Veteran leg-spinner Piyush Chawla, who final performed a world match in December 2012, has picked his all-time India ODI XI. Whereas chatting with Shubhankar Mishra on the latter’s podcast, Chawla, who hasn’t performed for India in over a decade, picked legendary wicketkeeper-batter MS Dhoni because the captain of the workforce. On the high of the order, Chawla picked legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar and present India captain Rohit Sharma as openers. At no.3, the 35-year-old made a shock choose within the type of Virender Sehwag, and demoted Virat Kohli to no. 4.
Within the center order, he picked Yuvraj Singh and Kapil Dev, who led India to its maiden ODI World Cup title in 1983, as his all-rounders, with Dhoni including extra batting firepower down the order.
Within the bowling division, Chawla picked two spinners — Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh — and two pacers, one every from the previous and current groups.
He selected Jasprit Bumrah to accomplice 2011 World Cup-winner Zaheer Khan.
Throughout the identical interplay, Chawla additionally opened up on his bond with present India captain Rohit.
“I’ve performed a lot cricket with him that we have reached a consolation stage. We sit off the sector as properly. As soon as, at 2:30 within the night time, he texted me and requested, “you up?” He drew a area on paper and mentioned with me about doubtlessly dismissing Warner. Even at the moment, he was occupied with how he might get the perfect out of me,” Chawla revealed.
Whereas praising Rohit, Chawla added: “There is a captain, then there is a chief. He is not a captain, he’s a pacesetter. Whether or not it was 2023 ODI WC, or the 2024 T20 WC, the way in which he batted, he units the tone in such a approach that he made it simple for subsequent batters. He is a real chief. He provides you a free hand.”
Piyush Chawla’s All-Time India ODI XI:
Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Jasprit Bumrah And Zaheer Khan
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