India-Australia combined ODI XI of the 21st century
Since the start of this 21st century, the Aussies have won 45 out of the 80 ODI games that the two sides have played while India won just 28.
10. Ajit Agarkar
Ajit Agarkar is the lone Indian pacer in this line-up. The Mumbai-born fast bowler was a pretty underrated ODI cricket. Only Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath had more wickets than Agarkar’s 288 ODI scalps in the history of Indian cricket. However, Agarkar had a better strike-rate and average than the other two.
Moreover, it is not spoken about much but his numbers against Australia are very good too. He has picked up 36 wickets against them which is the second-most for an Indian bowler in ODI cricket against Australia. Only Kapil Dev (45 wickets) has a greater number of wickets.
26 out of those 36 wickets which Agarkar took against Australia in his career came in this 21st century. The nippy pacer last played in 2006 but it’s his numbers that force him into this XI.
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