Best Asian ODI XI among current players

Cricket in Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan is celebrated as a religion. Cricketing nations such as India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka should be given huge credit for the success of the sport in the Asian subcontinent. These cricketing nations produced some incredible names that made a huge contribution to the development of their teams.

Talking about One-Day Internationals, Sachin Tendulkar, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, and many other legends played quality cricket throughout their careers and raised the standard of their teams in the cricketing world. Like these illustrious names, there are many cricketers who are striving their best to maintain the top-notch standard of their ODI sides and help cricket achieve more success in Asia.

Here’s the best Asian XI in One-Day Internationals (ODIs)

1. Rohit Sharma (Captain)  - {IND}

India captain Rohit Sharma is undoubtedly one of the greatest batters of current times in ODIs. The veteran is active in One-Day cricket since 2007 and in the upcoming months, he could be seen reaching the milestone of scoring 10000 runs in the format. So far, he has scored 9825 runs in 236 innings of 243 ODIs at a strike rate of 90.02.

In the 2019 World Cup, he also notched up 648 runs in nine matches at a strike rate of 98.33 and ended up as the leading run-getter in the competition. During the tournament, the veteran also hit five tons and became the player with the most centuries in a World Cup edition.

Currently, he could be called the second-best ODI batter in Asia due to his incredible batting numbers. The India legend is the only batter to score triple double-hundred in ODIs. In 2014, he scored 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens and owned the record for the highest individual score in ODIs.