Cricket’s All-Time World XI – With a Twist
Creating fantasy World XI? We have all been here before. There is just one issue—there are just too many good players across eras. So, here is our new series on creating our World XIs, with a twist of specific constraints. In all of our posts, we will limit the category of players after ODI cricket began.
Today’s twist:
Build a Test and ODI World XI so that (1) there is a maximum of two players per country in the XI and (2) a player is not repeated in both lists.
The catch:
There are some greats that could easily fit in both teams. For example, Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, and AB De Villiers are fan favorites and a versatile players, but which list are you going to put them in?
Test World XI:
- Sir Alastair Cook (Eng)
- Graeme Smith (SA) – Captain
- Kumar Sangakkara (SL) – WK
- Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
- Brian Lara (WI)
- Steven Smith (Aus)
- Jacques Kallis (SA)
- Kapil Dev (Ind)
- Shane Warne (Aus)
- James Anderson (Eng)
- Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
Honorable Mentions: Rahul Dravid (Ind) , Dale Steyn (SA), Courtney Walsh (WI), Richard Hadlee (NZ)
ODI World XI:
- Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
- Chris Gayle (WI)
- Ricky Ponting (Aus) – Captain
- Virat Kohli (Ind)
- Vivian Richards (WI)
- AB De Villiers (SA)
- MS Dhoni (Ind) – WK
- Shakib Al Hasan (Bang)
- Wasim Akram (Pak)
- Waqar Younis (Pak)
- Glenn McGrath (Aus)
Honorable Mentions: Brett Lee (Aus), Daniel Vettori (NZ), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Adam Gilchrist (Aus)
Well, only choosing two out of Sehwag, Kohli, Tendulkar, and Dhoni or Gilchrist, Ponting, Warne and Mcgrath was always going to be a tough task…
Anyway, send us your World XIs and let us know what you think in the comments section below! Stay tuned for the next fantasy team, where we will build an ODI World XI with exactly one player from each World Cup.
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