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Australian cricket star Glenn Maxwell recently revealed his all-time ODI XI comprising players from India, Australia, and England, making some surprising selections while speaking to Fox Cricket. Initially picking David Warner over Sachin Tendulkar as an opener alongside Rohit Sharma, Maxwell later had to revise his choice due to team composition rules limiting the number of Australian players to five.Maxwell’s initial selection for the opening partnership focused on creating a left-right combination with Rohit Sharma and David Warner at the top of the order.“Rohit Sharma has pretty good stats. he’s got three double hundreds. 32 hundreds, averages 48, struck at 92 (strike rate). And I’m going to go Davey (David Warner) – average 45, strike-rate 97, 22 hundreds. Two pretty clear openers,” Maxwell told Fox Cricket in a video.Maxwell explained his initial preference for Warner over Tendulkar, stating: “Could’ve gone with Sachin, but I’m going to go right-left (combination) to start.”However, the limitation of including only five Australian players in the final XI forced Maxwell to reconsider his selection, as he had already chosen Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, Shane Watson, Glenn McGrath, and Brett Lee.Upon realizing this constraint, Maxwell acknowledged the necessary change: “I might have to get rid of Davey. Davey goes, Sachin’s in. To be fair, Sachin’s got three times the runs.”The statistics supported Maxwell’s final decision, with Tendulkar’s impressive ODI record of 18,426 runs significantly surpassing Warner’s 6,932 runs. Tendulkar’s 49 ODI centuries also place him as the second-highest century-maker in the format.The final XI selected by Maxwell included four Indian players: Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and MS Dhoni, with the latter being chosen over Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist.Maxwell’s bowling attack featured a combination of pace and spin, including Jasprit Bumrah and Anil Kumble from India, alongside Australians Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee.Notable omissions from Maxwell’s team included several prominent players from all three nations, such as Kapil Dev, Yuvraj Singh, Andrew Symonds, Steve Waugh, Andrew Flintoff, Joe Root, and Ben Stokes.Interestingly, Maxwell’s final XI did not include any players from England, despite the selection pool including cricketers from all three nations.The complete lineup of Glenn Maxwell’s All-Time XI consisted of Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, MS Dhoni, Shane Watson, Anil Kumble, Jasprit Bumrah, Glenn McGrath, and Brett Lee.The selection came just days before India’s limited-overs tour of Australia, with England also scheduled to tour Australia for the Ashes series following India’s visit.
