Asia XIODI2005–2007

Asia XI in ODI Cricket

The Asian composite side that dominated the Afro-Asia Cup fixtures: 7 matches, 4 wins.

Played

Won

Lost

Tied / NR

66.7%

Win %

Excludes no-results

At home

0% of matches

By Vishal Jaiswal · Published 14 September 2026 · Updated 23 September 2026 · Sources

Asia XI played six Afro-Asia Cup ODIs plus one tsunami relief fixture in early 2005. The archive covers each.

The Afro-Asia Cup

Asia XI was assembled for the Afro-Asia Cup - a short-lived experiment pairing composite XIs from Asia and Africa against each other. Two editions were held: 2005 in South Africa and 2007 in India. Asia XI drew the 2005 series 1-1 with a no-result and won the 2007 series 3-0.

The seven ODIs

Six Afro-Asia Cup ODIs across two editions, plus one 2005 tsunami relief benefit ODI against the World XI at the MCG. The results were 4 wins, 2 losses and 1 no-result.

Who played

The squad drew primarily from India (Ganguly, Dravid, Yuvraj, Kumble), Sri Lanka (Jayasuriya, Muralitharan, Jayawardene), Pakistan (Youhana, Afridi, Inzamam) and Bangladesh (Ashraful).

Head-to-head

Asia XI’s ODI opponents were Africa XI (4 wins, 1 loss, 1 NR) and World XI (1 loss).

Since

The Afro-Asia Cup has not been held since 2007. Talks about reviving it have surfaced periodically but no fixture has followed.

What CricArcade shows

CricArcade lets you pick a cross-nation XI at any point and see how it plays. The Asia XI record is on the archive above.

Asia XI results by decade

Won
Lost
Tied / NR

Every ODI Asia XI have played, 2005–2007. Source: archive index.

Asia XI: most-played opponents

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	T / NR	Win %
Africa XI	6	4	1	1	80%
ICC World XI	1	0	1	0	0%

Wins column excludes no-results from the denominator.

Batting records

Squad ceiling: Drawn from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
Composite selection across countries
Highest score: MS Dhoni 139* · MS Dhoni
vs Africa XI, Chennai, 2007
Captains: Sourav Ganguly (tsunami ODI), Inzamam-ul-Haq (2005), Mahela Jayawardene (2007)
Rotated between series

Bowling records

Best figures: 4/36 · Dilhara Fernando
vs Africa XI, Chennai, 2007
Leading wicket-taker: Zaheer Khan · Zaheer Khan
13 wickets across the two Afro-Asia Cups
Format: Composite XI
Never repeated since 2007

Team records

ODIs played: 7
2005 (3) + 2005 tsunami (1) + 2007 (3)
Wins: 4
Dominated the Afro-Asia Cup fixtures
Format: Discontinued
Afro-Asia Cup last held 2007

Notable matches

2005, Melbourne - the tsunami relief ODI. Asia XI played World XI in a benefit match for the December 2004 tsunami relief effort.
2007, Chennai - the 3-0 series win over Africa XI, sealed at the Chidambaram.

Full match archive

#	DATE	MATCH	VENUE	RESULT	Scorecard
2589	2007-06-10	Asia XI v Africa XI	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Asia XI won by 13 runs	SCORECARD
2588	2007-06-09	Asia XI v Africa XI	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Asia XI won by 31 runs	SCORECARD
2587	2007-06-06	Asia XI v Africa XI	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	Asia XI won by 34 runs	SCORECARD
2271	2005-08-21	Africa XI v Asia XI	Kingsmead	No result	SCORECARD
2270	2005-08-20	Asia XI v Africa XI	Kingsmead	Asia XI won by 17 runs	SCORECARD
2269	2005-08-17	Africa XI v Asia XI	SuperSport Park	Africa XI won by 2 runs	SCORECARD
2203	2005-01-10	ICC World XI v Asia XI	Melbourne Cricket Ground	ICC World XI won by 112 runs	SCORECARD