Dream Team

Dhoni to captain Vaughan's all-time XI
CricketCountry Staff April 7, 2018 2:54 PM IST
Michael Vaughan has not followed the rule of picking a maximum of four overseas players.
Tendulkar to open, Imran to lead in Younis' formidable All-Time XI
CricketCountry Staff April 1, 2018 1:31 PM IST
3 West Indians, 2 Australians, 2 Pakistanis, 1 Indian, 1 South African, 1 Sri Lankan and 1 New Zealander in Younis Khan's All-Time XI.
The apostles of catastrophe: an apostrophe XI
Abhishek Mukherjee March 5, 2018 8:30 AM IST
The apostrophes have an explosive batting line-up, a string of all-rounders, and a legendary leg-spinner.
Year-ender: Test XI of 2017
Suvajit Mustafi January 2, 2018 8:00 AM IST
This piece is about acknowledging the best performers of 2017 and chalking out an XI of them. Suvajit Mustafi selects the 2017 Test XI.
Border to lead Ponting's Australia all-time Ashes XI
CricketCountry Staff November 23, 2017 7:40 PM IST
Ricky Ponting dons the selector's hat as he pens down his Australian All-Time Ashes XI from players who have featured in the contest from the
World XI of all-rounders: As elite as they make them
Michael Jones October 9, 2017 9:06 PM IST
Most XIs, real or fantasy, consist mostly of specialist batsmen and bowlers with one or two all-rounders and a wicketkeeper-batsman if they are available.
Test wicketkeepers XI: Formidable batsmen, spirited bowlers
Abhishek Mukherjee September 28, 2017 9:49 AM IST
To qualify, every member has to have been the official wicketkeeper in at least one Test. The cricketers will also be picked based on their
‘Ambidextrous’ XI 2: Left-handed batsmen, right-handed bowlers
Abhishek Mukherjee September 19, 2017 1:38 PM IST
This lists comprises of men who bowl with their right hand and batted left-handed.
‘Ambidextrous’ XI 1: Right-handed batsmen, left-handed bowlers
Abhishek Mukherjee September 14, 2017 9:40 PM IST
Here is a list of those who batted right-handed hand and bowled left-arm.
An XI of left-handers: all is right with these men
Abhishek Mukherjee September 6, 2017 9:12 PM IST
This is an XI based on the men who batted *and* bowled left-handed and had played Test cricket.
The hyphenated XI: Sartre, double-barrelled surnames, and all that
Abhishek Mukherjee July 27, 2017 6:46 PM IST
These are the 11 most accomplished cricketers with hyphens in their names, not the 11 most spectacular names.
No Sachin Tendulkar in Alastair Cook’s All-Time XI
CricketCountry Staff July 18, 2017 8:53 AM IST
Alastair Cook is the only cricketer in vicinity to overhaul Sachin Tendulkar's tally of 15,921 Test runs.
The T’s: Terrific batting, terrifying bowling
Arunabha Sengupta July 16, 2017 8:00 AM IST
Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with T, Arunabha Sengupta comes across magical names.
The S’s: Spoilt for choice from a simply superb squad
Arunabha Sengupta July 14, 2017 8:26 PM IST
Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with S, CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta is spoilt for choice from a simply superb squad.
Alphabetical XI Appendix: The small-sample Side
Arunabha Sengupta July 26, 2017 8:00 AM IST
CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta has now formed a XI out of the men who were dropped from Alphabetical XI because they did not play too