World Ambidextrous ODI XI of the 21st Century

Ambidextrous people are those who can use both their hands to good effect (if not equal) for various tasks. Some people can even use both their hands for writing. The game of cricket has seen quite a few stars coming from such a breed. There are those who can switch from a right-hander to being a left-hander or vice-versa while batting – like Kevin Pietersen, David Warner and Glenn Maxwell; while some can throw with either of their arms with equal effectiveness such as Suresh Raina, Sachin Tendulkar, only to name a few.Some are right-handed cricketers but left-handed in life, such as Sachin Tendulkar, who bats and bowls right-handed but uses his left hand for writing and uses his left hand to hold the racquet when playing table tennis.Here I have looked at international cricketers from the 21st century who bat right-handed while using their left arm to bowl or vice-versa and tried and build an ODI XI out of them.It is interesting that it is advised that while batting the stronger hand should be the top hand. This means if you are a right-handed person and right is your stronger hand then it should be your top hand while batting. Going by this theory a right-handed person should bat left-handed in order to get that strong and smooth flow of the top hand while playing drives.There is also the example of Kusal Perera, who used to bat right-handed till his early teenage but was so much influenced by Sanath Jayasuriya that he turned into a left-handed batsman in order to bat like him.George Bailey, who is a right-hander, can be seen using his left arm for throwing the ball from the outfield – apparently the result of some sort of an injury.Selections of players into this team have been made based on their suitability in the team combination.Minimum qualification: 500 International runs and 500 balls bowled in International Cricket (50 for the wicket-keeper)Special mentions: Michael Hussey (Aus), Albie Morkel (SA), Stuart Broad (Eng)

#1 Chris Gayle (WI)

Even the name is enough to send shivers down the spine of any opposition. He is probably the most dangerous batsman if he gets going. The left-handed Caribbean batsman can annihilate any bowling attack on his day and win the game single-handedly. 

He is more than useful with his part-time off-spinners. He can be used to control the flow of runs in the middle overs with his well-controlled line and length combined with the decent pace at which he bowls. He also has the rare capability to dart some surprise yorkers which have yielded him quite a few wickets in his career.