Montitude Discussion : What should be India's playing 11 for the first odi?

Question

I will play 6 batsmen & 5 bowlers (Pathan as all-rounder)

Here goes Montitude's winning combo -

1) Sachin Tendulkar/Sehwag (it should be right-left combo)
2)Gautam Gambhir
3)Yuvraj Singh
4)Saurav Ganguly/Rohit Sharma (If dada rested then Sachin)
5)Robin Uthappa
6) Dhoni boy
7)Irfan Pathan
8)Harbhajan Singh/Kartik (on a turning track,i will use both)
9) Zaheer
10)Sreesanth
11)R.PSingh

I think 4 fast bowlers are required. Sachin,Yuvi can always bowl part time spins.

I would love to see Rohit Sharma play in atleast 1 game if not 2-3

Do give me your suggessions.

Answer 1

If India decides to field 4 bowlers and pathan as an all rounder, either Gautam gambhir or Sehwag will have to be dropped. having selected Sehwag, I feel that gautam Gambhir will have to sit out. I still feel that India should open
with Ganguly and Tendulkar as they are the most successful opening pairs in ODI for India. Sehwag can come at No. 3.
Otherwise I concur with your suggestion.

Answer 2

1)Sachin Tendulkar
2)Sourav Ganguly
3)Rohit SHarma
4)Robin Uthappa
5)Yuvraj Singh
6)Dhoni
7)Irfan Pathan
8)harbhajan Singh
9)Murali Kartik
10)Zaheer Khan
11)RP singh

Answer 3

1. Sachin
2. Gambhir
3. Uthappa
4. Yuvraj Singh
5. Dhoni
6. R Sharma
7. Pathan
8. H Singh/M Karthik - depending on the pitch
9. Zaheer
10. SreeSanth
11. RP Singh.

This will be my playing XI.

Answer 4

both harbhajan and kartik should play

Answer 5

Sehwag
Gambhir
Sachin
Uthappa
Yuvraj
Dhoni
Pathan
Harbhajan
P.Kumar/Karthik/Sreesanth
Zaheer
R.P.Singh.