who would you pick to be in your world 11

who would you pick from any current international to be in your wolrld 11

I'd go:

Alistair Cook (C)

David Warner

Steve Smith

Virat Kohli

Joe Root

AB de Villiers (K) or maybe Sangakkara

Shakib Al Hasan

Vernon Philander

Dale Steyn

Jimmy Anderson

Rangana Herath

Alistair Cook
Chris Rogers/Warner after Rogers retires
Steve Smith
AB de Villiers
Sangakarra/Root after Sangakarra retires
Shakib Al Hasan as my all rounder
Sarfez Ahmed as my wicker keeper
Dale Steyn
Jimmy Anderson
Trent Boult
Yasir Shah as my spinner

Considering the imminent retirements of Rogers and Sangakarra I've given cover for them. The batsmen otherwise pretty much picked themselves on form/history. The only ones I wish I could have slotted in are Azhar Ali or Younis Khan.
The toughest thing with a current squad is picking a 3rd seamer to compliment Anderson and Steyn, it was tough to choose between Starc, Boult, Southee and Broad. A spinner was also difficult given Ajmal and Herath are both in terrible form and on the verge of leaving cricket. Yasir Shah, Ashwin and Lyon were who I was tossing up between, given I picked Al Hasan as an all rounder I've got good cover for spin.

I went Philander as a third seamer partly for his runs, but I'll admit the four you named are arguably better bowlers, I'd probably also go Boult - the batting looks strong enough anyway! Spinner I really wasn't sure, there's no stand out spinners right now really, but Shakib I agreed with as good cover. Keeper was tough, for me AB, but 6 in the order is low for him, same with Sanga. Kohli is a doubt in my side due to poor form too, and I'd be tempted to put in Angelo Mathews somewhere for strong batting and a little more bowling.

For tests:

1. David Warner
2. Brendon McCullum
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Younis Khan
5/6. Michael Clarke (C)
5/6. A.B De Villiers 
7. BJ Watling (Wk)
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Dale Steyn
10. James Anderson
11. Nathon Lyon
12th man: Hashim Amla

I thought for a long time about Amla, but I decided that Younis Khan had been too classy for too long to ignore. I'll admit that the main reason that I haven't included Steve Smith is because I'm still upset by how he got out yesterday  but I'll happily back Michael Clarke in his place even when he's this far out of form. McCullum and Warner would make for some entertaining cricket at the top (although the solidity of the middle order and the lack of quality openers at the moment are the main reason I'd go for such an explosive opening partnership), but my favourite part is definitely the bowling attack... The idea of Steyn, Johnson and Anderson all on the same pitch is just mouth watering, while Lyon has shown for years that he plays the supporting role extremely well.

The only thing I'm really unhappy about is the lack of a sturdy fifth bowling option- De Villiers and Clarke aren't exactly brilliant with the ball but you have to make some sacrifices...

1. Kusal Perera

2. Brendan Mccullum

3.Kumar Sangakkara/Shane Watson(after KUMAR retires)

4. Ab De Villiers

5.Shakib Al Hasan

6.Ms Dhoni

7.Kieron Pollard

8. Ravichandran Ashwin

9.James Anderson

10.Lasith Malinga

11.Zulfiqar Babar

Wow, that's an seriously aggressive team! Could probably beat anyone in ODIs...

If I were to pick an ODI/t20 team, I'd probably go:

Warner/Gayle

McCullum

Amla now Sangakkara has gone, possibly Kohli in t20

de Villiers

Roooooooooot

Perera/Buttler

Shakib Al Hasan

Afridi (though I think he's well past his peak now sadly)

Russell (the least safe, picked ahead of Steyn for his aggressive batting)

Narine

Anderson/Malinga for t20

Tried also including at least one from each nation, but no Zimbabwean has yet proved themselves quite worthy of selection, especially as many of the best quit to play county cricket. Possibly Ervine/Masakadza but I have no idea, Jarvis and Taylor recently quit and arguably Gary Ballance as another option. I was quite surprised how easy it was to find one or two standout players from each nation and fit them in, my team could do with another all rounder who can bat up the order so it has 6 bowlers (Stokes would probably be my choice in a few years) but realistically this team bats down to no. 9 and can't be too bad if I've omitted Steyn!

Nasser Hussain picked his world XI from current players yesterday, and I have to admit it looks incredible:

1. David Warner
2. Hashim Amla
3. Kane Williamson
4. Virat Kohli
5. Steve Smith
6. Joe Root
7. A.B. De Villiers
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Dale Steyn
10. James Anderson
11. Rangana Herath

I'm a little unconvinced by having Amla open the batting in tests (although he does the job very well in ODIs) but numbers 3-7 look incredible. Any team with Root all the way down at 6 and De Villiers at 7 must be doing something right... The only other question is whether De Villiers would still be a viable keeping option but even with that in mind the batting advantages would probably be worth it.

In test

1.David Warner

2.Alastair Cook

3.Hashim Amla

4.Virat Kohli

5.Joe Root

6.Angelo Mathews

7.AB De Villiers

8.Ravindra Jadeja

9.Mitchell Stark

10.Tim Southee

11.Nathan Lyon

I'd open with a couple of big hitters, probably Tal and Morphy.

For the lower order I'd have to go with the phenomenal talents of Fischer, Kasparov and Capablanca.

Alekhine, Lasker and Steinitz should cover the middle order, and for a solid, dependable tail I'd pick Petrosian, Spassky and Botvinnik.

Unbeatable!

for t20

gayle

warner

kohli

ab de villeirs

yuvraj

buttler

ashwin

starc

bhuvaneshwar kumar

yasir shah

mustafizur rahman

for test

Kholi

Pujara

Steve Smith

Joe root

KL Rahul

Williamson

Ashwin

de cock

Jadeja

Ishant Sharma

herath.

maybe dwayne bravo instead of kl rahul

de kock would probably open with pujara if i took kl rahul but if not kl rahul would be opener.

The team i picked in the ipls fantasy league was 

1.Gautam Gambihr

2.Nitish Rana

3.Virat Kholi

4.Ajinkya Rahane

5.AB de Villiers

6.Hardik Pandya

7.Ravindra Jadeja

8.Yuvraj Singh

9.Imran Tahir

10.Rashid Khan

11.Andrew Tye

probably gonna take out the last two i am on the budget though.

Instead of picking the stat wise best players i picked best players from teams and players who have done well recently. Nitish Rana is doing well but was very cheap.

For T20,I would choose:

1.David Warner

2.Brendon Mccullum

3.Virat Kohli

4.AB DE Villiers

5.Ben Stokes

6.MS Dhoni

7.Thisara Perera

8.Sunil Narine

9.M Mclenaghan

10.Samuel Badree

11.Lasith Malinga

That team is very strong in batting

Up to Mc clenaghan,everyone packs a punch especially Narine as we see in the Vivo IPL 2017

Even rarely Badree and Malinga have hit the ball very well

Malinga has a 50 in ODI as well