Team India’s best ODI XI of 2021

2021 for team India has been a magnificent year. Barring the debacle of the T20 World Cup, former skipper Virat Kohli and his men were very much indomitable across all formats. Especially in Test cricket, by beating both Australia and England at their home, the men in blue also resplendently commemorated India’s 50th anniversary of the year 1971 (known for team India’s historic red-ball triumphs).

However, amidst the longest and the shortest format, team India also played some prolific 50-over cricket. Our heroes not only commendably won a hard-fought home ODI series against England but also thrashed Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

By blending themselves in the mixture of experience and youth, the men in blue thoroughly relished playing ODIs in 2021. In fact, here’s also a fun fact that once King Kohli went with an all-pace attack against England in the series decider in Pune.

Hence in this list, let’s now make team India’s best ODI XI in the year 2021.

1. Shikhar Dhawan

For Shikhar Dhawan, ODI cricket has always been his big breather. The cricketer currently after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma is India’s top run-scorer scoring a stack of 17 centuries under his name. In the calendar year 2021, despite being configured with stiff competition from other openers, Dhawan was team India’s highest run-scorer in ODIs.

In the home series against England, while making a comeback, Dhawan scored a brilliant 98 following which another fifty-plus score was amassed in the decider game. In Sri Lanka, while captaining the side, the southpaw also played a steadfast knock of unbeaten 86 in the first game.

Overall, while India’s 36-year old stallion did play all the six ODI games, his total runs tally has stood at 297 runs at an average of 59.4.