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Glenn Maxwell Names All-Time ODI XI Featuring Six Indians, No Pakistan Player Included

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Australia’s dynamic all-rounder Glenn Maxwell recently revealed his all-time ODI XI, choosing a lineup that exclusively features players from India and Australia. However, his selections raised eyebrows for both inclusions and omissions β€” most notably the absence of Pakistani legends.

Rohit Sharma Over Sachin Tendulkar in Opening Pair

During an interaction with Fox Cricket, Maxwell revealed that he had initially picked Rohit Sharma to open alongside David Warner, leaving out ODI cricket’s leading run-scorer, Sachin Tendulkar. He justified his choice by prioritizing a left-right batting combination at the top.

β€œπ‘Ήπ’π’‰π’Šπ’• π‘Ίπ’‰π’‚π’“π’Žπ’‚ 𝒉𝒂𝒔 π’‘π’“π’†π’•π’•π’š π’ˆπ’π’π’… 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒔. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 π‘°β€™π’Ž π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 π’ˆπ’ π‘«π’‚π’—π’†π’š (π‘«π’‚π’—π’Šπ’… 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓) – π’‚π’—π’†π’“π’‚π’ˆπ’† 45, π’”π’•π’“π’Šπ’Œπ’†-𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 97, 22 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒔. π‘»π’˜π’ π’‘π’“π’†π’•π’•π’š 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔. π‘ͺ𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅’𝒗𝒆 π’ˆπ’π’π’† π‘Ίπ’‚π’„π’‰π’Šπ’, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π‘°β€™π’Ž π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 π’ˆπ’ π’“π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•-𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 (π’„π’π’Žπ’ƒπ’Šπ’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’) 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕,” π‘΄π’‚π’™π’˜π’†π’π’ π’†π’™π’‘π’π’‚π’Šπ’π’†π’….

For the middle order, Maxwell chose Virat Kohli, Ricky Ponting, and Michael Bevan, while MS Dhoni was named wicketkeeper-batter and Shane Watson the all-rounder. The bowling attack featured Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee, Jasprit Bumrah, and Anil Kumble as the specialist spinner.

Correction Brings Back the Master Blaster

However, Glenn Maxwell later realized he had exceeded the limit of five players per country after picking six Australians. To fix this, he decided to drop Warner and bring back the β€œMaster Blaster” Sachin Tendulkar.

β€œπ‘° π’Žπ’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π’ˆπ’†π’• π’“π’Šπ’… 𝒐𝒇 π‘«π’‚π’—π’†π’š. π‘«π’‚π’—π’†π’š π’ˆπ’π’†π’”, π‘Ίπ’‚π’„π’‰π’Šπ’β€™π’” π’Šπ’. 𝑻𝒐 𝒃𝒆 π’‡π’‚π’Šπ’“, π‘Ίπ’‚π’„π’‰π’Šπ’β€™π’” π’ˆπ’π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔,” π‘΄π’‚π’™π’˜π’†π’π’ π’‚π’…π’Žπ’Šπ’•π’•π’†π’… π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒂 π’π’‚π’–π’ˆπ’‰.

Glenn Maxwell’s all-time ODI XI:

Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, MS Dhoni (WK), Shane Watson, Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath, Jasprit Bumrah, Anil Kumble.

Glenn Maxwell, who is currently recovering from a fractured arm sustained while bowling in the nets ahead of the New Zealand T20I series, is unlikely to participate in the upcoming white-ball matches against India, beginning October 19.

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