What would be your All time Asia ODI XI

[Sooda]

These guys to face of against a ROW XI

 

Gilchrist

H Amla

Viv Richards

R Ponting

A B De Villiers

M Hussey

L Klusener

S Warne

McGrath

Ambrose

M Starc

 

 

 

Edited September 16, 2017 by Sooda

[Sooda]

I feel The game has moved on too much since the era of Abbas and Miandad, even if they were technically better and more skilful, the kind of power and SR's that batsmen these days bat at means there are too many better options

[Sooda]

17 hours ago, Lannister said:

I've always liked to have 6 bowlers, mostly because how weak our bowlers have been, constantly giving away 300+ scores and unable to defend huge scores. I am just going on a reputa0tion here as I have never seen them bowl. 

Sangakkara is more suited to bat at 4 than Dhoni. ;

If you replaced Afridi with MSD youd have a perfect team :)

[bones]

ODI XI? Does anyone even care?

[Sooda]

1 minute ago, bones said:

ODI XI? Does anyone even care?

63 replies and 366 views suggest- yep...

[Ankit_sharma03]

41 minutes ago, Sooda said:

I feel The game has moved on too much since the era of Abbas and Miandad, even if they were technically better and more skilful, the kind of power and SR's that batsmen these days bat at means there are too many better options

They played the game acc to their era , the biggest strength of any top player is adaptability and they wud have adapted themselves in this era to had they played now 

Edited September 16, 2017 by Ankit_sharma03

[OpeningBatsman]

5 hours ago, bones said:

ODI XI? Does anyone even care?

Yes, and the thread is for those who do.

Edited September 16, 2017 by OpeningBatsman

[OpeningBatsman]

1. Jayasuriya
2. Tendulkar
3. Kohli
4. Inzamam
5. Sangakkara/(Yuvi on flat decks) 
6. Dhoni(wk)
7. Kapil Dev
8. Shakib 
9. Wasim
10. Waqar
11. Murlitharan

 

Edited September 16, 2017 by OpeningBatsman

[wanted_desi]

Sehwag

Sachin

Sangakara

Kohli

De Silva

Dhoni

Sakib

Kapil

Wasim

Murli

Waqar

 

 

 

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

@wanted_desi @OpeningBatsman @velu- reasons for not picking yuvraj singh?

 

[OpeningBatsman]

Just now, Ankit_sharma03 said:

@wanted_desi @OpeningBatsman @velu- reasons for not picking yuvraj singh?

 

I am a huge fan of yuvi, but for the sake of variety, as far as different nationalities are concerned I didn't.

I believe I could only get Yuvi in, in place of Sanga in my team and on flat pitches Yuvi should replace him. 

[velu]

49 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

@wanted_desi @OpeningBatsman @velu- reasons for not picking yuvraj singh?

 

failed yo-yo test

 

 

[Tibarn]

1) Jayasurya

2) Sachin

3) Kohli

4) Dhawan

5) Rohit  

6) Mathews

7) Dhoni (C)

8) Kapil  

9) Afridi

10) Waqar

11) Malinga

 

I tried to make a modern style Asian XI. 

 

This lineup gives batting down to #9 and 7 different bowling options, all of which are potent wicket takers in the format. 

 

I chose Malinga and Waqar as the pacers, over other possible pacers, because the most important overs in modern ODIs in terms of run rate are the death overs, where the average run rate is over 9.  Malinga and Waqar are probably the best possible death bowlers. 

 

The batting lineup is heavy with Indian players, including arguably having Dhawan and Rohit out of position, but 5 of the top 6 batting averages in ODI cricket are Indians 

Overall figures

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0
V Kohli (INDIA)	2008-2017	195	187	32	8587	183	55.40	9366	91.68	30	44	12
MS Dhoni (INDIA)	2004-2017	299	257	73	9563	183*	51.97	10852	88.12	9	66	8
SR Tendulkar (INDIA)	1989-2012	463	452	41	18426	200*	44.83	21367	86.23	49	96	20
S Dhawan (INDIA)	2010-2017	90	89	4	3779	137	44.45	4083	92.55	11	21	2
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2002-2015	162	149	31	5122	96*	43.40	6945	73.75	0	42	6
RG Sharma (INDIA)	2007-2017	164	158	25	5765	264	43.34	6782	85.00	13	32	11

 

Dhawan has worked hard and increased his range of shots and boundary hitting ability, so he can fit at 4 now IMO. Rohit already has experience in the middle order and has unique boundary hitting ability, so he can bat at 5. 

 

Jayasurya opens with Sachin. Sachin can bat through and score sensible boundaries. Jayasurya can go hard from ball 1, especially with modern power play field restrictions in the first 10 overs. The funny thing is, both openers are also handy spinners.

 

Kohli is the backbone of the lineup of course.

 

Dhoni can be captain and wicketkeeper as he is good at using a multitude of bowling options. 3 different spin options and 4 different pace options should let Dhoni get creative. 

[Temujin Khaghan]

Sanath

Sachin

Virat

Sangakkara

Aravinda

Dhoni

Shakib

Kapil

Wasim

Malinga

Murali

 

[Vijy]

Sachin

X

Virat

Sangakkara

Zaheer Abbas

Dhoni

Jayasuria

Wasim

Waqar

Saqlain

Murali

 

Jayasuria is playing out of position but I think that in current times he would be able to get going quite fast.

 

The only position I can't decide is the opener: Rohit post-2013 has incredible numbers but they came in extremely batting-friendly conditions. Anwar and Ganguly both played in the 1990s and 2000s and racked up very good records. Sehwag, Dhawan and Jayasuria were fast scorers. In the end, I think I would go with Sehwag as my choice.

 

I cannot believe very few (no one?) mentioned Saqlain given his ODI excellence. Team will have 4 genuine bowlers with Jayasuria, Tendu and Sehwag serving as the 5th bowler.

Edited October 1, 2017 by Vijy

[ShebbySB]

Sachin Bat/Spin

Jaysuriya Bat/Spin

Kohli Bat

Inzamam Bat

Sangakkara Bat/Wk

Dhoni Bat/Wk (C)

Imran Bat/Seam

Kapil Bat/Seam

Wasim Seam/Bat

Waqar Seam

Murli Spin

Beat this team.....

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 minute ago, ShebbySB said:

Sachin Bat/Spin

Jaysuriya Bat/Spin

Kohli Bat

Inzamam Bat

Sangakkara Bat/Wk

Dhoni Bat/Wk (C)

Imran Bat/Seam

Kapil Bat/Seam

Wasim Seam/Bat

Waqar Seam

Murli Spin

Beat this team.....

 

I was thinking regd inzy but cudnt imagine him running around dhoni n kohli and then his fielding 

No yuvraj?????

[Vijy]

10 minutes ago, ShebbySB said:

Sachin Bat/Spin

Jaysuriya Bat/Spin

Kohli Bat

Inzamam Bat

Sangakkara Bat/Wk

Dhoni Bat/Wk (C)

Imran Bat/Seam

Kapil Bat/Seam

Wasim Seam/Bat

Waqar Seam

Murli Spin

Beat this team.....

 

Imran and Kapil were both fairly ordinary in ODIs as bowlers, esp the former. In bowling friendly era where Lillee/Hadlee/Garner/Roberts had avg of <21, they did quite ordinarily. Kapil was an explosive ODI bat, but inconsistent.

 

Similarly, Jaya was more of a minnow basher since I recall very few innings by him against SA, Aus, etc in their home pitches. Hence, although I would have him in the team, I don't think he's qualified enough to be the opener.

Edited October 1, 2017 by Vijy

[ShebbySB]

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

I was thinking regd inzy but cudnt imagine him running around dhoni n kohli and then his fielding 

No yuvraj?????

Allover a better pure batsman...as much as I love Yuvi but Inzi wins it by a whisker for me.

[ShebbySB]

1 hour ago, Vijy said:

Imran and Kapil were both fairly ordinary in ODIs as bowlers, esp the former. In bowling friendly era where Lillee/Hadlee/Garner/Roberts had avg of <21, they did quite ordinarily. Kapil was an explosive ODI bat, but inconsistent.

 

Similarly, Jaya was more of a minnow basher since I recall very few innings by him against SA, Aus, etc in their home pitches. Hence, although I would have him in the team, I don't think he's qualified enough to be the opener.

Sanath,Imran and Kapil are picked as impact players.All of them can bat and bowl.All are explosive with the willow and more than decent with the ball.Specially Kapil and Imran.