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.
2. Matthew Hayden
There were very few players who could dominate as Matthew Hayden did. He was strong and could belt the ball harder than most cricketers of his time. He had a very good record across formats in international cricket and averaged in excess of 43 in each of the three formats (though he played only 9 T20Is).
Moreover, the left-handed opener had an excellent record against India. He averaged 53.70 while amassing 1450 runs against them. Out of those, 1402 of them came in the 21st century. Those are the second-most runs for any Australian batsman against India since January 2000.
Hayden struck three tons and ten half-centuries against the ‘Men in Blue’ and invariably did well. The fierce opener overtook former opening partner Adam Gilchrist to make it to the XI and it was a tough choice to make between the two.
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