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Dream Team
Sat, April 07 2018
Indian T20 League: No Rohit Sharma; MS Dhoni to captain Michael Vaughan’s all-time XI
Michael Vaughan has not followed the rule of picking a maximum of four overseas players.
Sun, April 01 2018
Sachin Tendulkar to open, Imran Khan to lead in Younis Khan’s formidable All-Time XI
3 West Indians, 2 Australians, 2 Pakistanis, 1 Indian, 1 South African, 1 Sri Lankan and 1 New Zealander in Younis Khan's All-Time XI.
Sun, March 04 2018
The apostles of catastrophe: an apostrophe XI
The apostrophes have an explosive batting line-up, a string of all-rounders, and a legendary leg-spinner.
Mon, January 01 2018
Year-ender: Test XI of 2017
This piece is about acknowledging the best performers of 2017 and chalking out an XI of them. Suvajit Mustafi selects the 2017 Test XI.
Thu, November 23 2017
Allan Border to lead Ricky Ponting’s Australia all-time Ashes XI
Ricky Ponting dons the selector's hat as he pens down his Australian All-Time Ashes XI from players who have featured in the contest from the last forty years.
Mon, October 09 2017
World XI of all-rounders: As elite as they make them
Most XIs, real or fantasy, consist mostly of specialist batsmen and bowlers with one or two all-rounders and a wicketkeeper-batsman if they are available.
Thu, September 28 2017
Test wicketkeepers XI: Formidable batsmen, spirited bowlers
To qualify, every member has to have been the official wicketkeeper in at least one Test. The cricketers will also be picked based on their overall careers, not matches as official wicketkeeper.
Tue, September 19 2017
‘Ambidextrous’ XI 2: Left-handed batsmen, right-handed bowlers
This lists comprises of men who bowl with their right hand and batted left-handed.
Thu, September 14 2017
‘Ambidextrous’ XI 1: Right-handed batsmen, left-handed bowlers
Here is a list of those who batted right-handed hand and bowled left-arm.
Wed, September 06 2017
An XI of left-handers: all is right with these men
This is an XI based on the men who batted *and* bowled left-handed and had played Test cricket.