In a shocking choice, Australia’s Mitchell Marsh named a mixed all-time ODI XI that includes gamers from Australia, India, and England, however excluded a few of the greatest names together with Rohit Sharma, Glenn McGrath, Ricky Ponting, and MS Dhoni. Notably, no Australian tempo bowler made it into Marsh’s chosen eleven, and all ODI World Cup-winning captains of the twenty first century had been snubbed.
India, England, and Australia have dominated ODI cricket within the twenty first century, with Australia profitable 4 World Cups and each India and England securing one every. Forward of the upcoming three-match ODI sequence in opposition to Shubman Gill-led India, Marsh was requested by Fox Cricket to choose a mixed XI of those “Large Three” nations. Some important omissions included legendary captains Ricky Ponting and MS Dhoni.
Opening Slots
For the opening batsman slots, Marsh had 5 choices Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Mark Waugh, David Warner, and Jonny Bairstow. He went with David Warner, his former opening accomplice, and picked Sachin Tendulkar as Warner’s opening accomplice, stating, “Nothing can go previous King Sachin.” Within the batting division amongst high and center order, Marsh selected Virat Kohli, Joe Root, and Michael Bevan, leaving out Australia’s World Cup-winning captains akin to Ricky Ponting.
He additionally ignored wicketkeepers MS Dhoni and Jos Buttler, as an alternative choosing Adam Gilchrist for the position.
Amongst all-rounders, Marsh humorously remarked on his personal absence from consideration. He selected Andrew Symonds as the one all-rounder, praising him primarily for his ball-striking abilities throughout a time when ODIs used only one ball all through the innings.
For the bowling lineup, Marsh had 9 contenders: Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble, Jasprit Bumrah, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee, Shane Warne, Adam Zampa, Darren Gough, and James Anderson. Selecting Anil Kumble as the only spinner over Shane Warne, Marsh robotically chosen Jasprit Bumrah. Of the 5 Australians allowed, he picked Darren Gough and James Anderson as his two pacers, notably excluding the expert McGrath and quick bowler Brett Lee.
Marsh’s mixed Australia-India-England all-time ODI XI stands as:
David Warner, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Michael Bevan, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist, Anil Kumble, Jasprit Bumrah, Darren Gough, and James Anderson.
This coming sequence will see Marsh lead Australia within the absence of the injured Pat Cummins, with the primary ODI scheduled to happen at Perth Stadium on October 19.