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#1 Virat Kohli
If there is a World XI team to be picked, especially to play in a limited-overs tournament, the first name on that list has to be that of India's skipper Virat Kohli. Kohli is by far the best batsman in both ODIs and T20Is and would have walked into World XI team.
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His T20 numbers are so good that it will be difficult for any batsman to replicate them in the future. Last year, he scored 641 runs in 13 innings at an average of 107 and a strike-rate of 140 in the format. Adding to that, he amassed over 950 runs in the IPL and had a Bradmanesque Kohliesque run in the year.
Kohli continued his good run in 2017 as he has already scored 173 runs in five innings at a similar strike-rate and an average of 35.
Leaving out someone like Virat Kohli from a World XI team is unfair, but whose loss is that? Kohli's or the team's?
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