As the ICC World Twenty20 enters its second phase, teams participating in the Super Eights will try to shape up their best squads for the all important matches. South Asian teams will rely heavily on their spinners to help restrict the opposition while the likes of South Africa and New Zealand will hope their star fielders produce moments of brilliance.
Dawn.com asks you to pick your World Twenty20 XI. Will Ireland’s Trent Johnston find a place in your squad or will T20 stars like Rohit Sharma and Brendon McCullum rule your team sheet.
Give us your squads and at the end of the tournament, we’ll give you a Dawn.com readers’ XI. Eleven players who were most frequently picked by our readers.
My world xi team would be:
Imran Nazir
Chris Gayle
Misbah-ul-Haq(Capt)
Yuvraj Singh
Virender Sehwag
Kumar Sangarkara(Wkt)
Shahid Khan Afridi
Albie Morkel
Lasith Malinga
Umar Gul
Dwayne Bravo
Shoaib Malik(12 man)
1)Sanath Jayasuriya
2)Chris Gayle
3)Kumar Sangakara (C & WK)
4)Kevin Pieterson
5)Yuvraj Singh
6)Misbah-ul-Haq
7)Abdul Razzaq
8)Shahid Afridi
9)Ajantha Mendis
10)Umar Gul
11)Lasith Malinga
My T20 unbeatable team would be
Wasim Akram (Captain)
Shahid Afridi
Abdul Razaq
Shoaib Akhtar
Chris Gayle
Simmons
Yuvraj Singh
Imran Nazir
Sanath Jayasuraya
Dilshan
H Gibbs
World Twenty20 XI
1)C.Gayle
2)G.Smith
3)Dhoni (Wkt)
4)Misbah
5)Yuvraj
6)AB de Villiers
7)Shahid Afridi
8)Harbhajan Singh
9)Umar Gul
10)Dale Steyn
11)Malinga
Here is my pick for Wrld XI
Kamran
Dilshan
Younus
Misbah
Simmons
Bravo
Afridi
Irfan
Gul
Zaheer
Mendis
Virender Sehwag
Brendon McCullum
Chris Gayle
Yuvraj Singh
Misbah Ul Haq
Kumar Sangakkara (C & Wk)
Shahid Afridi
Zaheer Khan or Umar Gul
Mitchell Johnson
Dale Steyn
Ajantha Mendis
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Extras: Jayasuriya, Flintoff, Dhoni
Afridi
Rohit sharma
chris Gayle
Saeed Ajmal
Y.Singh
Pietersen
Dhoni
A.Morkel
A.Razzaq
Muralitharan
Umar Gul
Chris gayle
Brandem Mculum
Tilikarata Dilshan
Yuvrah Singh
Ross Tylor
Ab Devillier
Albie Morkel
Malinga
saeed ajmal
Bret lee
Nannes
1-) Shahid Afridi (captain) (b/b)
Irfan Pathan (b/b)
2-) Chris Gale (b/b)
3-) Abdul Razak (b/b)
4-) Kamran Akmal (b)
5-) Yuvraj Singh (b)
6-) Misba-ul-Haq (b)
7-) Kallis (b/b)
9-) Zaheer Khan (b)
10-) Umar Gull (b)
11-) Malinga (b)
Best of this Best….2009 for t20
K.Sangakara(wk)
Greame Smith
Suresh Raina
AB De-Villiers
Yuvraj
Dwayne Bravo
Abdul Razzaq
Van Der Merwe
Afridi
Malinga
Umar Gul
12th Man: TM Dilshan
Dilshan
Greame Smith
AB De-Villiers
Suresh Raina
Yuvraj
Dwayne Bravo
Abdul Razzaq
Van Der Merwe
Afridi
Malinga
Umar Gul
Chris Gayle
Sanath Jasuria(C)
Tilikaratne Dilshan
Pieterson
Greame Smith
Jacques Kallis
Brendon Mccullum (WK)
Abdul razak
Saeed Ajmal
Umar Gul
Murlitharan
Reserves
Ajantha Mendis
Dohni
Ricky Ponting
Nannes
MY TEAM
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Virender Sehwag
Chris Gayle
Ab De Villiers
Yuvraj Singh
Rohit Sharma
Yusuf Pathan
B McCullum (W K)
Daniel Vettori (Capt)
Mitchell Johnson
Zaheer Khan
Lasith Malinga
12th Man > Suresh Raina
Extra Players >
Umar Gul
K Pieterson,
Van Der Merwe
1. Imran Nazir
2. Kamaran Akmal (WK)
3. Yuvraj Singh
4. Albie Morkel
5. Chris Gayle (C)
6. Varender Sehwag
7. Abdul Razzaq
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Mohammad Asif
10. Brett Lee
11. Shoaib Akhtar
Reserves
Mohammad Sami
Ajantha Mendis
Rana Neveed Ul Hasan
Shaun Tait
Lasith Malinga
Kevin Pietersen
1. Imran Nazir
2. Kamaran Akmal
3. Yuvraj Singh
4. Albie Morkel
5. Chris Gayle
6. Varender Sehwag
7. Abdul Razzaq
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Mohammad Asif
10. Brett Lee
11. Shoaib Akhtar
Reserves
Mohammad Sami
Ajantha Mendis
Rana Neveed Ul Hasan
Shaun Tait
Lasith Malinga
i don’t understand why everyone is picking shahid afridi? He has been batting so poorly of late and his bowling is not excellent, he does not deserve any place in this team
On current form
1. dhoni (best captain ever)
2. rohit sharma
3. ojha (yes, better than bhajji, murli, vettori, ajmal and afridi on current form)
4. johnson
5. gayle
6. dilshan
7. bravo (i prefer him to kallis and watson as T20 allrounder)
8. steyn
9. gul\zaheer (cant decide, like parnell n malinga too)
10. yuvraj (or maccullum)
11. warner
TM Dilshan
Rohit Sharma
AB De-Villiers
Yuvraj Singh
Ross Taylor
Dwayne Bravo
MS Dhoni
Daniel Vettori
Saeed Ajmal
Dale Steyn
Gul
Shahid Afridi
Chris Gayle
Rohit Sharma
Brendon Mccullum
K.Sangakara(wk)
Yuvraj Singh
Albie Morkal
Mitchel Jhonsan
Nannes
Mendis
Lasith Malinga
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Chris Gayle
3) T Dilshan
4) Kumar Sangakkara
5) Misbah ul Haq
6) Shoaib Malik
7) Shahid Afridi
8) Abdul Razzaq
9) Daniel Vettori
10) Umar Gul
11) Lasith Malinga
12) A Morkel
1) Salman Butt
2) Ravi Bopara
3) Shoaib Malik
4) Ricky Ponting
5) Mascarenhas
6) Younis Khan
7) Kamran Akmal
8) Rao Iftikhar (Capt)
9) Stuart Broad
10) Greame Swann
11) Nathan Hauritz
Brendon Mccullum
Chris Gayle
K.Sangakara(wk)
Misbah ul Haq(C)
TM Dilshan
Shahid Afridi
Albie Morkal
Abdul Razzak
Mitchel Jhonsan
Nannes
Subsitute Players
Imran Nazir
Sohail Tanvir
Rohit Sharma
Mendis
Lasith Malinga
list of players
1.Afridi
2.Yuvraj Singh
3.Ross Taylor
4.Rohit Sharma
5.Gayle
6.Ajantha Mendis
7.Sanat Jayasuria
8.Gul
9.Pieterson
10.Brendon McCullum
11.Mitchell Johnson
You can’t imagine a T20 team without
1. Rohit Sharma
2. YuvRaj
3. Dhoni (as capton)
They can simply change the calculation of T20 team.
This is my team:
Chris Gayle
Yuvraj Singh
Ross Taylor
T Dilshan
Mahendra Dhoni
Luke Wright
Zaheer Khan
Saeed Ajmal
Dayle Steyn
Ajantha Mendis
Daniel Vettori
Reserves:
AB De Villiers
Umar Gul
Sanath Jayasuriya
Albie Morkel