Sachin, Sehwag & Kapil Dev In ICC ODI Dream Team

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag & Kapil Dev are now in the  ODI dream team. The Indian Trio was  chosen by fans in a poll conducted by the International Cricket Council (ICC)

ICC ODI Dream Team:

1. Opening batsmen: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) and Virender Sehwag (Ind)

2. Middle order: Brian Lara (WI), Viv Richards (WI) and Ricky Ponting (Aus)

3. All-rounder: Kapil Dev (India)

4.Wicketkeeper: Adam Gilchrist (Aus)

5. Spinner: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

6. Fast bowlers: Wasim Akram (Pak), Glenn McGrath (Aus) and Allan Donald (SA)

7. 12th man: Michael Bevan (Aus)

Almost 600,000  votes cast from  97 countries  on www.icc-cricket.com between 22 December and 2 January to select best ODI players of the past 40 years in the key categories of opening batsmen, middle-order batsmen, wicketkeeper, spin bowlers and fast bowlers

Voters had chose their favourites player among the following Players  :

A. Opening batsmen – Sourav Ganguly, Saeed Anwar, Gordon Greenidge, Matthew Hayden, Sanath Jayasuriya,  Glenn Turne, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar.

B. Middle-order batsmen -Martin Crowe, Aravinda de Silva, Inzamam-ul Haq, Brian Lara, Javed Miandad, Ricky Ponting, Viv Richards, Michael Bevan,

C. All-rounder – Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, Andrew Flintoff, Shaun Pollock.  Richard Hadlee, Jacques Kallis, Imran Khan, Lance Klusener,

D. Wicket-keeper – MS Dhoni, Mark Boucher,  Alec Stewart, Kumar Sangakkara, Andy Flower Adam Gilchrist, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Moin Khan,

E. Fast bowlers – Chaminda Vaas, Wasim Akram, Allan Donald, Joel Garner, Michael Holding,  Glenn McGrath,  Waqar Younis, Dennis Lillee,

F. Spinner- Daniel Vettori,  Carl Hooper, Anil Kumble,  Shahid Afridi, Muttiah Muralidaran, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Warne , Saqlain Mushtaq