New Zealand-Australia Combined ODI XI

The Trans-Tasman rivalry in ODIs is all set to be rekindled in the form of a 3-match bilateral series scheduled to be played in New Zealand between February 3 and February 8. It is a special series, more so because it will be the last one for the Kiwi captain Brendon McCullum before his retirement.The last ODI meeting Australia and New Zealand was the final of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup where the Aussies emerged victorious and grabbed their 5th World Cup title. It has been close to 6 years since the two neighbouring countries played out a bilateral series, the previous one being in 2010 when Australia won 3-2.Since the squads for both teams are already in place for the ODI series, we have picked a combined XI including players from both Australia and New Zealand. Let's take a look at who makes the cut:

#1 Martin Guptill

Guptill is playing some superb cricket at the moment.

Martin Guptill is in the form of his life at present and is one of the best ODI openers in the game. He struck a rich vein of form towards the end of the World Cup last year and has been doing exceptionally well ever since.

Guptill has made a terrific start to 2016 as well with a century and a fifty already in just 4 innings. Martin Guptill may not have been able to establish himself in the longest format of the game yet, but he has been a completely different animal in both ODI cricket and T20I cricket.