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Old 03-10-2005, 06:27 PM in reply to sreepandiat's post "My One Day World XI"
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sreepandiat,

It is suprising to see that you haven't included Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Inzimam-ul-Haq in you team. These batsmen are the best ODI batmen around and it makes a World XI look rubbish without them.

Your team has very attacking player but the negative aspect about that is there can be a batting collapse. Rahul Dravud would play excellently in the middle order as an anchor man, he would rotate the strike and allow the other attacking playesrs play around him. He would be a huge help to the team than the rest of your team players.

Sachin Tendulkar and Inzimam are legend in the ODI games, they both gone past the 10,000 runs barrier and not including them in your team is baffling. They both have the ability to bat long periods of time at a good strike rate.

Other noatble players who have missed out are Mohammed Yousuf he could play the anchoring role like Rahul Dravid, Sanath Jayasuriya who is a great opener and has changed the way cricket was played in 1996 world cup, Paul Collingwood is a brilliant fielder who can save the team 10-20 runs every game and is also a very good batsmen.

It is also suprising that you do not have any good bowlers in your team.