Swagcricket.com presents to you the best T20I XI of the year 2023. All major T20I games of the year have ended. 2023 was not an important year for the shortest format of the game because the major ICC events happened in Test and ODI format this year.
Several big names of the cricket world did not even participate in T20I matches which happened in 2023. However, there were some entertaining bilateral matches, where the ‘B’ team players stole the show. Here’s a look at the best T20I XI of the year 2023.
Openers of Best T20I XI in 2023 – Muhammad Waseem and Tim Seifert (wk)
UAE captain Muhammad Waseem will open the batting with New Zealand’s wicketkeeper batter Tim Seifert. Waseem has been the highest run-scorer in T20Is this year with 810 runs in 22 innings. Meanwhile, the left-handed Seifert has aggregated 400 runs in just 12 innings at a strike rate of 155.64.
Middle Order – Suryakumar Yadav, Nicholas Pooran, Mark Chapman, Sikandar Raza and Alpesh Ramjani
The middle-order consists of Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav who had a memorable year in T20Is. Yadav scored 733 runs in 17 innings, recording two centuries and five fifties. Nicholas Pooran smacked 27 sixes in 13 games, while New Zealand all-rounder Mark Chapman scored 575 runs in 18 T20I innings.
Zimbabwean all-rounder Sikandar Raza scored 515 runs in 11 innings and whacked 39 sixes. He also bagged 17 wickets. Alpesh Ramjani is a slow left-arm spinner of Uganda. He completes the middle-order. The left-arm spin bowling all-rounder was the highest wicket-taker in T20Is this year, with 55 wickets in 30 matches.
Bowlers – Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Alzarri Joseph and Taskin Ahmed
Indian left-arm speedster Arshdeep Singh will lead the pace attack with West Indies’ Alzarri Joseph and Bangladesh’s Taskin Ahmed also present in the playing XI. Singh took 26 wickets in 21 T20Is this year, whereas Joseph and Ahmed took 16 wickets each. Ravi Bishnoi will lead the spin attack. The Indian leggie accounted for 18 wickets in 11 matches.
