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.
9. Harbhajan Singh
In all of the World Cups mentioned, there haven’t been many memorable performances coming from the tournament winning-squads. But one has to mention how amazing Harbhajan Singh was throughout the tournament, although he was unfortunate to not get enough wickets.
He was strict with his lengths and areas, barely gave runs away. He registered figures of 1/41 in his first game and conceded 58 runs against England in a game where over 750 runs were scored, picking up one wicket. He gave just 29 runs in 9 overs against Ireland, 31 runs in 10 overs against the Netherlands, an important 3-fer against South Africa and finished group stages with a 1/35 in 9 overs against West Indies.
He went wicket-less in the quarterfinal against Australia, but came back strongly with a 2/43 in the semifinal, picking up important wickets of Shahid Afridi and who can forget that outrageous doosra to dismiss Umar Akmal. Bhajji picked another couple in the final, capping 9 wickets in the tournament but most importantly, he was extremely tidy even when Indians were conceding runs for fun.
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