The all-time men's T20I XI

[rkt.india]

3 hours ago, Pollack said:

Replace Rohit with Watson, dhoni with dekock, afridi with S Narine.

dekock

[rkt.india]

19 minutes ago, Moochad said:

Lol at Rashid Khan and Gul being there

 

Rashid has had 1 good season, and they are already anointing him. Sunil Narine is better, has a longer history, and is even a gifted batsman now!

 

Gul is overrated by the cricinfo jury, I much rather have an allrounder like Watson/Andre Russel at that spot, or a far superior bowler like Starc, even BK is better than Gul

 

Rohit is ok, but Warner is arguable with him, but neither has great numbers in international T20s  iirc

 

Dhoni also weak number wise in internationals, it is probably better to make McCullum or ABD the keeper of the side instead and add a superior batsman 

 

My edited team

1. Gayle

2. Watson

3. Kohli

4. AB

5. Raina

6. McCullum (wk)(c)

7. Andre Russel

8. Bravo

9. Narine

10. Afridi

11. Malinga

 

Batting power until 10 and 6-8 bowling options(Gayle and Raina are good part timers)

 

Raina  

[Moochad]

27 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Raina  

CSK legend 

[sandeep]

This team is clearly based on all-time records, rather than current form.

 

Gul faded away after injury and was basically cannon fodder for a while. But there was a stretch where he was quite dependably good in T20s, and he has the stats to reflect that.  You can argue that even Dwayne Bravo as of today, is not quite the player he used to be.  

 

Fair team from a historical perspective.  

[speedheat]

Dhoni in a t20 team?   that joker wouldn't find a place even in Papua new Guineas t20 team  Sammy should be the captain.

Dhoni in a t20 team  that too as a captain is a perfect recipe of disaster even then if you still want him as a captain then just forget about gul and malinga you will have mohit sharma and and unadcut opening the bowling for you, joginder sharma as allrounder, jaddu as spinner, ishant as bowling coach, raina as number 4 and badrinath opening the batting for you, the drama of you scratch my back first then I will back you will start, csk quota will be introduced, fast bowlers will be humiliated in public. etc etc etc. 

 

Edited June 22, 2018 by speedheat

[Jimmy Cliff]

Surprised to see no mention of Yuvraj. Was an elite T20I player in his prime. 

[philcric]

4 hours ago, Lala said:

http://www.espncricinfo.com/25/content/story/1147522.html

1. Gayle

2. Rohit

3. Kohli

4. AB

5. Mccullum

6. Dhoni (C)

7. Afridi

8. Bravo

9. Rashid

10. Gul

11. Malinga

 

 

Many dodgy selections there.

 

My XI would be ..

 

C Gayle

A Finch

V Kohli

K Pieterson

G Maxwell

+ B McCullum

U Gul

J Bumrah

L Malinga

S Ajmal

I Tahir

 

Narine and Watson narrowly miss out.

 

 

[jusarrived]

4 hours ago, rkt.india said:

Raina  

Raina along with yuvi are only world class T20 batsmen we have produced. You are just going by current form. 

[jusarrived]

Dhoni should not be there, but neither should AB be in the team. Unless this is based on IPL performance,  in that case both would be automatic choice. Rohit is a joke though. 

[Tibarn]

2 hours ago, jusarrived said:

Raina along with yuvi are only world class T20 batsmen we have produced. You are just going by current form. 

Kohli is not world class in your opinion?

 

guy averages ~51 at a 137 strike rate

[rkt.india]

6 hours ago, jusarrived said:

Raina along with yuvi are only world class T20 batsmen we have produced. You are just going by current form. 

Always suspect against genuine pace even if you disregard current form. Yes, great T20 player for us but world XI not sure.

Edited June 23, 2018 by rkt.india

[Number]

based on IPL and other T20 leagues I guess.

[philcric]

Is the team selected on T20I performances or overall T20 performances ?

 

If it is based on T20I performances only, some of the selections are awful. AB and Dhoni for sure don't deserve to be in there, may be Bravo too. Finch, Maxwell, Watson, Tahir and Narine have fantastic records/performances in T20Is.

 

Edited June 23, 2018 by philcric

[philcric]

Rohit is getting a lot of stick here.

 

Again if T20I performances is the criteria, he has been better than AB, Dhoni, Warner etc. He is not a shoe-in like Gayle, Kohli, Malinga etc. but his selection is not the worst. AB and Dhoni are the most dodgy selections. Bravo and Afridi are debatable.

 

[Jimmy Cliff]

7 minutes ago, philcric said:

Is the team selected on T20I performances or overall T20 performances ?

 

If it is based on T20I performances only, some of the selections are awful. AB and Dhoni for sure don't deserve to be in there, may be Bravo too. Finch, Maxwell, Watson, Tahir and Narine have fantastic records/performances in T20Is.

 

They've only included the T20I stats for these players and barring McCullum's 158, all the best performances highlighted are from T20Is so it's fair to assume it's based on T20I performances only.

[philcric]

2 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

They've only included the T20I stats for these players and barring McCullum's 158, all the best performances highlighted are from T20Is so it's fair to assume it's based on T20I performances only.

 

Then the team selected is awful. 

 

[rkt.india]

37 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

They've only included the T20I stats for these players and barring McCullum's 158, all the best performances highlighted are from T20Is so it's fair to assume it's based on T20I performances only.

i think it is a mix. if it was only T20Is, Rashid would not have been there who has barely played any T20Is against stronger teams.  They might have listed their best innings from international but most probably they have counted all T20 cricket.

[Jimmy Cliff]

20 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

i think it is a mix. if it was only T20Is, Rashid would not have been there who has barely played any T20Is against stronger teams.  They might have listed their best innings from international but most probably they have counted all T20 cricket.

I don't think they've given it that much thought . With Rashid it's just a case of him being such a great story of being the no. 1 ranked T20I bowler in the world while playing for Afghanistan.

[Trichromatic]

Thought it was T20 XI when saw Dhoni's name. 

 

But it's T20I XI. Cricinfo is a joke.

[Trichromatic]

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Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
BB McCullum (NZ)	2005-2013	42	42	6	1352	123	37.55	972	139.09	1	9	1	124	58
JC Buttler (ENG)	2012-2018	45	41	7	961	73*	28.26	706	136.11	0	5	3	67	43
Mohammad Shahzad (AFG)	2010-2018	62	62	3	1888	118*	32.00	1399	134.95	1	12	3	212	70
Q de Kock (SA)	2012-2017	31	31	4	801	59	29.66	626	127.95	0	2	3	93	24
Sarfraz Ahmed (PAK)	2010-2018	43	30	10	611	89*	30.55	478	127.82	0	3	1	58	11
MS Dhoni (INDIA)	2006-2018	89	78	39	1444	56	37.02	1141	126.55	0	2	1	101	46
D Ramdin (WI)	2006-2018	62	42	14	528	55*	18.85	432	122.22	0	1	3	47	16
Mushfiqur Rahim (BDESH)	2006-2018	67	59	11	1042	72*	21.70	859	121.30	0	4	3	90	28
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2006-2014	53	48	6	876	73	20.85	727	120.49	0	5	6	87	27
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2006-2014	56	53	9	1382	78	31.40	1156	119.55	0	8	2	139	20
W Barresi (NL)	2012-2017	35	34	4	662	75*	22.06	569	116.34	0	3	3	55	20
GC Wilson (IRE)	2009-2017	30	26	4	560	65*	25.45	483	115.94	0	2	2	47	11
C Kieswetter (ENG)	2010-2012	23	23	1	504	63	22.90	453	111.25	0	3	2	44	22