India’s star cricketer is among Adam Gilchrist’s best five T20I players.
India’s star cricketer is among Adam Gilchrist’s best five T20I players. Bilateral T20I series have taken up most of the time in the months leading up to the T20 World Cup as teams try to prepare and figure out their best lineups for the big event. This has led to the rise of several star players, all of whom will be among the biggest attractions at the tournament in Australia this month.
Adam Gilchrist, a former wicketkeeper and batter for Australia, has made a list of the five players he wants to watch in the tournament. All-rounder Hardik Pandya is the only player from India on the list. “Pandya is just an awesome cricketer straight across the board,” Gilchrist said in a video recently. “His ability to bat, bowl, field and entertain, he’s definitely in there. He’s at the top of the order.”
Since the start of the 2022 Indian Premier League, Pandya has made a remarkable comeback. He was the captain of the Gujarat Titans when they won the tournament in their first year. Since then, he has become an essential part of India’s batting and bowling teams.
So far this year, he has scored 436 runs, with an average of 36.33 and a strike rate of 151.38. These are his best batting stats for a year by a long margin. In the 17 innings in which he has bowled, he has also taken 12 wickets, including a four-wicket haul.
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Gilchrist also named the opener for Australia, David Warner, the captain of Pakistan, Babar Azam, the captain of England, Jos Buttler, and the spinner for Afghanistan, Rashid Khan.
“I think just his attacking attitude, the way he kick-starts innings at the top, and the confidence he’ll have from the previous T20 World Cup,” said Gilchrist about Warner. About Babar, Gilchrist said: “His versatility across all formats, but also when it’s getting down to T20 cricket, just across all conditions, I think he can play all conditions really well.”
The great wicketkeeper from Australia said that Rashid Khan must be on any T20 team. “Cricketer of the year in this format across the world. Over the last decade, Rashid Khan is in there.”“It’s a bit batting heavy I know, but Jos Buttler for me,” Gilchrist added. “He is just dynamic, his power and his courage to take it on. Simply a stroke of brilliance from him and its game over.”