The all-time men's T20I XI

[rkt.india]

47 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

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

 

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

it is not made by cricinfo staff. Blame the jury that picked the team.

[jusarrived]

10 hours ago, Tibarn said:

Kohli is not world class in your opinion?

 

guy averages ~51 at a 137 strike rate

Yeah he is, but his stats are little deceptive in T20s. 

[jusarrived]

7 hours ago, rkt.india said:

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

I wudnt talk about technique in T20s, Gayle is as bad against good quality pace bowling . Raina hasn't been the same player in last 2 years, but along with yuvi he's one of the few batsmen who could hit out from very first ball and he was our best T20 player for a long time. I value that a lot more than consistency in this format. Yeah agreed we cannot ignore his form lately, but him being picked for world 11 is not surprising imo

[jusarrived]

18 hours 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)

 

Except for AB the team is good. 

[Tibarn]

1 hour ago, jusarrived said:

Yeah he is, but his stats are little deceptive in T20s. 

Interesting, I think it is the opposite, Kohli has such a great average in the WT20, I think his overall numbers underrate him,

 

iirc, the last WT20 he averaged around 100, and we made it to the SF

[Zero_Unit]

Who has a better record of being a captain in t20 tourneys, Dhoni or Sammy? Keyword: captain and not player. 

 

Player wise, Dhoni > Sammy throughout their carrier.

[Lala]

22 hours ago, rkt.india said:

Dilshan   have you ever checked his Strike Rate in T20s.

He invented dilscoop in world T20 2009. He is a T20 specialist. Duminy n hussey need to be in too.

[Tibarn]

Let's see what the batting would look like if we only included stats from the WT20

A settled top 4 of 

M. Hussey

Gayle

Kohli

KP

 

5, 6, and 7 are harder to pick 

Jayawardene and White average over 35 with SR over 130; Jayawardene is an opener so he doesn't fit, White doesn't pass the smell test and he has 6 NO in 13 innings, inflating his average.

 

Most of the players with high averages ie Duminy and Rohit have lower SR, under 130.

 

The remaining players with over 140 SR are Maxwell 29@ 160, Watson 28@ 140, ABD 30 @ 143

 

The WK options, Dhoni and McCullum are both basically the same, low SRs below 130, Dhoni averages higher but lower SR, vice versa McCullum. ABD is better than both it looks like. 

 

M. Hussey

Gayle

Kohli

KP

ABD(WK)

Watson

Maxwell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 24, 2018 by Tibarn