As India is on a tour down under for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25, former Australia World Cup-winning captain, Michael Clarke has picked the best India-Australia Test XI of the 21st century.
Currently, the Test series has been levelled by Australia in Adelaide after a loss in Perth before Clarke's video of his combined XI with journalist Bharat Sundaresan was released.
See who made the Indo-Aussie combined XI.
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Michael Clarke picks India-Australia combined XI of the 21st century:
The stylish right-handed middle order batter, who has famously scored his highest Test score of 329* alongside his six other centuries while averaging 54 against India did not name himself in the strong XI that he picked.
He also kept Adam Gilchrist and MS Dhoni as options for the wicket-keeper's spot in his XI, where Gilchrist would be his keeper in Australia and Dhoni on Indian conditions.
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The Aussie also mentioned Mitchell Johnson and Zaheer Khan as his options for the 12th-man spot, according to where the team is playing. The team he mentioned was on the basis of how he liked the players and not necessarily according to the players' records.
India-Australia Combined XI of 21st century
- Virender Sehwag
- Matthew Hayden
- Ricky Ponting
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Virat Kohli
- Steve Smith
- Adam Gilchrist/MS Dhoni
- Shane Warne
- Ryan Harris
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Glenn McGrath
- Mitchell Johnson/Zaheer Khan
He also gave honourable mentions to Sourav Ganguly, Steve and Mark Waugh, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid while saying that they could pick a whole other playing XI if they had to with so many quality players on both sides.
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