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.
8. Mitchell Starc
What we saw come out from Mitchell Starc‘s run-ups were not mere balls, they were bullets thrown at the batsmen which scared them to the core. In what turned out to be one of the finest bowling performances of all time in a World Cup, Starc steered his team to the title and ended up winning the player of the tournament award.
The first time they noticed him breathe fire was against New Zealand, where he nearly provided the comeback of the century in ODIs. His 6-fer kept the Kiwis on the edge of their seat, struggling to chase just 152 runs. His legend continued to grow and the lethal blockholes kept mesmerizing the fans.
His best moment perhaps would be the Brendon McCullum’s wicket, which according to many was the moment Australia won their fifth title. With 22 wickets to his name at an average just over 10, Starc finished as the joint-highest wicket-taker in the World Cup with Trent Boult.
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