Asian ODI XI of the last decade

The subcontinent has been blessed generously in terms of the number of great one-day players it has produced over the last decade. It should come as no surprise considering the fact that teams from Asia are fed a heavy diet of limited-overs cricket. With that being the case, there is quite a vast array of players to choose from when it comes to picking an ODI XI from Asia.Here is an ODI Asian XI made up of players who have played a significant amount of ODI cricket in the last 10 years: 

#1 Virender Sehwag

With an average of slightly under 40 from his 251 ODI games, Virender Sehwag has perhaps not reached the heights that his ability called for in ODI cricket. Nonetheless, he has been one of the most destructive batsmen in the world over the last few years and holds the priceless ability to win a match single-handedly, making him a must-have in any ODI XI.

In fact, most cricketers would bite their arm off to have Sehwag’s record of 8,273 runs in ODI cricket at an average of 35.05 and an exceptional strike-rate of 104.33, but the consensus that the Delhi opener could have achieved more in limited-overs cricket only goes to illustrate the extremely high regard he is held in.

He is, after all, one of only three men to have scored a double hundred in ODIs, having scored 219 off just 149 balls against West Indies in December 2011.