Xavier Bartlett has named four Indian players in an all-time Australia-India-England ODI XI. He is currently a part of Australia's white-ball squads for the current series against India. Bartlett was instructed
to select only five players from Australia.
Speaking to Fox Sports, Bartlett went ahead with the left-right combination of David Warner and Sachin Tendulkar as opener while he picked Virat Kohli as for the No. 3 position. He named Ricky Ponting and Michael Bevan in the next two slots.
Bartlett named MS Dhoni as his wicketkeeper while Andrew Flintoff was picked as the sole pace-bowling all-rounder. The Australian pacer went ahead with Jasprit Bumrah and Glenn McGrath as his fast bowlers and opted for Shane Warne as the frontline spinner. Darren Gough was listed as the second English player in the squad.
Xavier Bartlett's India-Australia-England ODI XI: Sachin Tendulkar, David Warner, Virat Kohli, Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, MS Dhoni, Andrew Flintoff, Jasprit Bumrah, Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Darren Gough
Speaking of Bartlett's ODI career, he has played only four matches until now. His 50-over career includes two four-wicket hauls and as many two-wicket hauls.
He was not a part of Australia's XI for their first ODI against India in Perth. The second ODI of the three-match series will be played at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, October 23. Australia will have a chance to seal the series with a game to spare if they emerge on top in what promises to be an exciting clash.
Australia won the first game by seven wickets and 29 balls to spare through the DLS method. India scored only 136/9 in 26 overs as there were no substantial contributions other than those by KL Rahul (38 off 31) and Axar Patel (31 off 38). Josh Hazlewood (2/20 in seven overs) was the pick of the lot.
Standby ODI skipper Mitchell Marsh remained unbeaten on 46 off 52 while debutant Matt Renshaw remained unbeaten on 21 off 24 as Australia romped home with a comfortable win.
