India's top order trio over the history decade Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Saurav Ganguly dominate nominations for the openers' slot to pick the greatest One-day International team of all time. The International Cricket Council's official website,www.icc-cricket.com, has asked fans to vote for their all-time favourite line-up as well as their vision game, to mark the 40th centenary of the first-ever ODI game played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Club on January 16, 1971.Seven Indian players are among the 48 and three India games are featured in the 10 matches shortlisted for the purpose.
The contest is also likely to give early momentum to the build-up for the World Cup, which kicks off on Feb. 19. "Supporters can vote on www.icc-cricket.com until Jan 2 to make their selections. They can also send in their dream teams and favourite matches via www.facebook/cricketicc or www.twitter.com/cricketicc," ICC said in a statement.Fans can vote in six categories - openers, middle-order batsmen, all-rounder, wicketkeeper, fast bowlers and spinners. No Indian finds mention in the nominations for picking three middle-order batsmen and among the eight nominations of fast bowlers to choose three.
Kapil Dev is among the eight competing for the lone all-rounder's slot and MS Dhoni is in the race with seven others for the wicketkeeper's position. Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh are in the estimate for the single spinner's berth although Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan are in the eight-man list.Two of India's unforgettable victories find mention - the stunning 43-run upset over West Indies in the 1983 World Cup final and the 5-run thriller versus Pakistan in Karachi in 2004. The other India game is the final heartbreaker Pakistan's one-wicket win following Javed Miandad's last ball six, at Sharjah in 1986.
The contest is also likely to give early momentum to the build-up for the World Cup, which kicks off on Feb. 19. "Supporters can vote on www.icc-cricket.com until Jan 2 to make their selections. They can also send in their dream teams and favourite matches via www.facebook/cricketicc or www.twitter.com/cricketicc," ICC said in a statement.Fans can vote in six categories - openers, middle-order batsmen, all-rounder, wicketkeeper, fast bowlers and spinners. No Indian finds mention in the nominations for picking three middle-order batsmen and among the eight nominations of fast bowlers to choose three.
Kapil Dev is among the eight competing for the lone all-rounder's slot and MS Dhoni is in the race with seven others for the wicketkeeper's position. Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh are in the estimate for the single spinner's berth although Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan are in the eight-man list.Two of India's unforgettable victories find mention - the stunning 43-run upset over West Indies in the 1983 World Cup final and the 5-run thriller versus Pakistan in Karachi in 2004. The other India game is the final heartbreaker Pakistan's one-wicket win following Javed Miandad's last ball six, at Sharjah in 1986.
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