World Cup Greatest XI to never have won a World Cup

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Here's my Fantasy XI of players who never won a World Cup (excluding players who never played ODIs or played them only before the first World Cup, as in the case of Sir Garry Sobers, and players who are still active in ODIs).
Note that this is not based on WC stats, but the greatest overall ODI players who've never won the World Cup.

Lots of South Africans, which is predictable, and Pakistanis from the 90s golden era that ended with 1999 final thumping.

:pak: Saeed Anwar
:ind: Sourav Ganguly :c:
:wi: Brian Lara
:sri: Kumar Sangakkara :wkb:
:saf: AB de Villiers
:saf: Jacques Kallis
:saf: Lance Klusener
:nzf: Sir Richard Hadlee
:saf: Allan Donald
:pak: Waqar Younis
:pak: Saqlain Mushtaq
:wi: Curtly Ambrose (12th man)

Honourable mentions : Dravid, Jayawardena, Srinath, Akhtar, Walsh, Vettori, Crowe, Kirsten, Kumble, Boucher, Flower
 

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Here's my Fantasy XI of players who never won a World Cup (excluding players who never played ODIs or played them only before the first World Cup, as in the case of Sir Garry Sobers, and players who are still active in ODIs).
Note that this is not based on WC stats, but the greatest overall ODI players who've never won the World Cup.

Lots of South Africans, which is predictable, and Pakistanis from the 90s golden era that ended with 1999 final thumping.

:pak: Saeed Anwar
:ind: Sourav Ganguly :c:
:wi: Brian Lara
:sri: Kumar Sangakkara :wkb:
:saf: AB de Villiers
:saf: Jacques Kallis
:saf: Lance Klusener
:nzf: Sir Richard Hadlee
:saf: Allan Donald
:pak: Waqar Younis
:pak: Saqlain Mushtaq
:wi: Curtly Ambrose (12th man)

Honourable mentions : Dravid, Jayawardena, Srinath, Akhtar, Walsh, Vettori, Crowe, Kirsten, Kumble, Boucher, Flower

have you forgot imran khan?
 

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Here's my Fantasy XI of players who never won a World Cup (excluding players who never played ODIs or played them only before the first World Cup, as in the case of Sir Garry Sobers, and players who are still active in ODIs).
Note that this is not based on WC stats, but the greatest overall ODI players who've never won the World Cup.

Lots of South Africans, which is predictable, and Pakistanis from the 90s golden era that ended with 1999 final thumping.

:pak: Saeed Anwar
:ind: Sourav Ganguly :c:
:wi: Brian Lara
:sri: Kumar Sangakkara :wkb:
:saf: AB de Villiers
:saf: Jacques Kallis
:saf: Lance Klusener
:nzf: Sir Richard Hadlee
:saf: Allan Donald
:pak: Waqar Younis
:pak: Saqlain Mushtaq
:wi: Curtly Ambrose (12th man)

Honourable mentions : Dravid, Jayawardena, Srinath, Akhtar, Walsh, Vettori, Crowe, Kirsten, Kumble, Boucher, Flower
Yeah that's a good team, I feel sorry for Waqar Younis because the world cups have not been nice to him.
He was injured in the 1992 world cup, 96 was bad for pakistan, 1999 world cup Wasim Akram picked Shoaib Akhtar instead and the only time he played was against Bangladesh which was a embarrassing defeat, 2003 was also bad.
Some people say it was Wasim Akram that didn't pick him for the 1999 World Cup because they were rivals.
 

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My saddest memory is seeing Ganguly and Dravid miss the chance to lay their hands on the World Cup, when we got so damn close in 2003. Also feel the same sadness for Brian Lara, who is one of my all time favorites from a non-India nation. These guys should have experienced that joy of winning a World Cup.
 

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:wi:Chris Gayle :ar:
:saf:Hashim Amla :bat:
:ind:Rahul Dravid :bat:
:sri:Kumar Sangakkara:bat:
:saf:Jacques Kallis:ar:
:saf:AB de Villiers:bat:
:saf:Mark Boucher :wkb:
:ban:Mashrafe Mortaza :c::bwl:
:saf:Dale Steyn :bwl:
:sri:Lasith Malinga :bwl:
:saf:Imran Tahir :bwl:

Players who were unfortunate to miss out
:nz:Grant Elliot :bat:
:nz:Brendon McCullum :bat:
:ita:Kevin O'Brien :ar:
:saf:Graeme Smith :bat:
:eng:Stuart Broad :bwl:
:saf:JP Duminy :ar:
 
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:wi:Chris Gayle :ar:
:saf:Hashim Amla :bat:
:ind:Rahul Dravid :bat:
:sri:Kumar Sangakkara:bat:
:saf:Jacques Kallis:ar:
:saf:AB de Villiers:bat:
:saf:Mark Boucher :wkb:
:ban:Mashrafe Mortaza :c::bwl:
:saf:Dale Steyn :bwl:
:sri:Lasith Malinga :bwl:
:saf:Imran Tahir :bwl:

Players who were unfortunate to miss out
:nz:Grant Elliot :bat:
:nz:Brendon McCullum :bat:
:ita:Kevin O'Brien :ar:
:saf:Graeme Smith :bat:
:eng:Stuart Broad :bwl:
:saf:JP Duminy :ar:
:cheers nice team creatation
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:nzf::wkb: Brendon McCullum
:wi::bat: Chris Gayle
:eng::bat: Kevin Pietersen
:sri::wkb: Kumar Sangakkara
:saf::wkb: Ab de Villiers :c:
:wi::bat: Brian Lara
:ban::ar: Shakib Al Hasan
:pak::bwl: Waqar Younis
:eng::bwl:James Anderson
:sri::bwl: Lasith Malinga
:saf::bwl: Imran Tahir
:nzf::ar: Grant Elliot (12th Man)

P.S Anyone can be the WK, I have 3 options :P

Other Players : Mahela Jayawardena, Sourav Ganguly, Dilshan, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Dale Steyn, Rahul Dravid, Daniel Vettori
 

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:wi: :ar: Chris Gayle
:nzf::bat: Brendon McCullum
:ind::bat: Rahul Dravid
:sri::wkb: Kumar Sangakara
:ind::bat: Sourav Ganguly:c:
:saf::arwk: Jacques Kallis
:ban::arwk: Shakib Al Hassan
:ind::bwl: Anil Kumble
:eng::bwl:James Anderson
:sri::bwl: Chaminda Vaas
:pak::bwl: Shoaib Akhtar

Others Players: AB de Villiers:saf:, Brian Lara:wi:, Lashit Mallinga:sri:,Andrew Flintoff:eng:,Dale Styen:saf:

World Cup greatest XI to never have won world cup in my point of view.
 
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