Best XI from the World Cup-winning teams this decade
We saw three different World champions in this decade (50 over World Cups) - MS Dhoni's India in 2011, Michael Clarke's Australia in 2015 and Eoin Morgan's England in 2019.
11. Zaheer Khan
Talk about legendary bowling performances in a World Cup, we should be talking about Zaheer Khan‘s exploits in the 2011 World Cup in the same breathe as any other iconic performance there has ever been. The iconic left-handed pacer led the Indian bowling attack in the World Cup and produced some memorable spells with the new ball.
He had a mixed outing in the death overs, whilst he picked up some important wickets in crunch situations against England in the group stages, he was smacked apart in the game against Sri Lanka in the final. But with the new ball, there were barely one or two batsmen who could live up to his exploits.
Zaheer ended up picking 21 wickets in the tournament, finishing on level terms with Shahid Afridi. He took a couple of crucial wickets early on in the final and was always at the heart of things. Maybe it was his quality that India missed in the other two World Cups.
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