Former India pace bowler S. Sreesanth recently revealed his all-time India ODI World Cup XI in an exclusive interview with Sportskeeda.
Sreesanth’s all time playing XI of India for World Cup:
- Rohit Sharma
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Virat Kohli
- Sourav Ganguly
- Yuvraj Singh
- MS Dhoni (wk)
- Kapil Dev (c)
- Harbhajan Singh
- Anil Kumble
- Zaheer Khan
- S. Sreesanth
- 12th man: Pragyan Ojha
This formidable squad features legendary Indian cricketers who have left their mark in World Cup history, making it a dream team for Indian cricket fans.
Sreesanth named Kapil Dev as the captain of the team and selected MS Dhoni as purely a wicketkeeper batter. Both MS Dhoni and Kapil Dev have won the ODI World Cups as captain.
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He went with Rohit Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar as openers and left out Virender Sehwag. At number three Sreesanth selected Virat Kohli, followed by Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni at four, five and six.
Kapil Dev is slotted at seventh in his line-up and also named the captain of the team. His bowling line-up includes himself, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan. Sreesanth kept Pragyan Ojha as the 12th man.