Wasim Jaffer, MS Dhoni, India
Wasim Jaffer (Image Credit: AFP)

Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer, who was a master in the Indian first-class cricket, has recently opened up his best T20I XI by picking only one player from a country. In Jaffer’s special team, the Asian cricketers are dominating in the bowling role, and the non-Asians are dominating in the batting role.

Wasim Jaffer represented the Indian national cricket team in 33 matches (31 Tests and two ODIs) but never featured in the T20I cricket. In his cricket career, Jaffer played 23 T20 matches, including eight IPL matches, and scored 616 runs (average 28.00).

Wasim Jaffer, best T20I XI
Wasim Jaffer (Image Credit: PTI)

Wasim Jaffer’s special Best T20I XI: David Warner is the captain, Jasprit Bumrah won the battle from India

On Monday (20th April), the legendary cricketer Wasim Jaffer revealed his best T20I XI by picking only one player from a country. He chose Australian star David Warner and Pakistan T20I captain, Babar Azam, as the opening partner of this team. Babar is currently the no.1-ranked T20I batsman. However, Jaffer selected Warner as the captain of his team, who has been banned from the captaincy role for a lifetime by the Cricket Australia (CA).

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David Warner (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

Then, Jaffer named New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and former South African captain AB de Villiers. For the wicketkeeping role, Jaffer picked up the English wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler.

 

The in-form Jamaican T20 star all-rounder Andre Russell, who serves for West Indies in the international cricket, is also in Jaffer’s special team. From Bangladesh, Jaffer picked up the all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who is currently suspended for failing to report the fixing approaches which were made to him by the bookmakers.

Apart from Hasan, Jaffer also chose two spinners in his team, and these players are the Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan and Nepal leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane. The two pacers in his team are Sri Lankan legend Lasith Malinga and the Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

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Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah (Image Credit: Twitter)

Wasim Jaffer’s Best T20I XI considering only one player from a country: David Warner – Captain (Australia), Babar Azam (Pakistan), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Jos Buttler – Wicketkeeper (England), Andre Russell (Jamaica), Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Sandeep Lamichhane (Nepal), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) and Jasprit Bumrah (India).