Strongest T20I XI of 2018

#6 Mushfiqur Rahim

Mushfiqur Rahim has helped The Lions on multiple occasion

Mushfiqur Rahim is the only Bangladeshi player to feature in this unique playing XI. The veteran wicketkeeper-batsman played 16 T20Is in 2018. The Bogra-born player scored 397 runs at an average of 30.53 and brilliant strike rate of 132.33.

Besides getting three fifties, Rahim also contributed to the team behind the stumps. He took eight catches and effected four stumpings in the year 2018.

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#7 Shadab Khan

Shadab Khan is one of the players to watch out for during the 2019 CWC

Pakistan have found an exceptional talent in the leg-break bowler Shadab Khan. The Mianwali-born player played 19 matches for the Men in Green in 2018 with his best figures being 3/19. 20-year-old Shabad had 28 scalps to his name in T20Is in 2018.

What is most impressive is that he managed to pick up so many wickets at a brilliant average of 17.42, a strike rate of 15.7, giving away just 6.62 runs in an over, which are exceptional figures for a T20 bowler.

The youngster has become a vital cog for Pakistan in all three formats of the game.