LAHORE (Kashmir English): Star Pakistan batter Babar Azam has named two Indians and an Afghan as he picked his dream T20I World XI.
During an interview just ahead of the PSL 10 resumption, the former Pakistan captain was asked to pick his dream T20I World XI.
The host, however, restricted the star batter picking more than two players from a single country.
To the surprise of all, the former Pakistan captain picked two Indian players in the team, however, he didn’t give any waitage to Virat Kohli for the combination.
Babar Azam picked Indian batter Rohit Sharma and Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan as openers of his favourite team.
He picked masterblaster left-handed batter Fakhar Zaman from Pakistan as his No. 3, while Suryakumar Yadav at the No. 4 position.
For the No. 5 spot, Babar Azam picked England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler.
Then came South Africa’s hard-hitting batter David Miller and all-rounder Marco Jansen, who are known for their destructive batting in the last overs of the innings.
The former Pakistan captain picked Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan as the spin option in his dream T20I World XI.
The pace attack in his dream team included Australia’s Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, along with England seamer Mark Wood.
Dream T20I World XI
Rohit Sharma (India), Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan), Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan), Suryakumar Yadav (India), Jos Buttler (England), David Miller (South Africa), Marco Jansen (South Africa) Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Pat Cummins (Australia), Mitchell Starc (Australia), and Mark Wood (England).
