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Jonny Bairstow (WK)
3. Joe Root
4. Virat Kohli (C)
5. Moeen Ali
6.Jos Buttler
7. Hardik Pandya
8. Hasan Ali
9. Adil Rashid
10. Mohammad Amir
11. Mitchell Starc

This may not be statistically the best XI but I think this team has a good mix and is filled with match winners who can take the game away at any moment.

 

[King Kong]

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Shikhar Dhawan
3. Virat Kohli
4. Ross Taylor
5. AB De Villiers
6. Ben Stokes
7. Jos Buttler
8. Mitchell Starc
9. Hasan Ali
10. Jasprit Bumrah
11. Imran Tahir

What a team

Tahir is a gone case. India treated him like a club bowler on the last series. Replace him with Kuldeep or even Shadab.

 

[jaguarjack]

Shikhar Dhawan
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Joe Root
AB De Villiers
Ben Stokes
Jos Buttler (wk)
Hasan Ali
Kagiso Rabada
Mohammad Amir
Rashid Khan


If anyone is wondering about Mohammad Amir's inclusion - he is there because he took out the top 3 in my world XI in a CT final. His stats may not back it up since his return, but his performance in big games is up there with the best.

I know its your list and your taste but just curious why you didn't apply the same criteria to Starc? He won the WC to AUS pretty much single handedly..

 

[BreadPakoda]

1) Shikhar Dhawan
2) Babar Azam
3) Virat Kohli (C)
4) Ross Taylor
5) A B deVilliers
6) Jose Butler
7) Ben Stokes
8) Kuldeep Yadav
9) Rashid Khan
10) Mitchel Starc
11) Jasprit Bumrah

 

[babajee]

Tahir is a gone case. India treated him like a club bowler on the last series. Replace him with Kuldeep or even Shadab.

Form is temporary. Class is permanent.

India have never been troubled by leg spin.

 

[Teshi98]

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Shikhar Dhawan
3. Virat Kohli
4. Ross Taylor
5. AB De Villiers
6. Ben Stokes
7. Jos Buttler
8. Mitchell Starc
9. Hasan Ali
10. Jasprit Bumrah
11. Imran Tahir

What a team

Looks brilliant but i feel onky problem is when one bowler has an off day.Except from 4 frontline bowlers + stokes there is hardly anyone who can bowl more than 2 overs.

But with batting solid upto no. 9 they may still chase it down or score big enough to defend the target

 

[babajee]

Looks brilliant but i feel onky problem is when one bowler has an off day.Except from 4 frontline bowlers + stokes there is hardly anyone who can bowl more than 2 overs.

But with batting solid upto no. 9 they may still chase it down or score big enough to defend the target

Fakhar is a good part time option. Could easily bowl 3-4 overs.

Bumrah’s role in that team is to bowl 0-35 or 1-35 spells.

 

[Rayyman]

Fakhar Zaman
Jonny Bairstow
Virat Kohli*
Ross Taylor
Shakib Al Hasan
Jos Buttler+
Marcus Stoinis
Hasan Ali
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Amir
Trent Boult

 

[babajee]

Fakhar Zaman
Jonny Bairstow
Virat Kohli*
Ross Taylor
Shakib Al Hasan
Jos Buttler+
Marcus Stoinis
Hasan Ali
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Amir
Trent Boult

4 Pakistanis in a World XI ...

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

De Kock
Rohit Sharma
Kohli
AB De villiers
Joe Root
Ben Stokes
Shadab Khan
Rashid Khan
Mitchell Starc
Hasan Ali
Bumra

 

[Rayyman]

4 Pakistanis in a World XI ...

Why not? Are they not deserving? Who cares which country they are from. I didn't put South African players because they are rubbish in ODIs.

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

Warner
De Kock
Kohli
Root
AB
Stokes
Shakib
Hasan Ali
Starc
Tahir
Rabada

Tahir over Shadab?
Are you serious?

 

[babajee]

Why not? Are they not deserving? Who cares which country they are from. I didn't put South African players because they are rubbish in ODIs.

Amir over Bumrah how could you :

 

[Rayyman]

Amir over Bumrah how could you :

Lol at Bumrah. The guy is a nobody compared to Amir, Boult, etc. He's barely a top 10 fast bowler in ODIs.

In T20s though he's right up there with Amir as the best.

 

[babajee]

Lol at Bumrah. The guy is a nobody compared to Amir, Boult, etc. He's barely a top 10 fast bowler in ODIs.

In T20s though he's right up there with Amir as the best.

“The guy” is number 1 ODI bowler )

 

[Rayyman]

“The guy” is number 1 ODI bowler )

Rashid Khan is #2. Aksar Patel is #14.

What kind of joke are these rankings?

Amir and Starc are not even Top 20

 

[Rayyman]

Rashid Khan is #2. Aksar Patel is #14.

What kind of joke are these rankings?

Amir and Starc are not even Top 20

Nvm Starc is 10

Still, Ashwin over Shadab seriously?

 

[babajee]

Rashid Khan is #2. Aksar Patel is #14.

What kind of joke are these rankings?

Amir and Starc are not even Top 20

Bumrah is the best bowler in the world, just like Babar is the best batsman in the world in T20.

 

[maddgenius]

Dhawan
Bairstow
Kohli
AB
Shakib
Stokes
Buttler
Starc
Hassan Ali
Rashid Khan
Boult

 

[Hasan123]

Tahir over Shadab?
Are you serious?

Tahir has performed year after year in non friendly conditions for spin.

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

Tahir has performed year after year in non friendly conditions for spin.

Tahir cannot bat at all plus he is 35+ and now he was not picked for many matches against India in ODIs

 

[gani999]

Shikhar Dhawan
Quinton de Kock (WK)
Virat Kohli (C)
A.B.de Villiers
Babar Azam
Joe Root
Shakib al Hasan
Rashid Khan
Jasprit Bumrah
Josh Hazelwood
Hasan Ali

 

[rexbamezai]

Jonny Bairstow (ENG)
Shikhar Dhawan (IND)
Virat Kohli (IND) (Captain)
Joe Root (ENG)
AB de Villiers (SA)
Jos Buttler (ENG) (Wicket-keeper)
Rashid Khan (AFG) (Bowling-allrounder)
Mitchell Starc (AUS)
Hasan Ali (PAK)
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)
Trent Boult (NZ)

This is the best team I could come up with.

 

[Hasan123]

Tahir cannot bat at all plus he is 35+ and now he was not picked for many matches against India in ODIs

India are top players of spin there's no shame in being thrashed by them.

So what about his age ? He's still performing? Shadab after 1 of international cricket hasn't performed Tahir. He may do so 1 day but as of now he hasn't.

 

[WengerOut]

India are top players of spin there's no shame in being thrashed by them.

So what about his age ? He's still performing? Shadab after 1 of international cricket hasn't performed Tahir. He may do so 1 day but as of now he hasn't.

Shadab in ODIs has 9 wickets in 9 matches at the average of 42 against top teams. Hugely overrated here.

 

[Rishta Aunty]

I'm going by proven performances here:

Shikhar Dhawan 45.90
Jos Buttler 38.05 / Johny Bairstow 48.36
Virat Kohli 58.10
Joe Root 51.16
AB De Villiers 53.50
Shakid Al Hasan 34.97/B29.46
Ben Stokes 35.82/B38.01
Rashid Khan 14.40
Mitchell Starc 20.95
Jasprit Bumrah 22.50
Hasan Ali 21.40

Super pleased with this team. 5 ace batsman up top, two of the best all-rounders going (Shakib, Stokes) who could get in as batsman alone, add in Rashid and Starc who can both bat a lot.

Starc to open the bowling, Hasan to bowl in the middle and Bumrah to bowl in the death. Add in Rashid to attack with Spin and Shakib to strangle. Finally an added bowling option from Stokes as well if needed.

Unlucky to Miss out:
Warner thanks to the suspension.
Rohit cause there could potentially hypothetically exist some movement.
Babar cause his record doesn't stand up against Kohli, Root, ABD.
Kuldeep/Chahal cause Rashid has been a phenom. (Though relatively unproven at the top level still)

Love to hear what people think. It's a good reflection of where teams stand as well in ODI's right now
IND: 3
ENG: 3
AUS, SA, BAN, PAK, AFG: 1

 

[salmanno1]

But who will play with them. Lets pick Top 24 players (including 12th man)

Lets have a match

 

[rexbamezai]

I'm going by proven performances here:

Shikhar Dhawan 45.90
Jos Buttler 38.05 / Johny Bairstow 48.36
Virat Kohli 58.10
Joe Root 51.16
AB De Villiers 53.50
Shakid Al Hasan 34.97/B29.46
Ben Stokes 35.82/B38.01
Rashid Khan 14.40
Mitchell Starc 20.95
Jasprit Bumrah 22.50
Hasan Ali 21.40

Super pleased with this team. 5 ace batsman up top, two of the best all-rounders going (Shakib, Stokes) who could get in as batsman alone, add in Rashid and Starc who can both bat a lot.

Starc to open the bowling, Hasan to bowl in the middle and Bumrah to bowl in the death. Add in Rashid to attack with Spin and Shakib to strangle. Finally an added bowling option from Stokes as well if needed.

Unlucky to Miss out:
Warner thanks to the suspension.
Rohit cause there could potentially hypothetically exist some movement.
Babar cause his record doesn't stand up against Kohli, Root, ABD.
Kuldeep/Chahal cause Rashid has been a phenom. (Though relatively unproven at the top level still)

Love to hear what people think. It's a good reflection of where teams stand as well in ODI's right now
IND: 3
ENG: 3
AUS, SA, BAN, PAK, AFG: 1

This is the best XI I've seen so far in this thread. I noticed it's quite similar to mine and probably more balanced as well. If I had to choose between Bairstow and Buttler, I'd go with Bairstow for sure!

 

[Darkrai]

Can't get better than this.
Dhawan
Bairstow
Kohli
Root
AB
Stokes
Butler
starc
Hasan
Boult
Rashid

 

[Hasan123]

Shadab in ODIs has 9 wickets in 9 matches at the average of 42 against top teams. Hugely overrated here.

Shadab isn't ovverated. He just doesn't make an ODI 11. He still has work to do as a bowler

 

[babajee]

Shadab isn't ovverated. He just doesn't make an ODI 11. He still has work to do as a bowler

No one called him Shane Warne or anything either. He’s 19 and leggies take time to mature.

 

[Hasan123]

No one called him Shane Warne or anything either. He’s 19 and leggies take time to mature.

Exactly. But you get people on here trying to force him into a world 11. He just started international cricket. He doesn't make a world 11 yet.

 

[WengerOut]

Exactly. But you get people on here trying to force him into a world 11. He just started international cricket. He doesn't make a world 11 yet.

Isn't that overrating? He is currently rated more than he deserves to be.

 

[CanadianG00se]

S Dhawan (Would’ve been Warner if not for ban)
R Sharma
V Kohli (c)
AB De Villiers
J Bairstow
J Butler (WK)
Shadab Khan/ K Yadav
KG Rabada
Hasan Ali
M Starc
P Cummins
12th: J Bumrah

 

[CanadianG00se]

S Dhawan (Would’ve been Warner if not for ban)
R Sharma
V Kohli (c)
AB De Villiers
J Bairstow
J Butler (WK)
Shadab Khan/ K Yadav
KG Rabada
Hasan Ali
M Starc
P Cummins
12th: J Bumrah

Those who couldn’t make it to XI before

Quinton De Kock (wk)
Alex Hales
Joe Root (c)
R Taylor
G Maxwell
Shakib Hasan
Moeen Ali
C Woakes
B Kumar
M Amir
Mark Wood
12th: Josh Hazlewood

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Quinton De Kock (wk)
Martin Guptill/ Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
AB De Villiers
Ross Taylor/Shakib Al Hasan
Ben Stokes
Moeen Ali/Chris Woakes
Shadab Khan
Hasan Ali
Mitchell Starc
Trent Boult

 

[RamLakhan]

Swap Amir with any trundler in that match, Pakistan could have still won the game easily.

Absolutely right, the match was won because of Pakistan's willpower in that series (their batting on big finals) and India's shambolic position in that series (coach issues! Same was the case during South Africa test series which was selection issues)

 

[Hasan123]

Isn't that overrating? He is currently rated more than he deserves to be.

It's 1 or 2 posters. It's not the whole forum. So it's more of a bias than ovverating.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

What no Sami? No Kamran Akmal? No Samit Patel?

All current players.

What kind of XIs are being posted here - no merit at all.

 

[Titan24]

Bairstow
Dhawan
Kohli
Taylor
ABD
Stokes
Shakib
Shadab
Hassan
Starc
Amir

 

[salmanno1]

Team A
DHAWAN
ZAMAN
ABD cap
ROOT
BAIRSTOW wk
SHAKIB
PANDYA
STARC
HASSAN ALI
K.YADAV
AAMIR

TEAM B
SHARMA
QDK wk
KOHLI cap
STOKES
TAYLOR
BUTLER
CHAHAL
RASHID
RABADA
BOULT
Bumrah


MATCH TIME

 

[Abdul]

What no Sami? No Kamran Akmal? No Samit Patel?

All current players.

What kind of XIs are being posted here - no merit at all.

You're funny.

 

[barah_admi]

What would your ODI World XI be currently?

Going off of recent performances, a span of maybe 12 months or so -

Dhawan
Zaman
Babar
Kohli
Root
QDK
Stokes
Shadab
Plunkett
Hasan
Boult

Williamson unlucky to miss out.

If I was to pick an XI of the best players currently active, taking into account entire careers then -

1. Warner
2. Amla
3. Kohli
4. Williamson c
5. Root
6. ABD
7. QDK wk
8. Stokes
9. Starc
10. Boult
11. Tahir

 

[joshilay]

Rohit
Shikhar
Kohli
AB
Stokes
Butler
Rashid
Starc
Rabada
Hasan Ali

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Those who couldn’t make it to XI before

Quinton De Kock (wk)
Alex Hales
Joe Root (c)
R Taylor
G Maxwell
Shakib Hasan
Moeen Ali
C Woakes
B Kumar
M Amir
Mark Wood
12th: Josh Hazlewood

B Kumar is terrible in ODIs. He's not even the best ODI pacer in India. Bumrah and Yadav are much better than him.