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[Neptune]

My next pick will be Michael Hussey.


Also known as Mr.Cricket, Michael Hussey is quite underrated in T20s.
He averages near 40 in IPl and 37.45 in T20 cricket. Considering that he played T20 cricket when it was in its early stages, these number are great.
Fans do not recognize Hussey as a particularly aggressive batsman but this knock against one of the best T20 bowlers at that time should prove that he was incredibly destructive on his day.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8604/scorecard/412702/australia-vs-pakistan-2nd-
semi-final-icc-world-twenty20-2010

Neptune's Super Smash Team
1. Martin Guptill
2. Shane Watson
3.
4.
5.
6. Michael Hussey
7. M S Dhoni
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11.
@qpeedore you are next

 

[qpeedore]

Continuing with my current team of bruisers who will make bowlers almost wish they were not in the first eleven on that day, I'm going with someone who is also one of the best wicketkeepers around. His 158 in the early days of the IPL was something of a beauty to behold, and despite not keeping in the waning days of his playing career, he is still one of the best glovemen I've seen.

I'll take Brendon McCullum as my first international pick.

Qpee's CPL XI (name to be changed)

1. Chris Gayle
2. Evin Lewis
3. Brendon McCullum
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. Samuel Badree
11.

@Yash.

 

[Yash.]

My pick, Mujeeb ur Rehman[DOUBLEPOST=1592759891][/DOUBLEPOST]@Aislabie

 

[Aislabie]

Jonny Bairstow
2,423 runs @ 28.50 (SR: 135.21, best 114, b/6: 18.2) in 116 matches

Bairstow's overall T20 record isn't spectacular, but an IPL average of 55 and strike rate of 157 really go to show the player he's become. He was also a part of my original plan for a top five made entirely of wicket-keepers; a rushed pick of David Warner kinda scuppered that plan.





@Akshay.

 

[Akshay.]

David Miller
6900 runs in 288 inns @34.50, S/R 138.02, 3 100s, 31 50s, HS 120

If it's in the arc, it's out of the park. David Miller is famous for that line. He swings the bat very hard and mostly it goes for huge sixes. Played one of the finest knocks in IPL against RCB.
He also has scored the fastest 100 in T20Is.
He hasn't been that impressive in MSL, with 293 runs in 13 innings for Durban Heat but i am picking him due to his overall record.

Mzansi Super League XI

1. ?
2. Virat Kohli
3. ?
4. ?
5. David Miller
6. ?
7. Dwayne Bravo
8. ?
9. ?
10. Dale Steyn
11. Imran Tahir

@CerealKiller

 

[ahmedleo414]

@CerealKiller missed his deadline, so I will continue with a Shakib Al Hasan

Stats|Matches|Runs|HS| Ave|100s/50s|Wkts|BBM| Ave|4w/5w
T20 |308|4,970|86*|21.05|0/19|354|6/6|21.07|8/4

From cricinfo:

"When the annals of Bangladesh cricket are sifted by future generations, Shakib Al Hasan will emerge and re-emerge as the greatest cricketer of its first two decades. His on-field performances and off-field professionalism set a benchmark that was followed by peers and juniors alike. As a bowler, Shakib is accurate, consistent and canny; aggression and a wide range of strokes are the keys to his batting. Even more importantly, he has self-belief an excellent temperament, unflustered by the big occasion and ready to do battle against the top teams.

The best of his ability and temperament were on display in his first Test as captain, against a weakened West Indies side in Grenada, when Shakib took eight wickets and scored an unbeaten 96 in a tense but successful fourth-innings chase of 215, leading Bangladesh to their first overseas series victory. In only his fourth Test as captain, Shakib scored 87 and 100 - his maiden Test century - in a losing cause against New Zealand in Hamilton, performances that offered further proof of his skill and ability to handle pressure. Against the same opponents in 2008, Shakib took 7 for 36 in Chittagong, only the second instance of a Bangladesh bowler taking seven or more wickets in a Test innings.

In ODIs, Shakib's contributions have been equally vital with bat and ball and he became the first from Bangladesh to achieve the double of 2000 runs and 100 wickets. He also became the first batsman from Bangladesh to score five hundreds, despite mostly batting at No. 5.

Being clearly the best player in the team, it wasn't surprising when Shakib was handed the captaincy in 2009 after Mashrafe Mortaza repeatedly got injured during his first tenure. His ability to perform consistently and to stay calm under pressure worked well for Bangladesh, as they won 22 out of 47 games under him, and even beat England in the 2011 World Cup. However, the World Cup campaign was followed by a disappointing tour of Zimbabwe, where Bangladesh lost a one-off Test and the ODI series, which led to Shakib's removal as captain.

His form hardly waned, however, as he quickly bounced back to help Bangladesh bowl out West Indies for 61 in an ODI; a hundred and five-for in the same Test - something he has done twice - followed later in the year. He remained consistent for Bangladesh and his IPL team, Kolkata Knight Riders, but in 2014 Shakib lapsed into off-field shenanigans that saw him fined for lewdly gesticulating at the camera from the dressing-room during an ODI against Sri Lanka, then suspended for six months by the BCB for misbehaving with coach Chandika Hathurusingha and threatening to quit Bangladesh duty. The ban was lifted early and Shakib made the vice-captain in the ODI and T20 formats under Mashrafe. His match-winning ability was undimmed and he played key roles in Bangladesh wins during their stellar 2015."


ahmedleo414 BPL draft:

1. Rohit Sharma
2. ?
3. ?
4. Shakib Al Hasan
5. Shoaib Malik
6. ?
7. ?
8. Rashid Khan
9. ?
10. Lasith Malinga
11. ?

@Rabbit Hood has the next pick

 

[Ohm]

Rabbit Hood's PSL XI:

1. Chris Lynn
2. KL Rahul
3. Babar Azam
4.
5.
6.
7. Andre Russell
8.
9. Jofra Archer
10.
11.

@NePtuNe Gaming next.

 

[Neptune]

my next pick is shaun tait. Im a little busy at the moment will do the write up later.
@Aislabie you are next

 

[CerealKiller]

Aaron Finch will open the batting. He is the BBL's second highest run scorer ever.

CerealKiller’s BBL XI
1. Aaron Finch
2.
3.
4. Glenn Maxwell
5.
6.
7.
8. Sunil Narine
9. Mitchell Starc
10.
11. Jasprit Bumrah

 

[Aislabie]

Pat Cummins
96 wickets @ 24.18 (econ: 7.73, 2 4WI, best 4/16) in 80 matches

Pat Cummins' T20 record is interesting in that a huge proportion of his domestic Twenty20 career was played as a teenager and when he was half-fit between stress fractures. To get the measure of the man, you have to look at his international record: a T20I average of 19.86 and economy of 6.87 are elite.

@Yash.

 

[Yash.]

So here’s my team as of now...

Hirani Hungery Hurricanes

1. ?
2. ?
3. Suresh Raina
4. Ben Stokes
5. Jos Buttler
   
6. Kieron Pollard
7. ?
8. ?
9. ?
10. ?
11. Mujeeb ur Rehmaan

So I’m gonna use my India pick. Had thought if getting Kohli for my first pick, but went for Pollard. Then thought about Azam, but Azam batting anywhere but opening is suicide for the team. So the best logical no. 3 pick, India’s best ever T20 player, who knew how to play T20s, way before it was cool in India

Suresh Raina at his best, is just a treat to watch. His inside out shots are a sight for sore eyes, and his game sense and sportsmanship, makes him possible the most likable cricketers ever. While his short ball problem has been fairly exploited, he found ways to counter it. He can come in and hit 87 off 25 balls, or can anchor the innings and take the team to a respectable total, on a spinning track. Add to that, his handy off breaks and his amazing fielding and catching, he is a complete T20 cricketer.[DOUBLEPOST=1593015806][/DOUBLEPOST]@qpeedore

 

[qpeedore]

In T20 cricket you often see wickets falling in clumps. Such is the nature of the game. It's hard for a batsman to come in and immediately be ready to back himself. That's why in the middle of the innings you need someone who can still tick things over, but bowlers would be happy to bowl to them more often than not. But then a few overs later you notice that this guy has been going at a strike rate of 120-130 and he just keeps finding the singles and doubles no matter how the field is set. Bowling a dot to these guys is like finding gold. That's why guys like Shoaib Malik and Mike Hussey (@ahmedleo414's and @NePtuNe Gaming's picks respectively) are so important to a successful T20 side.

It's also why I'll take JP Duminy as my next pick, to be the backbone of my middle order. You don't hear of him smashing the ball to all parts regularly, even though he can, but he's a smart and effective player who knows his strengths and makes good use of his time at the crease. He has played 12 matches for the Barbados Tridents (the eventual winners) in 2019 with an average of 32 and a strike rate of 136. His overall T20 average stands at 37 with a strike rate of 122. Sadly, he might be one of the most talented guys out there yet to have a T20 century, with his highest domestic score being 99* (all the way back in 2009, no less, left on 99* with two balls in the game and two runs required, whereupon number 7 hit a boundary) and international score being 96* (this time in 2010 it wasn't for lack of trying, he started off at 75 and faced 5 balls in the last over). You would think that in the intervening 9 years...can't count this year for obvious reasons...you'd think that in that time he'd have had at least one century by now. However, for a player like him I'll take an almost guaranteed 30-40 runs than a hit-or-miss 65 vs. 0.

He can bat all the way down to 7 if needed, but in my squad he'll come in at 4 or 5. He isn't that bad of a bowler either, and can be used for an over or two.

Qpee's CPL XI (name to be changed)

1. Chris Gayle
2. Evin Lewis
3. Brendon McCullum
4. JP Duminy
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. Samuel Badree
11.

(EDIT: @Yash.)

 

[Yash.]

Yes to the first question, the second one is a bit tricky, I will have to say, as long as they have not played an international T20 match for their country of origin then they can be used as locals, however if they participated in a T20i match for their country then they will have to be an overseas option

This rule is really tweaking me up. Most of the best players of T20 Blast have been the overseas players who got contracts and played as locals after retirement

 

[Yash.]

Hirani Hungry Hurricanes

1. ?
2. David Willey
3. Suresh Raina
4. Ben Stokes
5. Jos Buttler
   
6. Kieron Pollard
7. ?
8. ?
9. ?
10. ?
11. Mujeeb ur Rehman

Might as well get my first opening batsman.

David Willey
He's got 2 Hundreds in T20 cricket, a strike rate of over 145 in T20 Blast, 2 hat-tricks in T20 cricket, bowling good enough to play as a pure bowler for your international side... Batting good enough to play as a pure batsman sometimes in T20s, he is one of the best all rounders going around the circuit. Will open for now. Could move down the order if needed. Also becomes my opening bowler.[DOUBLEPOST=1593031226][/DOUBLEPOST]@CerealKiller

 

[ahmedleo414]

This rule is really tweaking me up. Most of the best players of T20 Blast have been the overseas players who got contracts and played as locals after retirement

Yeah, every single league has their own set of challenges. You unfortunately got the one with the most complicated issues