India's All-Time T20 XI 

Middle Order

Virat Kohli (VC)

Virat Kohli is the best T20 batsman

The player whose inclusion in any sort of best XI does not need any reasoning. Virat Kohli has been right at the top of his game. His attitude of giving 100% to everything that he does makes him a player that he is. He has looked near-perfect in the shortest format and has played a number of match-winning knocks.

Although Kohli has played a number of scintillating knocks, his innings of 82* off 51 against Australia in the 2016 T20I WC stand out as it guided the Indian team to semi-finals when the going looked tough for every other Indian batsman.

Kohli has scored 1983 runs in the shortest format at an astonishing average of 50.87 and a good enough strike-rate of 137.33 with 18 fifty-plus scores to his name.

Suresh Raina

Suresh Raina is synonymous with the Indian Premier League

Suresh Raina might have found going a bit tough in the past couple of years but there is no denying the fact that he is just an innings away from a good form. Every now and then, Raina has proved his worth as a T20 player in the IPL and the domestic T20 tournaments.

He tops the list of highest run scorers in IPL history which has the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, David Warner behind him.

His best performance in Indian colours came against South Africa in the 2010 World Cup, when he became the first Indian to hit a century in the T20I format. Riding on his century India easily defeated the strong South African team.

He boasts of an ability to chip in with a couple of tight overs and is always a live wire at the field saving crucial runs for the side.

Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh at his very best was the most dangerous batsman in the world

Yuvraj Singh was an integral member of the 2007 T20 World Cup winning squad. His six sixes in an over off Stuart Broad and 70 off 30 against Australia turned out to be the tournament changing knocks for India.

His never-give-up attitude and passion towards the game are praised by one and all. Although he might have been out of the national side, he still can demolish any bowling attack thanks to his batting pyrotechnics.

Although he has not got a continuous streak of games for the national side, he has played some really good knocks whenever he got the chances and therefore will be a critical part of the all-time national side.

Yuvraj has scored 1177 runs in the shortest format at an acceptable average of 28.02 and strike rate of 136.38.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C & WK)

MSD is unarguably one of the best finishers

Finishing games? Wicket-keeping brilliance? Making important calls during pressure situations? MSD can do it all. He does not have anything left to prove to anyone.

Every now and again Dhoni has proved his mettle, whether it be his leading skills, batting skills or keeping skills. Ability to remain calm and guide the team in the tensest of situations puts him a mile out of any other international player.

MSD's career average stands at 37.03 and he has scored over 1400 runs in the shortest format.

Honourable Mentions: Dinesh Kartik, Manish Pandey