Gautam Gambhir picks India's all-time ODI 11

By Kaif - September 2, 2024
Last updated on Sep 02, 2024 11:57 AM
Gautam Gambhir picks India's all-time ODI 11

Gautam Gambhir selects India's all-time ODI 11: Current head coach of Team India, Gautam Gambhir has chosen his favorite All Time India ODI 11. He has included India's legendary cricketers in this team. However, Team India captain Rohit Sharma, who has scored 3 double centuries in ODIs, has not got a place in this team.

Under Rohit's captaincy, the Indian team reached the final of the ODI World Cup last year. Not only this, Gautam Gambhir has not included any member of the ODI World Cup 1983 winning team in his All Time ODI 11.

Gautam Gambhir Virender Sehwag will be the opener

Gautam Gambhir picks India's all-time ODI 11

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  • In Gambhir's All Time India ODI 11, he has chosen himself as an opening batsman.
  • He has chosen explosive batsman Virender Sehwag as the second opening batsman of the team.
  • At number 3, Gambhir has given place to former head coach of Team India Rahul Dravid.
  • At number 4, he has given place to Sachin Tendulkar, who is called the God of Cricket.
  • In his career, Sachin was seen playing as an opener in ODIs and at number 4 in Tests.

Rohit Sharma did not get a place

Rohit Sharma

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Gautam Gambhir has not given Rohit Sharma, who has scored three double centuries in the ODI format, a place in his team. Gautam Gambhir has Virender Sehwag as an opener with him in his team, that is why Rohit Sharma did not get a place in the team. At number three, he chose Rahul Dravid, who was a legendary batsman who was considered the backbone of the Indian team in his era.

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Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni were also given a place

Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni

Virat Kohli, who usually bats at number 3 in ODIs, has been placed at number 5 by Gautam Gambhir. Yuvraj Singh has been placed at the sixth position. Former Team India captain MS Dhoni is at number 7. Dhoni is also the wicketkeeper of this team. Gambhir has also given place to 2 spinners and 2 fast bowlers in his team. In Gambhir's playing 11, Anil Kumble, Ravichandran Ashwin are spinners while Irfan Pathan and Zaheer Khan are fast bowlers.

Interestingly, Gambhir has not included Jaspreet Bumrah in the team. Apart from this, no player from India's 1983 World Cup winning team could make it to this team.

Gautam Gambhir picks India's all-time ODI 11

  1. Virender Sehwag
  2. Gautam Gambhir
  3. Rahul Dravid
  4. Sachin Tendulkar
  5. Virat Kohli
  6. Yuvraj Singh
  7. MS Dhoni (wk)
  8. Anil Kumble
  9. Ravichandran Ashwin
  10. Irfan Pathan
  11. Zaheer Khan

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