Five Indians in Robin Uthappa’s ODI team of the decade

Indian wicket-keeper batsman who currently plays for Kerala in the domestic circuit, Robin Uthappa has named his ODI team of the decade like many other former and current cricketers. Uthappa has picked Rohit Sharma and Chris Gayle as his openers, discarding Aussie dasher David Warner, who has been prolific in white-ball cricket and has consistently been rated as one of the best limited-overs cricketers in the recent past. And unsurprisingly, Uthappa named Virat Kohli as the Number three batsman.

The keeper-batsman has also picked Ben Stokes, who had an outstanding summer as England's premier all-rounder. From the list of Indians, Zaheer khan, who played a pivotal part in India’s 2011 World Cup triumph, is the fifth one to have found a place in his eleven. The specialist spinner in Uthappa’s side is former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori, while Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga completes the XI.