Delhi: Pakistan’s star batsman and former all-format captain Babar Azam has not included India’s two big names, Virat Kohli and Jaspreet Bumrah in their T20 World XI. At the same time, he has also kept his own team player Shaheen Shah Afridi out of this team. However, he has placed Team India captain Rohit Sharma and middle order batsman Suryakumar Yadav in his playing XI.
Babur has placed Rohit Sharma as an opening batsman in his World XI. Along with him, Pakistan’s ODI captain Mohammad Rizwan has also been elected opener. At the same time, he put Suryakumar Yadav at number 4.
Rohit Sharma, who won the T20 World Cup to India last year, is the highest match -playing player in this format and scoring the most runs. He played 159 T20 international matches in his 17 -year career, scoring 4231 runs with the help of 5 centuries and 32 half -centuries.
Suryakumar Yadav has played 83 T20 matches so far and has 2598 runs in his name. In July 2024, he was also made the T20 captain of India.
Fakhar Zaman of Pakistan has got a place at number three in Babar Azam’s World XI. Former England white ball captain Jose Butler has been included at number five. David Miller and Marco Yanson of South Africa are at number six and seventh.
These bowlers involved
Rashid Khan of Afghanistan has been selected as the only spinner. The fast bowlers include Australia’s Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc with England’s Mark Wood. This came out on Zalmi TV on the world XI Babar Azam’s 2025 “Babar Azam Podcast”.
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The exit of Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah was shocking for the fans. Kohli was the first player to score 4000 runs in T20 format and he scored 4188 runs in 125 matches. In the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup, he scored a brilliant innings of 76 runs from 59 balls against South Africa.
Jasprit Bumrah also performed brilliantly in the year 2024. He received the ICC Cricketer of the Year and T20 World Cup Player of the Tournament Award.
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