Anil Kumble and Matthew Hayden chose their best XI for World Cup 2023, gave a big blow to Pakistani players
Former Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble and former Australian opener Matthew Hayden chose their best eleven for the World Cup 2023. Kumble and Hayden included five players from the Indian team in their eleven while did not select anyone from Pakistan. Kumble and Hayden have selected their eleven keeping in mind the league stage of the World Cup 2023.
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The league stage of the World Cup 2023 has been completed and now it has moved towards the knockout stage. India, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand managed to make it to the semi-finals. The first semi-final between India and New Zealand will be played on Wednesday at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Then South Africa and Australia will clash at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Thursday. After this, the decisive match of the tournament will be played on Sunday at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Ahead of the knockout matches, former India's veteran leg spinner Anil Kumble and former Australia's veteran opener Matthew Hayden chose their best eleven for the league stage of the World Cup 2023 with ESPNcricinfo. For the opening, Kumble-Hayden expressed confidence in the pair of South African Quinton de Kock and Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Cock scored 591 runs in 9 matches while Rohit Sharma scored 503 runs in the same number of matches.
Hayden said, “Quinton de Kock is a great player. Rohit Sharma is a different matter. Both prove to be dangerous in the powerplay.'' For numbers 3 and 4, Kumble-Hayden expressed confidence in Virat Kohli and Rachin Ravindra. Kohli is the best run scorer in the tournament. Ravindra has proved his usefulness by scoring three centuries.
Kumble-Hayden has selected Glenn Maxwell and Heinrich Klaasen as numbers five and six. He said, “Maxwell and Klaasen for me. You look at their figures. Both have performed well under pressure and have attacked spin brilliantly.
The pair of Anil Kumble and Matthew Hayden expressed confidence in Ravindra Jadeja, Marco Jansen, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, and Adam Zampa in bowling. Shami made a strong comeback in the playing 11. Zampa is the bowler taking the most wickets in the tournament.
Anil Kumble and Matthew Hayden's World Cup XI: Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Maxwell, Heinrich Klaasen, Ravindra Jadeja, Marco Janssen, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Adam Zampa.
