Sachin Tendulkar in Wisden's World XI Test Team Led By Bradman

            Sachin Tendulkar who is retiring from the test cricket after playing his 200th test match against the West Indies, has achieved another milestone in his incredible cricket career. Sachin Tendulkar has been included in the Test Cricket team of World XI by the Wisden. Wisden named greatest test cricketer of all time Don Bradman as the captain of this World XI team. Sachin Tendulkar who is leading run scorer in test and ODI Cricket, is only Indian cricketer in this World XI team. Don Bradman led World XI test cricket team was declared to mark the 150th anniversary of  Wisden Cricketers' Almanck.

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Sachin Tendulkar : Greatest Batsman in International Cricket History
Apart from Sachin Tendulkar and Don Bradman this team has four cricketers from England followed by three cricketers from the West Indies. This list includes the openers Jack Hobbs and WG Grace along with wicketkeeper batsman Alan Knott and bowler Sydney Barnes from the England. One of the most feared batsman Vivian Richards, one of the greatest all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers and pacer Malcolm Marshall from the West Indies have succeeded to find a place in this team.

World XI Team Members & Their Cricket Career Records


Player
Tests
Runs
Avg.
Wkts.
Avg.
Catches
Stumps
Jack Hobbs
61
5,410
56.94




WG Grace
22
1,098
32.29




Don Bradman
52
6,996
99.94




Sachin Tendulkar
198*
15,837
53.86




Vivian Richards
121
8,540
50.23




Garfield Sobers
93
8,032
57.78

34.03


Alan Knott
95
4,389
32.75


250
19
Wasim Akram
104


414
23.62


Shane Warne
145


708
25.41


Malcolm Marshall
81


376
20.94


Sydney Barnes
27


189
16.43


 
This team looks pretty good but the greatest off-spinner Murali Muralitharan, most successful wicket-keeper Mark Boucher and greatest test skipper Ricky Ponting have failed to get a place in the squad. It can be understood as it is simply impossible to put in so many test cricket greats in the team of eleven but Wisden has done a great job. Overall, this team looks very balanced having five specialist batsman, one wicket keeper batsman, two fast bowlers, two spinners and a batting all-rounder.

               What do you feel about this World XI squad by the Wisden ? Which cricketer is missing in this line up of the World XI ? Drop your feedback and responses in the comment box.

India Favorite in India-Australia Cricket Series 2013

Indian cricket team currently ranked no.1 will be facing world no.2 Australian team in bilateral series. Australian cricket team is touring the subcontinent to play 1T20 and 7 ODI matches against India. Last time Australia came here to play four match test series where they lost 4-0. Indian team has been in a good form especially in ODIs winning the Champions Trophy 2013, Celkon Trination Series in West Indies and Series in Zimbabwe while the later side has struggled. The positive for Australian team is that they won the Natwest Series against England after losing the Ashes Test Series 3-0.

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India-Australia Cricket Series 2013
India tour is going to be an acid test for the Australian team before they go into the Ashes Cricket Series. Indian star batsman Yuvraj Singh is making his comeback into ODI squad making the ODI team stronger in middle order. On the other side, Australian team is touring the sub-continent without their regular skipper Michael Clarke who is struggling with injury. George bailey has been declared as the captain for India tour.

CRICKET-SCHEDULE


Date
Format
Timing
Venue
10-10-2013
T20
Day-Night
Rajkot
13-10-2013
ODI
Day-Night
Pune
16-10-2013
ODI
Day-Night
Jaipur
19-10-2013
ODI
Day-Night
Chandigarh
23-10-2013
ODI
Day-Night
Ranchi
26-10-2013
ODI
Day-Night
Cuttack
30-10-2013
ODI
Day-Night
Nagpur
02-11-2013
ODI
Day-Night
Bangalore
 


AUSTRALIA SQUAD FOR AUSTRALIA-INDIA CRICKET SERIES 2013


Australia is eying on their third successive limited over series victory over India in India. They believe that the IPL 2013 experience and Champions League Twenty20 experience will help them to perform well in Indian conditions. They have players like Mitchell Johnson, Glen Maxwell, Shane Watson, James Faulkner and Nathan Coulter-Nile who played in recently concluded Champions League T20 in India.  The absence of the regular skipper from the squad is going to hurt them very badly.

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George Bailey- Australian ODI Cricket Team Captain
Team Members  :  George Bailey (Captain), David Warner, Shane Watson, Steve Smith, Callum Ferguson, Glen Maxwell, James Faulkner, Clint Mckay, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Coulter-Nile,   Xavier Doherty, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Adam Voges, Nick Maddinson, Phil Hughes and Moises Henriques. 

INDIA SQUAD FOR AUSTRALIA INDIA CRICKET SERIES 2013


India has been in good form in this cricket calendar year. India will be playing in their courtyard so they will start as the favorites to win the ODI series against Australia. MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan were in very good form in the Champions league so it will boost them to perform well. Star all-rounder looked in excellent form against the West Indies A and in NKP Salve Challenger series so his presence will be a big plus for team India.   

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Mahendera Singh Dhoni- Indian Cricket Team Captain

Team Members :  MS Dhoni (Captain), Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Ravindera Jadeja, Ambati Raydu, Shami Ahmad, Bhuwneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Ravichandran Ashwin, R Vinay Kumar and Jaydev Unadkat.

In my view India is favorite to win the ODI series, but you can’t take mighty Australian so lightly. Australian team is known for their fighting spirit so we are going to see the same for sure in T20 and Odi series against India starting from 10th October in Rajkot. Whoever wins this ODI series will also have top ODI ranking, means if India wins the series they will remain world number 1 otherwise Australia will be new No. 1. This series is going to be the series of ODI Supremacy.

Who is your favorite to win this T20 and ODI Series? Can George Bailey fill up the void of Michael Clarke ? Drop your response and views in the comment box.

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