Greatest Asian ODI XI of all time

Bowlers

#8 Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi, former Pakistani All-rounder

Boom-Boom Afridi will make the list at number 8. He represented Pakistan for 398 ODIs and scored 8034 runs. He is also the 2nd most successful Asian spinner in ODIs with 9 five-wicket hauls. He had the record of fastest ODI century for almost 2 decades as he scored one in just 37 balls way back in 1996.

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#9 Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram, former Pakistan skipper

The most successful pacer ever, Wasim Akram is the lead pacer of the team. He is the only pacer in ODIs with 500+ wickets. He grabbed 502 wickets in 356 matches with 6 five-wicket hauls. The Sultan of Swing remains unrivaled as the best left-hand pacer ever.

His economy of 3.89 suggests him as the most dangerous bowlers of his time. Not Surprisingly, he'll be an automatic choice in the team.

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#10 Waqar Younis

Waqar Younis, former Pakistan pacer

The swing wizard from Pakistan is the second pacer of the team. The duo of Wasim-Waqar is the deadliest bowling duos of all time. Waqar and Wasim are always the best when bowling with each other.

Grabbing 416 wickets in 262 matches, Waqar is the third highest wicket-taker in ODIs. The Swinging yorkers from Waqar are the most glorious to watch for us, but most dangerous for the batsmen to save their wickets.

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#11 Muttiah Muralidharan

Muttiah Muralidharan

What is more difficult to decode then the doosras and teesras of Murali! The only bowler in world cricket to take 1000+ wickets is the obvious choice for the second spinner of the side. For the bulk of his career, he had the burden of Sri Lankan bowling attack on his shoulders and he did a very phenomenal job with it.

He played for 350 ODIs and grabbed 534 wickets with a strike rate of 35. In World Cricket, there might be some contenders who could break Sachin's record, but no bowler ever has been in comparison to get even close to Murali's.

Honourable mentions:

Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Javagal Srinath, Chamunda Vass, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Saqlain Mushtaq, Abdul Rassaq, Abdur Rassaq were some of the players who could have made into this list as the bowlers.

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The twelfth man:

#12 Shakib-Al-Hasan

Shakib Al Hasan

The current World number 1 all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan makes the list as the twelfth man. He has scored 5433 runs in 188 ODIs and also taken 237 wickets. He has greatly influenced Bangladesh cricket and uplifted it to many levels up. Having him as a back up is always fortunate for any limited overs side.