With lower than a month left within the T20 World Cup 2022, former cricketers and followers are busy making their listing of finest groups and finest gamers to look at this version of the cup. From former Australian nice Mark Waugh to legendary Ricky Ponting and former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene, everybody has picked their prime 5 gamers from all of the groups.
Waugh was talking on the cricket present ‘The ICC Review’ in preparation for the 2022 T20 World Cup, beginning 23 September in Australia. Waugh has positioned Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah on the prime of the 5 gamers he’s taking a look at within the World Cup. “I think he is really a brilliant bowler across all formats. His ability to take wickets in T20 cricket is important. He can bowl at death and he can bowl up front,” stated Waugh praising Bumrah’s versatility.
Jasprit Bumrah (File)
Steve Waugh’s prime 5 gamers
1. Jasprit Bumrah
2. Shaheen Shah Afridi
3. Rashid Khan
4. If Butler
5. Glenn Maxwell
Earlier in the identical present, Ricky Ponting was requested to pick the primary 5 gamers for the World T20I squad and to everybody’s shock, the previous batting nice positioned Bumrah at No. 5 within the prime 5 gamers listing. Ranking Rashid Khan at No 1, Ponting stated, “I’ve actually gone with Rashid Khan at number one, and the reason I thought was if we actually held a player in the IPL auctions and no salary. Cap wasn’t there, he’s probably the one who’s going to go for the most amount.”
Ricky Ponting’s prime 5 gamers
1. Rashid Khan
2. Babar Azam
3. Hardik Pandya
4. If Butler
5. Jasprit Bumrah
Another cricketer who additionally picked his prime 5 gamers was former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene. Mahela had 4 gamers much like Waugh within the prime 5, with Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan being his solely level of distinction. However, he additionally picked Rashid Khan as primary among the many 5 gamers he picked. “For me bowlers are the most important aspect of T20 cricket and Rashid Khan is a suitable spinner who can bat,” Jayawardene instructed Sanjana Ganesan.
“He is a very good number seven or number eight batsman and you can use him in different situations depending on your combination. He can also bowl at different stages of the innings like during the powerplay, in the middle overs and even at death he is not a bad option depending on the conditions, so Rashid would be my first choice,” Jayawardene added.
Mahela Jayawardene’s prime 5 gamers
1. Rashid Khan
2. Shaheen Shah Afridi
3. Jasprit Bumrah
4. If Butler
5. Mohammad Rizwan
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
