Kohli, Suryakumar named in ‘Most Valued Team’ of 2022 T20 World Cup

The Most Valuable Team of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 includes players from six different teams.

The glittering line-up includes stars from champions England, runners-up Pakistan, semi-finalists India and New Zealand, as well as Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Jos Buttler, England’s captain, wicketkeeper, and opening batter, Alex Hales, and seamer Sam Curran all make the squad after guiding their team to a second ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title.

There are also spots in the lineup for New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips, India’s talisman Virat Kohli – the tournament’s leading run-scorer – Pakistan’s left-armer Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza.

The Upstox Most Valuable Team of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 (in batting order) is:

• Alex Hales (England) – 212 runs at 42.40
• Jos Buttler (c/wk) (England) – 225 runs at 45.00 and nine dismissals
• Virat Kohli (India) – 296 runs at 98.66
• Suryakumar Yadav (India) – 239 runs at 59.75
• Glenn Phillips (New Zealand) – 201 runs at 40.20
• Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) – 219 runs at 27.37 and 10 wickets at 15.60
• Shadab Khan (Pakistan) – 98 runs at 24.50 and 11 wickets at 15.00
• Sam Curran (England) – 13 wickets at 11.38
• Anrich Nortje (South Africa) – 11 wickets at 8.54
• Mark Wood (England) – 9 wickets at 12.00
• Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan) – 11 wickets at 14.09
• 12th player: Hardik Pandya (India) – 128 runs at 25.60 and eight wickets at 18.25

Indian superstar Virat Kohli bats at No.3, having finished as the tournament’s highest run-scorer with 296 runs at a stunning average of 98.66.

Kohli began his campaign with a crucial 82 not out against Pakistan, anchoring his team to a heart-thumping final-ball four-wicket victory.

Further knocks of 64 not out against Bangladesh, 62 not out against the Netherlands, and 50 against England in the semi-finals rounded out an individual competition to remember for one of the modern era’s greatest white-ball batters.

Suryakumar Yadav, another Indian, is ranked fourth after finishing as the tournament’s third-most prolific batter with 239 runs.

Three half-centuries against the Netherlands (51 not out in Sydney), South Africa (68 in Perth), and Zimbabwe (61 not out off just 25 balls in Melbourne) helped propel his team to the semi-finals, as he scored at a staggering strike rate of 189.68 over six innings.