Draft: The Exclusive Club Draft

[Viper.]

I have one pick left and that will be my proxy. Happy to have saved that for the last it's certainly not gonna be the least

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Suresh Raina (CWC Champion - 2011)

I desperately needed a left handed middle order batter in my team, which was full of right handed batsmen until now, and Suresh Raina just clicks. I think the world has forgotten the Raina of the yester-years where he was so reliable and consistent, always held up one end, quick between the wickets and batted with a healthy strike rate. Other batsmen loved building partnerships with him. A complete team player who celebrates his partners achievements even more than they do.

ODI World Cup:

Batting	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
ODI World Cup	2011-2015	12	9	3	358	110*	59.66	333	107.50	1	2	0	30	9

Exclusive Enigmas

1. Tillakaratne Dilshan
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Don Bradman
4. Suresh Raina
5. Andrew Symonds
6. MS Dhoni
7. Shane Watson
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. 
   
10. Saeed Ajmal
11. Lasith Malinga

@Aravind. for his penultimate pick

 

[Aravind.]

Andy Bichel one of the top gun from 2003 world cup, 16 wickets in 8 matches with bowling average of 12 and handy with bat with 117 runs with one 50.


Hayden
Gambhir
Rahul Dravid
Jayawardene
Pietersen
Stokes
Sunil Narine
Andy Bichel
Andy Roberts
Michael Holding
?

@CerealKiller

 

[Fenil]

Suresh Raina (CWC Champion - 2011)

I desperately needed a left handed middle order batter in my team, which was full of right handed batsmen until now, and Suresh Raina just clicks. I think the world has forgotten the Raina of the yester-years where he was so reliable and consistent, always held up one end, quick between the wickets and batted with a healthy strike rate. Other batsmen loved building partnerships with him. A complete team player who celebrates his partners achievements even more than they do.

ODI World Cup:

Batting	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
ODI World Cup	2011-2015	12	9	3	358	110*	59.66	333	107.50	1	2	0	30	9

Exclusive Enigmas

1. Tillakaratne Dilshan
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Don Bradman
4. Suresh Raina
5. Andrew Symonds
6. MS Dhoni
7. Shane Watson
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. 
   
10. Saeed Ajmal
11. Lasith Malinga

@Aravind. for his penultimate pick

Brilliant pick although don't you think Symonds at 4 and Raina at 5 would make more sense?

 

[Fenil]

Andy Bichel one of the top gun from 2003 world cup, 16 wickets in 8 matches with bowling average of 12 and handy with bat with 117 runs with one 50.


Hayden
Gambhir
Rahul Dravid
Jayawardene
Pietersen
Stokes
Sunil Narine
Andy Bichel
Andy Roberts
Michael Holding
?

@CerealKiller

Umm if you see the numbers more closely, the brilliant 7/20 spell aside, he has managed to grab only 9 wickets in 7 matches... He was an excellent utility player though

 

[Aravind.]

Umm if you see the numbers more closely, the brilliant 7/20 spell aside, he has managed to grab only 9 wickets in 7 matches... He was an excellent utility player though

He still picked 9 wickets in 7 and has overall 16 wickets with avg of 12, so basically whenever he bowled atleast made a breakthrough, not bad to bowl alongside Holding and Roberts, plus he did well with bat too.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Brilliant pick although don't you think Symonds at 4 and Raina at 5 would make more sense?

If this were only an ODI draft I would put Raina at 5. But since this is a limited overs draft with ODIs+T20Is hence I am putting Raina at 4. He plays more often in Top-Middle order in T20s.

 

[Fenil]

If this were only an ODI draft I would put Raina at 5. But since this is a limited overs draft with ODIs+T20Is hence I am putting Raina at 4. He plays more often in Top-Middle order in T20s.

Fair thought

 

[Viper.]

If this were only an ODI draft I would put Raina at 5. But since this is a limited overs draft with ODIs+T20Is hence I am putting Raina at 4. He plays more often in Top-Middle order in T20s.

Ngl since you said you can use any stat to justify picks, I thought this was general all-format. That's why I picked Gavaskar and Jimmy at the first place

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Ngl since you said you can use any stat to justify picks, I thought this was general all-format. That's why I picked Gavaskar and Jimmy at the first place

Hey man, you certainly can. I never said that you cannot use your general-all-format stats to justify a pick.

I made my pick and team using my own justifications. But that doesn't mean I discard other forms of validations for a pick.

As long as your pick is able to justify its inclusion in the exclusive line up, it doesn't matter what format/stat/etc is used.

 

[Viper.]

Yup exactly my thoughts . Cool

 

[CerealKiller]

Virender Sehwag
Sanath Jayasuriya
Virat Kohli
Javed Miandad
Arjuna Ranatunga
Jos Buttler
Shahid Afridi
Wasim Akram
9.
Waqar Younis
Joel Garner

Ranatunga had an average of 120 and strike rate of 114... in 1996. Insane.
@Verified Enigma

 

[noducksallowed]

Virender Sehwag
Sanath Jayasuriya
Virat Kohli
Javed Miandad
Arjuna Ranatunga
Jos Buttler
Shahid Afridi
Wasim Akram
9.
Waqar Younis
Joel Garner

Ranatunga had an average of 120 and strike rate of 114... in 1996. Insane.
@Verified Enigma

I have vague memories of watching Ranatunga's innings against India, on vhs I think for the 96 world cup. Sri Lanka won the game there.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Mohammad Amir
via the 2009 WT20 basis

Mohammad Amir would have ended up being one of the best pace bowlers of all time if not for the scandals early on in his career and ugly politics later on following his return. And his only stint at the ODI World Cup proves that, where he ended up taking 17 wickets in only 8 matches he played in. I enjoy watching Amir bowl, he is still 31, I hope he somehow gets eligible to play for UK and we see him back in internationals. Well one can always wish...

Pic dedicated to @Na Maloom Afraad

World Cup Stats:

Bowling	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODI World Cup	2019-2019	8	8	73.0	5	358	17	5/30	21.05	4.90	25.7	0	1

Bowling	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
T20 World Cup	2009-2016	17	17	62.0	3	445	17	3/23	26.17	7.17	21.8	0	0

Exclusive Enigmas - Final Lineup

1. Tillakaratne Dilshan (WT20 2014)
2. Sachin Tendulkar (CWC 2011)
3. Don Bradman (Proxy Pick)
4. Suresh Raina (CWC 2011)
5. Andrew Symonds (CWC 2003 & CWC 2007)
6. MS Dhoni (WT20 2007 & CWC 2011)
7. Shane Watson (CWC 2007 & CWC 2015)
8. Mitchell Johnson (CWC 2015)
9. Mohammad Amir (WT20 2009)
10. Saeed Ajmal (WT20 2009)
11. Lasith Malinga (WT20 2014)

That completes my team with Don Bradman standing out as the proxy pick.

Over to @CerealKiller to complete his side.

 

[CerealKiller]

Virender Sehwag
Sanath Jayasuriya
Virat Kohli
Javed Miandad
Arjuna Ranatunga
Jos Buttler
Shahid Afridi
Wasim Akram
Pat Cummins
Waqar Younis
Joel Garner

The 2023 winning captain completes my team.

@Viper.