All-time IPL XI : The final nominees
Five phases of voting and over 220,000 votes later, we have the final nominees for our all-time IPL XI
ESPNcricinfo staff
09-May-2017
After over a month of polling, spread over five phases, we have our long list of 31 probables to pick the final IPL all-time XI from. Apart from the response being overwhelming throughout the five phases, our readers have fared well in adhering to the restriction of picking only four overseas players in the final XI. Accordingly, there are 14 overseas players - five of them allrounders - and 17 Indians on this list, from which our panel will vote to decide the final XI.
The Openers
Noteworthy omissions : Michael Hussey (1.8k votes), Robin Uthappa (1.3k votes), Shikhar Dhawan (774 votes)
The batsmen
Noteworthy omissions : Dinesh Karthik (2.2k votes)
The allrounders
Noteworthy omissions : Yuvraj Singh (3.3k votes), Jacques Kallis (3k votes), Albie Morkel (1.8k votes)
The spinners
Noteworthy omissions : Muttiah Muralitharan (2k votes)
The seamers
Noteworthy omissions : Morne Morkel (1.1k votes), RP Singh (689 votes)
Our jury, which includes four former Test players (Sanjay Bangar, Aakash Chopra, Brad Hogg, Shaun Tait and Ajit Agarkar) and members of our staff, will now pick the final XI. The number of overseas players in the final XI will be restricted to four, keeping with the IPL's rules. Keep visiting our all-time IPL XI page for updates on the team selection.