Cricket Fans Come Up Interesting Answers As ICC Asks to Pick ‘Best T20I XI’

With the cricketing events all over the world coming to a halt amid the COVID-19 pandemic, fans are badly missing the action in the gentleman’s game. In the meantime, nevertheless, International Cricket Council (ICC) has been quiet on social media and is constantly trying to entertain the cricket fanatics with various challenges and quizzes. Recently, the apex cricketing body asked the fans to name the best T20I XI among the players whose playing career was active while one was alive. Adding to the twist, fans were asked to choose only one player from a nation. Well, the challenge bagged a lot of attention of the cricket geeks and they came up with their best T20I XI. ICC Unlikely to Decide the Fate of T20 World Cup 2020 Before August: Report.

“Compile your 'Best T20I XI' from cricketers who have played while you have been alive. Condition: The team can have ONLY ONE player from each country,” wrote ICC on Twitter. T20 cricket is a very popular format among the fans as people come in large numbers to witness the action in the 40-over game. Thus, the comment section of ICC’s post was filled in a jiffy when fans were asked about their best T20I XI.

ICC's Post:

Quite Impressive!!

Not Bad!!

Balanced!!

Rohit Sharma The Captain!!

Chris Gayle in Middle Order!!

That Pace Attack!!

Taking about T20 cricket, in normal circumstances, fans would have ben witnessing the action in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. However, just like many other cricketing events around the world, the T20 extravaganza was also called off owing to the coronavirus threat. As of now, IPL 2020 has been postponed indefinitely and there are no signs of the tournament getting underway anytime soon.

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