Best T20I XI with a player from each of the top 11 teams in the format

Kaushik
New Zealand v Sri Lanka - 2nd T20
New Zealand's Martin Guptill would be a worthy opener

Middle order

Virat Kohli (India)

Australia v India - Game 3
Australia v India - Game 3

The Indian skipper will captain the side and will also bat at number three like he does for India. There is no denying the fact that the Indian captain is the best player in all the formats and his stats provide the perfect testimony to that.

He averages a world best 53 in the format and has an impressive strike rate of almost 138.

Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)

New Zealand v Sri Lanka
New Zealand v Sri Lanka

The Veteran Sri Lankan all-rounder will bat at number 4 in the team. Though he has not enjoyed great T20 form of late, he brings a lot to the table with his vast experience in the sport. Also, he can be handy with the balls and can bowl a couple of tight overs.

He has hit over a 1000 runs in 56 innings averaging almost 28. He has also taken 37 wickets in the format.

Jos Buttler (England) (wk)

ICC World Twenty20 India 2016: Final - England v West Indies
ICC World Twenty20 India 2016: Final - England v West Indies

England's limited-overs keeper will keep and bat at number 5. He has been an integral part of England's limited-overs fixtures in the past couple of years. He can come in and play attacking shorts right from the start, and therefore is capable of ending the innings on a high.

He can play shots all around the wicket. An explosive wicket-keeper batsman, he has amassed more than a 1000 runs in the format with a destructive strike rate of almost 139 and an average of little less than 27.

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