With the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 coming up in a month’s time, almost everyone will have their dream ODI team in mind. Over the past few weeks, a number of former cricketers and analysts have shared their best set of players who can make a dream ODI team.
The ODI World Cup 2023 is all set to start on October 5 in Ahmedabad, when England and New Zealand will play the opening game. Team India will start their tournament against Australia on October 8 in Chennai. Ten teams will compete in this competition, and only one can end up becoming the World Champions.
Meanwhile, former Indian opener and member of the 2007 and 2011 World Cup-winning teams, Virender Sehwag, talked about his dream ODI XI. Sehwag also revealed his top five picks for his dream XI. In a decent interview, he was asked to pick his dream ODI XI.
He named the top five players. At first, he picked Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Rohit was the highest run-scorer in the 2019 World Cup and smashed five centuries. He scored 648 runs in nine innings. For second position, Sehwag picked up veteran Australian opener David Warner.
The left-hander was the second-highest scorer after Rohit. Warner made 647 runs in 10 innings, with three centuries and three half-centuries. The Australian opener was also among the highest scorers in 2015, when Australia won the World Cup under Michael Clarke.
Then, Sehwag picked up the former Indian captain Virat Kohli. Virat has been a prolific run-scorer in 50-over cricket over the years. He was also part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup. In 2019, he scored 443 runs in nine innings with five half-centuries.
As his fourth pick, Sehwag had a surprise name. He picked New Zealand’s star, Glenn Philips. Notably, Philips hasn’t played a World Cup match and has scored 351 runs in 16 ODIs. Last but not least, Sehwag picked the ace Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah as his fifth pick. Bumrah was India’s highest wicket-taker in 2019 with 18 wickets in nine matches.
