India’s one of the greatest spinners Harbhajan Singh, on Sunday, took Twitter to name his all-time T20 playing eleven. His playing XI includes three Indian players, three West Indies players and one from each England, South Africa, Australia and Sri Lanka. Surprisingly, there was no place for Virat Kohli in Harbhajan’s star-stubbed T20 XI.
Veteran spinner’s playing XI is – Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Jos Buttler, Shane Watson, AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni (c &wk), Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah.
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He shared his top XI T20 players during an interaction with sports channel Sportskeeda. While sharing his team on social media, he wrote, “Guys, since the T20 flavour is on, I have given my All-time T20 XI on @Sportskeeda. Can your team beat mine?”
He further introduced his team and said that Rohit Sharma and Chris Gayle as the openers followed by Jos Buttler at No. 3 and No. 4 and No. 5 were slotted to former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson and South African legend AB de Villiers respectively, followed by MS Dhoni at No. 6.
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He appointed MS Dhoni as captain and wicket-keeper for the team. Bhaji was quoted saying, “MS Dhoni will not only be captain but will also be the wicketkeeper. I also have Jos Buttler as keeper in this team but I would like MS Dhoni to keep the wickets”.
After Dhoni, veteran spinner selected West Indies trio of Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narin, followed by Sri Lanka’s pacer Lasith Malinga and India’s Yorker specialist Jasprit Bumrah.
Kohli was out of the forever playing XI of Harbhajan Singh, this has come as a surprise because Kohli, who will step down as India's T20I captain after the World Cup, has the most runs in T20 internationals (3,227 runs). He has completed these runs at an astounding average of 52.04. He was also named Player of the Series in both the 2014 and 2016 T20 World Cups.