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ISLAMABAD : (news pulse) ICC Hall of Famer Ricky Ponting has chosen the five players he will select first if given the task of choosing a World T20I team.<\/p>\n
According to the APP news Agency that Boasting a legendary record in white-ball cricket of his own, Ponting was also skipper of Australia for the first-ever men\u2019s T20I, making 98* (55) in a match-winning performance.<\/p>\n
Now spending a lot of his time in coaching dugouts and commentary boxes, Ponting watches as much T20 cricket as anyone and uses both roles to keep close tabs on the world\u2019s best.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the latest episode of The ICC Review, Ponting was asked to select the first five players he would choose for a World T20I team \u2013 and perhaps to the shock of some there is no Australian players in his quintet.<\/p>\n
1. Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) \u2013 ICC T20I Bowling Ranking: 3<\/p>\n
\u201cFive players is relatively easy, but trying to put them in order from one to five makes it a little bit more difficult,\u201d Ponting begins.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve actually gone with Rashid Khan at number one, and the reason I thought about that was if we actually had a player event in an IPL (Indian Premier League) auction now and there was no salary cap, he\u2019s probably the one that\u2019s going to go for the most amount of money.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got him at number one for his consistency, his wicket-taking ability over a long period of time, but also the fact that his economy rate in the T20 game is just outstanding.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019re playing against any team that he\u2019s playing in you probably have less sleep that night than you do for any other game that you play during the year.\u201d<\/p>\n
2. Babar Azam (Pakistan) \u2013 ICC T20I Batting Ranking: 1<\/p>\n
\u201cBabar Azam I\u2019ll go for at number two, simply because the number one ranked batter in the T20 game for quite a while now and deservedly so.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis record speaks for itself. He\u2019s pretty much led the way for that Pakistan team for the last couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n
3. Hardik Pandya (India) \u2013 ICC T20I All-Rounder Ranking: 5<\/p>\n
\u201cOn current form, it\u2019s pretty hard to go past Hardik Pandya at number three.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis IPL was outstanding. To see him back at the bowling crease is something that I was always a little bit unsure would actually ever happen \u2026 he\u2019s had some really big injury setbacks, which has obviously affected how much he\u2019s been able to play for India.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he\u2019s back bowling, and at 140kph which he was doing four or five years ago. But his batting and his maturity while batting has come on in leaps and bounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe understands the game better and he understands his game better than ever before and right now he\u2019s probably the best allrounder in the world in T20 cricket, and could potentially be in ODI cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n
4. Jos Buttler \u2013 ICC T20I Batting Ranking: 16<\/p>\n
\u201cI had to pick Jos Buttler in there actually.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019re coaching against him, you just know that he\u2019s got something that a lot of other players don\u2019t have; the ability to take the game away in a short period of time opening the batting \u2013 which he will do for England this tournament.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was one of the people who\u2019s an out-and-out match winner as we saw with last year\u2019s IPL, making three or four hundreds, which was quite remarkable.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis batting went to another level in the last year or so.\u201d<\/p>\n
5. Jasprit Bumrah \u2013 ICC T20I Bowling Ranking: 37<\/p>\n
\u201cJasprit Bumrah in at number five.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is probably the most complete bowler across Test cricket, One Day cricket and T20 cricket in the world right now. Very good with the new ball when anyone decides to use him that way.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndia might think of giving him an over with the new ball in Australia (at the T20 World Cup) where it might swing but what you can guarantee is a couple of great high quality death overs, which every team is looking for \u2013 someone that can execute slow balls and bouncers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sources & Courtesy : APP News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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