Former Indian cricketer and now commentator and analyst, Aakash Chopra has picked his best Playing XI from the T20 World Cup 2021, which Australia won by beating New Zealand by 8 wickets, chasing 173 runs.
It was at first a master-class inning from the New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson, who scored a tremendous 85 runs to guide New Zealand to put up a fighting target for the Aussies. But it was rather too easy for the Aussies as David Warner and Mitchell Marsh showed their class with the bat with 53 runs and 77 runs not out innings respectively.
Aakash Chopra picks his T20 World Cup 2021 Team
In a recently uploaded video on his YouTube channel, former Indian cricketer and now commentator, Aakash Chopra picked his best Playing XI from the T20 World Cup 2021.
Openers: Jos Buttler, David Warner
England opening batsman Jos Buttler and Australia’s opening batsman David Warner formed the opening duo for Chopra’s team.
Jos Buttler had a stunning T20 World Cup 2021, where he scored 269 runs in 6 matches, including a century against Sri Lanka, which is the only century scored in his World Cup. David Warner is the 2nd highest run scorer in the tournament with 289 runs from 7 matches.
Middle-Order: Babar Azam, Charith Asalanka, Aiden Markram
The middle-ordee consists of 3 top batsman in the form Pakistan skipper Babar Azam, who is also Aakash Chopra’s team’s captain, Sri Lankan Charith Asalanka and South Africa’s Aiden Markram.
Babar Azam finised as the highest run scorer of the tournament with 303 runs of 6 matches, averaging around 60.60. He scored 4 half-centuries throughout the campaign.
Charith Asalanka was great for Sri Lanka. He finished as the highest run getter for Sri Lanka with 231 runs off 6 matches, registering 2 half-centuries as well. He then caps of the middle-order with Aiden Markram, who scored 162 runs for South Africa.
All-Rounders: Moeen Ali, David Wiese
The 2 All-Rounders in his team are England’s Moeen Ali and Namibia’s David Wiese, who have earlier played international cricket for South Africa.
Moeen Ali was one of the standouts for England. He didn’t got much chances with the bat, but still scored 92 runs and picked up 7 wickets. On the other hand, David Wiese was the best player for Namibia, in their debut T20 World Cup campaign. Wiese scored 227 runs at a strike rate of 127. He also bagged 6 wickets.
Bowlers: Adam Zampa, Trent Boult, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Milne
The bowling lineup of Aakash Chopra’s team consists 2 Australians and 1 New Zealand and 1 South African player.
Adam Zampa is the only leg-spin bowler in his team. Zampa was quite good for the Australian team. Zampa bagged 2nd highest, 13 wickets of 7 matches, behind only Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga.
Trent Boult is first of the quick trio. Trent Boult was as lethal as the fans had hoped for. Boult also finised 2nd in the most wicket-takers list, jointly with Adam Zampa, with 13 wickets.
Josh Hazlewood’s line and length as always was great in the competition. He got 11 wickets of 7 matches. Anrich Nortje made it to Chopra’s team as the 3rd fast bowler. Nortje was quite good for South Africa due to his shear pace. He managed to pick up 9 wickets from 5 matches.
