Ravi Shastri, Eoin Morgan pick all-time India-England combined ODI XI: MS Dhoni captain as eight Indian players make the cut
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- Ravi Shastri and Eoin Morgan pick all-time India-England combined ODI XI.
- MS Dhoni named as captain of the side.
- Eight Indian players named in the IND-ENG combined XI.
Ravi Shastri and Eoin Morgan pick all-time India-England combined ODI XI
Ravi Shastri and Eoin Morgan, who are part of Sky Sports' broadcast team at the Hundred 2026, recently sat together to pick an all-time India and England combined ODI XI.
India, who have won the ODI World Cup twice and reached the final two times, have the lion's share of players in the lineup, while England, who won their first-ever world title in 2019, have three players from that title-winning team.
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India-England combined ODI XI
India legends, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli make up the top three in the batting order. India's 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev has been included in the eleven as an all-rounder, alongside Ben Stokes and Yuvraj Singh, while MS Dhoni has been picked as the captain of the side.
Other than Stokes, Jos Buttler and Adil Rashid have made the cut from England, while the remaining eight players have been selected from India.
- Sachin Tendulkar (India)
- Rohit Sharma (India)
- Virat Kohli (India)
- Yuvraj Singh (India)
- Ben Stokes (England)
- Jos Buttler (England)
- MS Dhoni (C/WK) (India)
- Kapil Dev (India)
- Harbhajan Singh (India)
- Adil Rashid (India)
- Jasprit Bumrah (India)
*12th man:Zaheer Khan
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Big names miss out
Big names like Joe Root, Chris Woakes, and Jofra Archer have missed out on the team despite playing a key role in England's historic World Cup win in 2019 on home soil. Morgan, who led England to their first and only ODI World Cup title thus far, did not pick himself in the team.
Among Indian stars, iconic former opener Virender Sehwag has missed out despite playing an important role in India winning the 2011 ODI World Cup. Former captain Sourav Ganguly, one of the finest limited-overs cricketers India has ever produced, has also missed out, while 1983 hero Mohinder Amarnath also did make the cut.
Overall, when it comes to picking an all-time best XI from talented teams like India and England, some big names are bound to miss out. On paper, Shastri and Morgan have chosen a squad full of champions, who deserve their slots without any scope of debate.
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