Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman has excluded two of the most forceful batsmen of the current time, Virat Kohli and Babar Azam from his all-time T20 XI, which unveiled recently.
Kohli may not have found a place in the side, but two Indians are included in the XI. He named Rohit Sharma, and death over specialist Jasprit Bumrah in his side.
Zaman picked some of the finest shorter format cricketers. The list has ex-South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers, who is considered among the most destructive batsman. There are talks about his comeback from retirement to play the upcoming T20 World Cup.
To pair Rohit, he added Jason Roy for the opening spot. Veteran Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik is in the side too. There are three all-rounders in Zaman's all-time T20 XI. Australia's Glenn Maxwell, England's Ben Stokes, and West Indies' Kieron Pollard gave the side flexibility.
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Wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler was named over MS Dhoni for the T20 side. Buttler has shown more potential than the former India captain in the shorter format.
“I would first choose South Africa’s batsman AB De Villiers and then India’s opener Rohit Sharma. England’s hard-hitting batsman Jason Roy would be on my team. Pakistan’s all-rounder Shoaib Malik comes in at number four. After Shoaib Malik, I would include England’s wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler in the team. Australia’s all-rounder Glenn Maxwell slots in at number six,” Fakhar said.
Apart from Bumrah, Mitchell Starc and Rashid Khan are in the deadly looking bowling attack.
“At number seven I would include England’s all-rounder Ben Stokes followed by West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard. The fast-bowlers would be Australia’s Mitchell Starc and India’s Jasprit Bumrah. Afghanistan’s leg-spinner Rashid Khan would be my spinner in the team,” he concluded.
Here is Fakhar Zaman’s All-Time T20 XI:
Rohit Sharma, Jason Roy, AB de Villiers, Shoaib Malik, Jos Buttler (WK), Glenn Maxwell, Ben Stokes, Kieron Pollard, Mitchell Starc, Jasprit Bumrah, Rashid Khan.
