Dubai, Dec 23: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, fiery opener Virender Sehwag and five other Indians are among 48 players in the fray for the ICC dream ODI team being selected to mark the 40th anniversary of the one-day format.
Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has also been nominated for the opener’s slot in the dream team.
India's World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev is in the running for the all-rounder's slot while current skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be competing with seven others for the wicketkeeping position.
Harbhajan Singh and Anl Kumble, along with six others, will fight for the lone spinner in the dream team.
'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.
'With the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 now less than two months away, excitement and interest in the one-day format of the game will intensify. We know that fans will enjoy having the chance to remember some of the great games and great players to have played in ODI cricket during the past 40 years,' said ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat.
The names will be announced on January 5 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first-ever ODI match between Australia and England.
Nominees for the Dream Team:
Opening batsmen (2) - Saeed Anwar, Sourav Ganguly, Gordon Greenidge, Matthew Hayden, Sanath Jayasuriya, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Glenn Turner
Middle-order batsmen (3) - Michael Bevan, Martin Crowe, Aravinda de Silva, Inzamam-ul Haq, Brian Lara, Javed Miandad, Ricky Ponting, Viv Richards
All-rounder (1) - Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, Andrew Flintoff, Richard Hadlee, Jacques Kallis, Imran Khan, Lance Klusener, Shaun Pollock
Wicketkeeper (1) - Mark Boucher, MS Dhoni, Andy Flower Adam Gilchrist, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Moin Khan, Alec Stewart, Kumar Sangakkara
Fast bowlers (3) - Wasim Akram, Allan Donald, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Dennis Lillee, Glenn McGrath, Chaminda Vaas, Waqar Younis
Spinners (1) - Shahid Afridi, Carl Hooper, Anil Kumble, Muttiah Muralitharan, Saqlain Mushtaq, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Warne, Daniel Vettori.
