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






