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

            Sachin Tendulkar who is retiring from the test cricket after playing his 200^th 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 150^th anniversary of  Wisden Cricketers' Almanck.

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.

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.

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.   

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 10^th 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.