[Watch] Best XI of ODI World Cup 2023 Revealed By Legends of Cricket Anil Kumble and Matthew Hayden

Matthew Hayden and Anil Kumble Picked their World Cup 2023 XI: As the semi-final picture is clear, former Australian World Cup winner Mathew Hayden, and Legendary Indian Spinner Anil Kumble selected their best XI of the World Cup 2023 league stage.

They did not choose any of the Pakistan players instead, they chose five members from the Indian team. Aside from them, there is room for South Africans, Australians, and Kiwis too.

Kumble and Hayden Name 5 Indians in World Cup 2023 XI

The World Cup has already come to an end, till now 45 games have been played by the teams, and the top four teams have advanced to the semi-finals. In all teams, there are some special players who provided their best to make their team successful, in WC 2023.

Now, it is time to finalize the standout performers of the competition. Ahead of the knockouts, cricket legends Matthew Hayden and Anil Kumble sat down with ESPNcricinfo to choose their best players from the league stage.

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And for the opener spots, unanimously, kumble and Hayden went with Quinto De Kock and Rohit Sharma. They selected them as De Kock is second in the run chart with 591 runs and even Rohit is equally impressive with 503 runs.

Hayden said that,

“QDK for me has been the standout player. Rohit Sharma for obvious reasons. Those two inside the powerplay have been dynamic, If I had to put my life on two players getting runs in this World Cup. They are my number one and number two”. 

After this, they needed to choose the Number 3 and Number 4 places, and without any argument between them, they went with batters Virat Kohil and Rachin Ravindra.

“He is certainly the breakout young player of this World Cup. I am sure I would certainly go for Rachin Ravindra, whether you put him at no. 3 or no. 4, it doesn’t matter. He has been batting at 1, 2, 3, 4, you can put him wherever.

Virat Kohli, for sure. Yes, he has batter no. 3 for India. So if he bats no. 3, Rachin Ravindra bats no. 4. If Ravindra bats no. 3, we can use the right-left combination. It is very difficult to pick in a World Cup, your two choices,” explained Kumble.

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Without any pressure, they have picked Glenn Maxwell and Heinrich Klaasen in the No.5 and No.6 positions of batters. They have chosen Maxwell for his exceptional Innings.

“Maxwell and Klaasen for me. The reason why, when you look at those stats again, I am going on strike rate, I am going on who is going to be under pressure.

I mean they are the real heads of both Australia and South Africa’s batting efforts with spin in particular. The strike rate of Maxwell is off the Richter scale, it’s not even 150, it’s 180.

Klaasen for the same reason as well, that is an enormous strike rate.” 

Bowlers Has Been Chosen By Kumble and Hayden in WC 2023 XI

After giving the first 6 places to batters and openers, bowlers have been chosen by Kumble and Hayden as Ravindra Jadeja, Macro Jansen, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, and Adam Zampa. They have selected them for their bowling abilities. Jadeja and Jansen showed their all-round brilliance.

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Zampa is now the leading wicket-taker and Bhumra and Shami’s consistent performances have made a revelation.

Best XI of ODI World Cup 2023

Finally, after the election is over, we will see a complete list of Best 12 ODI World 2023, selected by Anil Kumble and Matthew Hayden.

1. Quinton de Kock
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Virat Kohli
4. Rachin Ravindra
5. Glenn Maxwell
6. Heinrich Klaasen
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. Marco Jansen
9. Mohammed Shami
10. Jasprit Bumrah
11. Adam Zampa