Two of the ▨finest wrist-spinners in white-ball cricket, India’s Yuzvendra Chahal and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan, during a recent interaction on In𓄧stagram, have picked their combined Indo-Afghan ODI XI.
Rashid had no hesitation in picking the lethal openin﷽g combination of Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma who have dominated world cricket, ℱfacing the new ball.
At number three, R🐎ashiℱd made the obvious choice of Virat Kohli, the best batsman in the world in ODI cricket currently.
Following K✃ohli, the leggie opted for teammate Rahman Shah, who has been ever-con✤sistent for his country in the 50-over format.
The middle order of the combined XI comprised KL Rahul and MS Dhoni. Chahal prescribed a rotational policy for the all-rounders’ slot, between Hardik Pandya and Mohammad Nabi.
Both Pandya and Nabi have been marquee all-rounders for their respective countries for a su♚bstantial period of time by now.
The bowling lineup consisted of an I🍸ndian pace attack, namely, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami; and Afghan spin attack consisting of Mujeeb-ur Rahman and Rashid himself.
Laterಌ, Chahal and Rashid came to an🦩 agreement of bowling five overs each, sharing their quota of overs.
Here is Chahal and Rashid’s India-Afghanistan combined XI:
Rohit Sharma, Shi🔜khar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rahmat Shah, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya/Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
The 29-year old Afghan se▨nsation has already made his mark in T20 franchi⭕se cricket worldwide. Rashid has excelled in top leagues around the globe, featuring for Adelaide Strikers (BBL), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Quetta Gladiators (PSL) and Guyana Amazon Warriors (CPL).
