India-Australia combined ODI XI of the 21st century

9. Mitchell Johnson

If Brett Lee is at the top of the tree for dominating the wicket charts in India-Australia games, Mitchell Johnson would come second. The left-arm fast bowler always picked wickets when he played against India. In fact, people remember for his red-ball exploits but he had an equally good (if not better) ODI record.

Johnson is the second-highest wicket-taker for Australia against India in ODI cricket. He has picked up 43 wickets at an average of 26.06 and had a strike-rate of 30.7 against them. He may have not picked up wickets in clusters always but he always prized out the key men from the opposition line-up.

Moreover, Johnson could tonk the ball lower down the order. He has played some vital cameos as well. 171 out of his 951 ODI runs have come against India.