There were some great performances in T20I cricket in 2020 - from Dawid Malan's record-breaking batting against South Africa to KL Rahul's aggregate in the calendar year, from Jasprit Bumrah's phenomenal economy rate to Lungi Ngidi's exceptional ability to pick wickets.
We analyze the numbers and performances and select the T20I XI of the Year 2020.
The T20I Team of 2020
1. KL Rahul
2. Jos Buttler (wk)
3. Dawid Malan
4. Kane Williamson
5. Eoin Morgan (c)
6. Kieron Pollard
7. Ashton Agar
8. Adil Rashid
9. Mitchell Starc
10. Jasprit Bumrah
11. Lungi Ngidi
OPENERS
KL Rahul has scored the highest runs in T20I cricket in the calendar year 2020, all as opener for India. He has an aggregate of 404 runs in 10 innings at an average of 44.88 and strike rate of 140.76 including 4 fifties in 2020. He has been phenomenally consistent failing in just one of the 10 innings in the calendar year.
Jos Buttler has scored 291 runs in 8 innings as an opener - the standout feature of his batting being his strike rate of 150.77. He registered 3 fifties - two against South Africa and one against Australia. Even more significantly, two of these helped his team to a series win. Buttler edged out the great Babar Azam of Pakistan who had a higher average but played 4 of his 6 matches against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
MIDDLE-ORDER
Dawid Malan has had an incredible start to his T20I career. He has an aggregate of 855 runs in 19 innings at an average of 53.43 and strike rate of 149.47 including a hundred and 9 fifties. From number 3, he has scored 386 runs in 9 innings at 55.14 and a strike rate of 144.56 including 4 fifties in 2020. Malan smashed a sensational unbeaten 99 off just 47 deliveries hammering 11 fours and 5 sixes in the third T20I against South Africa in Cape Town in December - not only did England sweep the three-match series but the performance also meant that Malan set a new record for ranking-points in T20I cricket - as of the 2nd of December, he had 915 points in the ICC Rankings.
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