ICC T20 World Cup 2022 is scheduled in October in Australia. The England Cricket team won the last season of this world cup edition. Jos lead the team to finals and then to winning the cup. The England team was placed in group A where teams like Australia and West Indies played. There was one washout match during their league stage.
1. Glenn Phillips
Glenn Phillips is a New Zealand cricketer. He was born in South Africa and later on, shifted over there. He is an explosive batsman in the batting order of the New Zealand Cricket team. He is an asset for the t20 side. In the world cup 2021, his heroes made the team reach the finals. He even scored a match-winning century against Sri Lanka. Unfortunately, Kiwis could not win the tournament.
2. Rilee Rossouw
Rilee Rossouw is the South African batter on our list. He is known to be one of the dependable middle-order batsmen for the Proteas. In recent years he has played many essential knocks and helped his team to cross the winning line. Sometimes he is pushed up the order to anchor the innings and sometime down the order to finish the game.
3. Devon Conway
Devon Conway is the Kiwi wicketkeeper-batsman on our list. He is another opener on our list too. Convey often plays quickly during the start of the innings and provides a solid start to his team. If we talk about his recent form, he had a good season with the bat in IPL 2023. He was the dependable opener for his franchise, played many good knocks, and scored more than 600 runs this season. For the upcoming world cup 2023, he will be an aid for his team as he possesses good experience playing on Indian soil.
4. Alex Hales
Now let us discuss an explosive English opener. Alex plays in the opening position. In 2022, he opened the innings with Jos Butler, and their role was to give England a flying start. In the semi-finals against India, they had a match-winning partnership and won the match single-handedly. He used to play all formats, but nowadays, ECB has limited him to play only the limited over games. In the world cup 2023, he will be again a dependable player at the top order for the batting unit.
5. Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is the fifth player in our discussion. Many compare him with legends like Sachin Tendulkar. Before the 2022 t20 world cup, he was going through a rough patch and was struggling. Even though he had a good average and was also going through a century drought, Virat came into form and became the savior of the Indian batting lineup. He played many crucial knocks and made fifty on all winning occasions. He also scored fifty in the semi-finals of the t20 world cup. His knock against Pakistan will enrich as one of the best memorable knocks.
6. Jos Butler
Jos is the sixth player of discussion in our article. He played as the skipper of his nation in this tournament. If we discuss his contribution, he used to play an opening position. His partner was Alex Hales, and they both used to score quickly and give the team a terrific innings start. Jos usually plays all formats of the game and bats at different positions in every form of the game. He is an asset to his team.
7. Sikander Raza
The last player is Sikander Raza. He is the second Zimbabwean player on this list. He primarily plays as an all-rounder. He got into his prime form since the tournament. He is contributing with his bat as well as while bowling. He has played around 65 t20 matches and has averaged 20 with bat and 26 with bowl. He plays in the middle order and often finishes the innings for his team. He is a Pakistani-born cricketer and later moved to Zimbabwe.
8. Jos Butler
The eighth participant in our article debate is Jos. He participated in this competition as captain. He used to play in the opening position. He used to score swiftly with Alex Hales, giving the club a solid start to each inning. Jos typically participates in all game types and bats in various positions across all game types. He contributes to his team.
9. Kushal Mendis
Kusal Mendis is the Sri Lankan keeper who had a good time with gloves in the world cup 2022. He has been playing for his nation since 2015-2016. He has played around 58 matches in the shortest format of the game. Apart from the national side, he has been in several leagues worldwide. He had a batting average of 23 in this format. He contributed mediocrely in this format.
10. Max O’Dowd
Max is a player from the Netherlands. He is one of the experienced players in the squad of the Netherlands cricket team. Max plays in the opening position in the batting order. He has played three editions of the t20 world cup for his nation. He has played 58 t20 internationals for his country and has a batting average of 29 in those matches.
