T20 World Cup 2021: The ICC’s marquee event has concluded after nearly 45 matches in the UAE. Moreover, this was one of the strangest T20 World Cups in the history of cricket.
Many fans and cricket experts feel that there was nothing interesting about this T20 World Cup. It is because there were not many high scoring and six-hitting matches due to the dry and slow pitches in the UAE.
Moreover, the sheer element which makes T20 cricket most interesting was missing from this World Cup. Stronghold teams like India, West Indies were not even impressive in this World Cup due to various factors.
While surprising candidates like Pakistan, South Africa did well in the T20 World Cup which was unusual. However, Australias had the last laugh as they went on to win their maiden T20 World Cup on Sunday against New Zealand.
The Aussies went on to put a dominant display to dent a huge loss to the Kiwis. Moreover, the New Zealand team have done exceptionally well in recent times in the ICC tournaments. But the Kiwis could not cope up with the strong Australian batting lineup.
Both David Warner and Mitchell Marsh were excellent throughout the T20 World Cup match. It was a surreal journey for the Aussies who were not even the favourites when the ICC tournament went on to start in Dubai.
T20 World Cup 2021: Harsha Bhogle picks his team of the tournament
There were various players who completely went on to outplay their opposition in this T20 World Cup. Players like Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, David Warner and Adam Zampa were such players who played exceptionally well.
However, cricket expert and commentator Harsha Bhogle went on to choose his best team of the tournament. Moreover, the same mind picked the team without any biases and purely on the performance basis.
Harsha Bhogle’s Team: Babar Azam, Jos Buttler, Charith Asalanka, Aiden Markram. Shoaib Malik, Moeen Ali, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Wiese. Shaheen Afridi, Josh Hazlewood, Anrich Nortje.
The cricket expert went on to pick Babar Azam and Jos Butler as his openers. While he went on to pick Charith Asalanka, Aiden Markram, Shoaib Malik as his middle-order batsman.
Harsha Bhogle then went on to pick Wanindu Hasaranga, Moeen Ali and David Wiese as his all-rounders. Moreover, he picked Shaheen Afridi, Josh Hazlewood, Anrich Nortje as the primary bowlers of his team.
He said, “This is up for performances up to the semi-final stage so that it’s a level playing field for everybody.” However, there were few absentees from the best team like David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mohammad Rizwan who went on to do exceptionally well in the T20 World Cup.
