{"id":6815,"date":"2019-12-29T10:24:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T04:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/?p=6815"},"modified":"2019-12-29T10:24:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T04:54:56","slug":"harsha-bhogle-picks-his-odi-xi-of-the-year-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/news\/harsha-bhogle-picks-his-odi-xi-of-the-year-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Harsha Bhogle picks his ODI XI of the year 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>In a bid to fight for the biggest ODI prize &#8211; CWC19, cricketers gave it their all in ODIs this year. Watch as Harsha Bhogle picks his ODI XI of 2019, would yours be different? Tell us using #BestOf2019<\/h3>\n<p>The cricket expert Harsha Bhogle picked India\u2019s Rohit Sharma and England\u2019s Jason Roy as his opening batsman in the ODI Team of the year for 2019. Rohit Sharma has struck seven centuries in ODIs in the year, while Jason Roy had a strike rate of almost 120. Roy has made a tremendous impact during the ICC World Cup 2019 for England by scoring runs at an average of 70.41.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Best of 2019: Harsha Bhogle picks his ODI XI of the year\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nNjIvMbst8A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Virat Kohli at number 3, Babar Azam at number 4:<\/h3>\n<p>Without any ray of a doubt, Harsha Bhogle picked Virat Kohli to be his number 3 batsman. The skipper of the Indian National Cricket Team has scored almost 1,300 runs in 24 innings in the year at an average of 58.72. For number 4 slot, he asked Babar Azam to do the job for his team. He has amassed 1092 runs at an average of 60.66.<\/p>\n<p>Then comes Shakib Al Hasan in the lineup, who had a sensational World Cup in England earlier this year. He scored runs at an average of 93.25 and took 13 wickets for the team. At number 6, Harsha Bhogle chose Ben Stokes, who had a memorable year. He delivered the goods when it mattered the most to garner a massive name. He scored 719 runs in 20 games at an average of 59.71 and picked 12 wickets.<\/p>\n<p>For wicket-keeper slot, Harsha Bhogle picked Jos Buttler, who can strike big for the team down the order. He averaged 47 in this year to score 667 runs in 16 games. Coming to the fast bowling department, Harsha Bhogle picked Mitchell Starc alongside Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer.<\/p>\n<p>He believes the trio will do the job on any surface, and at any stage of the game. For the remaining spinner slot, he asked Kuldeep Yadav to finish the lineup. Besides the ODI team of the year, Harsha also picked the Alternate ODI Team of the year, as he feels 2019 season had witnessed quality performances from many superstars of the game.<\/p>\n<h3>Harsha Bhogle\u2019s ODI Team of the year:<\/h3>\n<p>Rohit Sharma, Jason Roy, Virat Kohli, Babar Azam, Shakib Al Hasan, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Mitchell Starc, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, and Kuldeep Yadav<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-title\"><a class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-a\" title=\"Harsha Bhogle Picks his Best Test XI of the Year 2019\n\nThe year gone by saw impeccable Test performances from players across sides. From Steve Smith's comeback to Ben Stokes' heroics and Mohammed Shami's stunning run, the longest format of the game was never short of stellar performances. Watch Harsha Bhogle pick his Test XI of 2019. Would yours look different?\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/news\/harsha-bhogle-picks-his-best-test-xi-of-the-year-2019\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-origin=\"6815\" data-position=\"1\">Harsha Bhogle Picks his Best Test XI of the Year 2019<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"jp-relatedposts-post jp-relatedposts-post2 jp-relatedposts-post-thumbs\" data-post-id=\"6812\" data-post-format=\"false\">\n<h4 class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-title\"><a class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-a\" title=\"Harsha Bhogle picks his T20 XI of the year 2019\n\nWith so many stellar performances in T20Is and T20 leagues across the world, picking the best XI of 2019 can be a tough task. Watch as Harsha Bhogle takes it up and lists his T20 XI of the year. What would yours look like? Tell us using #Bestof2019 Players: AB\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/news\/harsha-bhogle-picks-his-t20-xi-of-the-year-2019\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-origin=\"6815\" data-position=\"2\">Harsha Bhogle picks his T20 XI of the year 2019<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to fight for the biggest ODI prize &#8211; CWC19, cricketers gave it their all in ODIs this &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Harsha Bhogle picks his ODI XI of the year 2019\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/news\/harsha-bhogle-picks-his-odi-xi-of-the-year-2019\/#more-6815\" aria-label=\"More on Harsha Bhogle picks his ODI XI of the year 2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Harsha-Bhogle-picks-his-ODI-XI-of-the-year-2019.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}