One day cricket has come to stay.Having selected a test team that encompasses various generations I thought that a one-day team selected on similar lines will give a sense of completeness. My foray into such an attempt is as follows
Sachin Tendulkar
Virendar Sehwag
Mohinder Amarnath
Sandeep Patil
Rahul Dravid
Yuvraj Singh
Ravi Shastri
Kapil Dev(Captain)
Saba Karim(w.k)
Irfan Pathan
Harbhajhan Singh
The rationale behind the team composition goes like this;The team can bat upto number 11 .It was one of the reasons for choosing Bhajji ahead of others,for me Shastri is the other spin option - in my view he is one of the rare thinking cricketers and spin bowling all-rounders the nation has ever produced.Kapil ,Pathan and Mohinder are the medium pacers in the line up.I look for solidity,substance and flair from both Rahul and Sandeep in the middle order. Yuvraj is the typical one-day player,he is ideally suited to the shorter version of the game and his fielding is an asset.Saba Karim is a clean hitter and reliable man to have behind the stumps. Two towering stalwarts of the blitzkrieg namely - Sehwag and Sachin will breathe fire at the top of the order.
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