Name the elevens. The year answers.
Pick two sides and a ground. Crease finds the summer their careers share, dresses them in that year's shirts, and calls every ball. Scores follow the players, not a script.
blue with a yellow sash
- 1
Upul Tharanga
bat · 34 · 2005–2019
- 2
Tillakaratne Dilshan
ar · offspin · bowl 38 · 1999–2016
- 3
Kumar Sangakkara
wk · 41 · 2000–2015
- 4
Mahela Jayawardene
bat · medium · 33.4 · 1997–2015
- 5
Thilan Samaraweera
bat · offspin · 28 · 1998–2013
- 6
Chamara Kapugedera
bat · medium · 22 · 2006–2017
- 7
Nuwan Kulasekara
bowl · swing · bowl 32 · 2003–2017
- 8
Thisara Perera
ar · medium · bowl 32 · 2009–2021
- 9
Lasith Malinga
bowl · pace · bowl 28.9 · 2004–2019
- 10
Suraj Randiv
bowl · offspin · bowl 36 · 2009–2016
- 11
Muttiah Muralitharan
bowl · offspin · bowl 23.1 · 1992–2011
deep blue, gold on the shoulder
- 1
Virender Sehwag
bat · offspin · 35.3 · 1999–2013
- 2
Sachin Tendulkar
bat · legspin · 44.8 · 1989–2013
- 3
Gautam Gambhir
bat · 39.7 · 2003–2016
- 4
Virat Kohli
bat · 57.5 · 2008–2026
- 5
MS Dhoni
wk · 50.6 · 2004–2019
- 6
Yuvraj Singh
ar · leftspin · bowl 38 · 2000–2017
- 7
Suresh Raina
bat · offspin · 35.3 · 2005–2018
- 8
Harbhajan Singh
bowl · offspin · bowl 33.4 · 1998–2016
- 9
Zaheer Khan
bowl · swing · bowl 29.4 · 2000–2015
- 10
Munaf Patel
bowl · seam · bowl 34 · 2006–2011
- 11
Sreesanth
bowl · pace · bowl 33 · 2005–2011
A flat one. The ball comes on, and anything short sits up.
Dated cleanly
2011
2009–2011 is the window in which 22 of 22 named players were all still playing. The match is dated 2010. Perera, Randiv and Kohli had just arrived, and Murali, Patel and Sreesanth were near the end.
Wankhede, the night the cup came home. Simulated from the records, not replayed.