Indo-Pak combined all-time ODI XI
In the last 12 years, India has hosted Pakistan for a bilateral series only once. Both countries take the field against each other only in ICC events and Asia Cup.
2. Saeed Anwar
The left-handed batting legend from Pakistan needs no introduction. Considered as one of the best openers to have graced the cricketing field, Anwar had prolific success in the limited-overs format of the game. Despite his lack of footwork, he scored a truckload of runs because of his exquisite hand-eye coordination.
He held the record of the highest individual score in ODIs until Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry took the mantle twelve years later by also scoring 194*. The 51-year-old former cricketer from Karachi scored most of his runs through cover drives utilising even a minimal width outside off-stump. He was also named the Wisden Cricketer of the year in 1997. His highest ODI score of 194 also came against arch-rivals India in the same year.
In his 247 matches’ long ODI career, he scored 8824 runs at an average of 39.22. These runs included 20 centuries and 43 fifties. In this playing XI, he will share the openers’ slot with the Master Blaster.
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