Sanath Jayasuriya
- Sunil Narine
- Matthew Hayden
- Faf du Plessis (c)
- A B de Villiers
- Jonny Bairstow (wk)
- Andre Russell
- Sanath Jayasuriya
- Thisara Perera
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Mohammad Amir
Yes, I didn't made the whole team solely on T20I stats, which I found highly unreliable for player quality judgement, but just selected the best XI I could, the team most likely to come out on top in a T20 match. Personally believe my AT IPL XI and T20I XI shan't have many changes, probably a few Pakistani players like Gul and Afridi.
Narine is a proper destructive batsman if sent to open, capable of scoring at great rates. With such destruction, I have Hayden, someone with a more systematic but nevertheless affective approach. At 3 is Faf, a criminally underrated T20 bat, capable of scoring quite quickly while simultaneously building the innings. At 4 is the best T20 batsman I ever saw, Mr 360 ABD. Yes, his T20I stats are relatively lackluster to his record in IPL, BBL and other T20 leagues, but he still has some absolute bangers like his 60* vs Eng. A batsman truly capable of playing all over the ground, having multiple shots for the same delivery and without any weakness to any kind of bowler. At 5 is Bairstow, slightly out of position but batted plenty down the order for Eng once he switched positions with Jos. A very good batsman capable of destructive long bangers. At 6 I have Russell, one of if not the most destructive T20 finisher. At 7 is Jayasuriya. Again out of place, but if needed he can as well switch places with Narine and open. Again a very destructive bat, arguably the OG destructive bat in the modern white ball game. At 8 is Perera, a batsman who could play a quick knock very well. Bhuvi and Kuldeep at 9 and 10 provides this lineup adequate depth in batting. One thing for sure with this team, the runs will come fast everywhere.
But after all this, this team's strength lies in its bowling. Narine is one of the T20 bowling GoATs, extremely difficult to score off without risking your wicket. With Bhuvi and Amir as my two pacers, neither the powerplay nor the slot is going to be easy run for the batsmen. In the middle overs, Kuldeep is one of the most destructive T20 bowlers, capable of breaking any budding partnership, even more lethal with Narine keeping it very tight. I have 3 options for the 4th bowler; Russell's pace, Perera's medium pace and Jayasuriya's SLA; all 3 offering something different covering all conditions and very useful in tangent. 3 Right arm fast, 1 Left arm fast, 1 off spinner, 1 chinaman and 1 SLA; it's a tragedy I am lacking a leg spinner.
@honestbharani will like this attack.
Lastly, this side is also great in the field with guns like Faf, ABD, Russell and Jayasuriya running around.