Mark Waugh’s Top Five World T20I XI Players. In the run-up to the T20 World Cup, World Cup-winning former Australia opener Mark Waugh was asked to select the first five players in a World T20I XI, and the list included an Indian and a Pakistan bowler.
Going into the T20 World Cup, the team are in their final phase of preparation. The marquee event will be as much about the batters as it will be for the bowlers. Picking the potential top-five performers can b a tough job. Mark Waugh ask to pick the first five players in a World T20I XI in the buildup to the T20 World Cup. The list had an Indian and a Pakistan bowler.
Waugh named Indian paceman Jasprit Bumrah as one of his top five picks for the T20I showpiece in Australia.
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Bumrah recently returned to action after recovering from a back injury in India’s 2-1 T20 series victory over Australia.
The 28-year-old appeared fully fit after rehab at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore, but he has yet to regain his old rhythm. “Actually, I think he’s a fantastic bowler in all formats. In T20 cricket, his ability to take wickets is critical. He can bowl at the death as well as up front “Waugh stated on the ICC website.
Waugh chose Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi as Bumrah’s new-ball partner. Because the two were the only pacers in his top-five, which also included Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan, Australian allrounder Glenn Maxwell, and England’s Jos Buttler.
“We’ll go with another great opening bowler, Shaheen Afridi from Pakistan, who is a tremendous left-arm fast bowler, to open the bowling at the other end,” Waugh said.
Shaheen has been name wicket-keeper. “He sort of lifts the team,” Waugh said. He’s someone who other players look up to.
“Another distinction is that he is a left-handed pitcher. He can swing the ball back into the right-hander and is quick, so he’s number two.” Waugh said of Rashid, “In all competitions he plays in, he’s just the one guy you know is going to bowl four overs.”
“He’ll probably get two or three wickets and go for 20 runs, and he can bat. He can also whack the ball over the fence.” On his rationale behind picking Buttler, the Australian said: “I think he’s probably the number one batsman in world cricket in the T20 format. He’s just a clean striker of the ball.” The T20 World Cup will get underway on October 16.
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