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.
1. Sanat JS
2. Brandon McCullum
3. Kevin Petterson
4. AB de Villiers
5. Andre Fletcher
6. S. Afridi
7. Yousuf Pathan
8. Shakib AL Hasan
9. Kevin O’Brien
10. Umar Gul
11. Brett Lee
Rohit Sharma
Chris Gayle
Brendon Mccullum
Yusuf Pathan
Mendis
Dale Steyn
Yuvraj Singh
Daniel Vettori
Zaheer
M.S Dhoni (C&W)
S.Afridi
Guys:
Are you forgetting Kallis?
1. Rohit Sharma
2. Sanath Jayasuria
3. Lasith Malinga
4. Kumara Sangakara
5. Misbah-ul- Haq
6. Shahid Afridi
7. Yuvraj Singh
8. Chris Gayle
9. Brendon Mccullum
10. Mahendar Singh Dhoni
11. Ab de Velliers
1. Misbah-ul-Haq
2. Brendon Mccullum
3. Jacques Kallis
4. Dwayne Bravo
5. Kevin Pieterson
6. Ravi Bopara
7. Tilekeratne Dilshan
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Kamran Akmal
10. Chris Gayle
11. Sanath Jayasuria
1. dilshan
2.gayle
3. peitersen
4. khan
5. afridi
6.dhoni
7.kallis
8.mendis
9.anderson
10.sharma
11.umar gul
sub shoaib malik and collingwood
Try Beating This Team. I think it looks stronger than any world 11 team, even without Sehwag! Any Comments::
R. Sharma
G.Gambhir
S.Raina
Y. Singh
R.Sharma
M. Dhoni
Y.Pathan
I.Pathan
H.Singh
Z.Khan
P.Ojha
I.Sharma
Sanat Jayasuria (C)
Chris Gayle
Greame Smith
Yuvraj singh
Shahid Afridi
Shane Watson
Kamran Akmal
Abdul Razaq
Sohail Tanvir
Muttiah Murlitharan
Umer Gul
12. Ajantha Mendis
MS Dhoni (cap)
Sehwag
Yusuf pathan
A symond
Yuvraj
Nannes
Ishant
Oojha
Rohit Sharma
Sohail Tanveer
Mrlitharan
Raina (12th man)
1. chris gayle
2. rohit sharma
3. hershelle gibbs
4. ab de villiers
5. yuvraj singh
5. brendon mcullum
6. albie morkel
7. zaheer khan
8. shahid afridi
9. dale steyn
10. umar gul
11. ajantha mendis
1. Abdul Razzak
2. Gayle
3. G.Smith
4. k.pietersen
5. K.Sangakara
6. Misbah
7. J.Oram
8. Albie morkel
9. Jehan mubarak
10. Umar Gul
11. Mendis
12. yuvraj(sub)
My World XI For T20
1 Sanath Jayasurya
2 Jacque Kallis
3 AB De Villiars
4 Dilshan
5 Rohit Sharma
6 Yuvraj Singh
7 M.S Dhoni
8 Daniel Vittori
9 Muralidharan
10 Michael Johnson
11 Zaheer Khan
1) rjudd
2) asad
3) richi
4) Niazi
5) Thomas Andrade
6) stratalogic
7) broadmind
8) Zaki Shah
9) Indian Kashmiri
10) peshwa
11) Sanjay (C)
Greame Smith (C)
Sanat Jayasuria
Chris Gayle
Yuvraj Singh
M.S Dhoni
Rohit Sharma
Muttiah Murlitharan
Shahid Afridi
Lasith Malinga
Dale Steyn
Umar Gul
1. T Dilshan
2. Chris Gayle
3. Rohit Sharma
4. Jaque Kallis
5. M S Dhoni
6. Yuvraj Singh
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Albie Morkel
9. Sohail Tanvir
10. Dale Steyn
11. Ajantha Mendis
1-Chris Gayle
2-Rohit Sharma
3-A.B.De-Villiers
4-Yuvraj Singh
5-Kevin Pieterson
6-M.S.Dhoni
7-Shahid Afridi
8-Mitchell Johnson
9-Ajantha Mendis
10-Zaheer Khan
11-Muralitharan
I would like to pick Yusuf Pathan as 12th man ,becos he is one of the most explosive batsman in modern day cricket.
My world XI would be:
Gibbs
Chris gayle
Yuvraj singh
AB De-Villiers
TM Dilshan
Shahid afridi
A Morkel
Abdul Razzaq
McCullum
Yusuf Pathan
Umer Gul
I would have loved to operate with 3 seamers and rest spin….
As a 12th man, I would like to play although I dont remember when I play cricket last.
S. Jayasurya
Rohit Sharma
Chris Gayle
TM Dilshan
Shahid Afridi
Yuvaraj Singh
Yusuf Pathan
MS Dhoni (C+W)
M. Muralitharan
Sohail Tanvir
A. Mendis
A. Morkel
L. Malinga
1. Rohit Sharma
2. Shahid Afridi
3. Chris Gayle
4. Suresh Raina
5. Yuvraj Singh
6. Yusuf Pathan
7. M.S. Dhoni (C & WK)
8. A B D’Villiers
9. Sohail Tanvir
10.Danny Vittory
11.Muralitharan
12th Man : Kumar Sangakkara
1. Chris Gayle
2. McCullum
3. Pieterson
4. Yuvraj Singh
5. Shane Watson
6. M.S.Dhoni
7. A.Morkel
8. Sohail Tanvir
9. Zaheer Khan
10. Vettori
11. Ajantha Mendis
Reserves :
1. Jayasurya
2. Harbhajan Sing
3. Afridi
4. Ghambir
Kallis
Rohit Sharma
Pietrson
Yuvraj Singh
Misbah ul Haq
Dhoni
Afridi
Irfan Pathan
Mendis
Gul
Zaheer
TM Dilshan
Rohit Sharma
AB De-Villiers
Yuvraj Singh
Ross Taylor
Shahid Afridi
MS Dhoni
Daniel Vettori
M.Murlitharan
Dale Steyn
S.Broad / Gul/ Zaheer / F.Edwards / Malinga
Alright, am I the first?
Here it goes (in the batting order):
01 – Shahid Afridi
02 – Greame Smith
03 – Rohit Sharma
04 – Yuvraj Singh
05 – Kevin Peitersen
06 – M S Dhoni (C & WK)
07 – Abdur Razzak
08 – Yusuf Pathan
09 – Mitchell Johnson
10 – Sohail Tanvir
11 – Lasith Malinga
12th Man – Suresh Raina
Apart from Malinga, practically ALL the rest can bat and bowl (Dhoni included).
1-Gayle
2-Jayasuria
3-Pieterson
4-Yuvraj
5-Ryder
6-A Morkel
7-Dhoni
8-Afridi
9-Gul
10-Malinga
11-Mendis