Lungi Ngidi
Lungi Ngidi. Credit: AP

While cricket is taking rest at the present moment, the 24-year-old South African fast bowler Lungi Ngidi has recently revealed his best XI which he has played with and against till the date. Apart from four South Africans, four Indian players are also dominating in this squad.

Lungi Ngidi made his international debut on 20th January 2017 during the Centurion T20I against Sri Lanka. In the early next year, Ngidi made his Test and ODI debuts both against India at home. The right-arm fast bowler has played five Tests, 26 ODIs and 13 T20Is where he has taken 15, 53 and 24 wickets respectively. He also played in the IPL 2018 for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) where he took 11 wickets in seven matches.

Lungi Ngidi, best XI
Lungi Ngidi (Photo by Ron Gaunt / BCCI / SPORTZPICS)

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Jasprit Bumrah are in this Lungi Ngidi’s best XI

Now, he has chosen the special playing XI during his career. In this team, the openers are the present Proteas limited-overs captain Quinton de Kock and Indian limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma. Indian captain Virat Kohli is in the next place in this team.

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (Image Credit: Twitter)

Then, Ngidi named the former Proteas captains Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers. Former World T20 and World Cup-winning Indian captain MS Dhoni has been selected in the next position in this list.

Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers, Lungi Ngidi
AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis (Image Credit: Getty Images)
MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni (Image Credit: Twitter)

Ngidi then chose the English all-rounder Ben Stokes. Apart from the four Indian cricketers, the Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan is the only other Asian in this list.

At the end of this list, Ngidi named three pacers. He chose the Aussie pacer Josh Hazlewood, his national teammate Kagiso Rabada and the Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

Jasprit Bumrah, Lungi Ngidi
Jasprit Bumrah (Image Credit: Twitter)

Lungi Ngidi’s best XI that he has played with and against: Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Rohit Sharma (India), Virat Kohli (India), Faf du Plessis (South Africa), AB de Villiers (South Africa), MS Dhoni (India), Ben Stokes (England), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Josh Hazlewood (Australia), Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) and Jasprit Bumrah (India).