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Lostart
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I have always wanted a world XI, but not the conventional one where you have 4 Indians and 5 Aussies and make the other spots up with Murali and whoever else you can find. I reckon it should be 1 player from each of the test playing nations Zimbabwe, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, West Indies, England, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. and then one more player from the top ranked side at the time. I makes selection harder, because do you pick Gayle or bravo, Tendulkar or Dhoni.

I would go with this side in ODI's...

1. Gayle (WI)
2. Smith (SA)
3. Ponting (AUS)
4. Pietersen (ENG)
5. Dhoni (IN)
6. Sakib-Ul-Hussain (BAN)
7.Vettori (NZ)
8. Price (ZIM)
9. Johnson (AUS)
10. Mendis (SL)
11. Aameer (PAK)

I know it is a little batsmen heavy and i don't really make use of much pace. But i like the balance of the side, maybe i could use one more fast bowler. An option would be to drop Smith and bring in Kallis, but he doesn't really bowl much these days. Or maybe replace Vettori for Bond, .

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Shldnt this be in the Other Cricket trend.
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tawac wrote:Shldnt this be in the Other Cricket trend.
Yup. :)

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V.Sehwag
G.Smith
K.sangakara
K.Pieterson
Yuvrajsingah
M.Hussey
M.Dhoni
M,Murali
M.Johnson
M.aamer
D.Styne
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My world XI
SHEWAG
GAYLE
KALLIS
POINTING
COLLINGWOOD
VETTORI
RAZZAQ
MATHEW
SHAKIB
HONDO
SCHERFELI
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My world X1 is
Shewag
Tendulkar
Sangakara
Pieterson
Dhoni
Kallis
Zaheer khan
Shane BOND
dANIEL vETTORI
cOLLINGWOOD
Harbajan Singh

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My test line-up including two indians because they are ranked #1 in tests at the moment would be as follows;

1. Graeme Smith (c)
2. Chris Gayle
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Ricky Ponting
5. Kevin Pieterson
6. Sachin Tendulkar
7. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (w)
8. Shakib Al-Hasan
9. Shane Bond
10. Ray Price
11. Mohammad Aamer
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@eugene
did you know shewag is rated as bradman by ian chappel.
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Sehwag is certainly a great player but I wouldn't rate him as high as Bradman. The only player who even comes close to Bradman is Sachin Tendulkar. Sir Donald Bradman is statistically the most dominant sportsmen in the history of sport.

Sehwag was certainly in my thoughts when I selected my team along with Gautam Gambhir but it was hard to choose them over MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar.
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ok man did you read ian chappel review about him,
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