Best T20I XI of the year

8. Rashid Khan

It’s hard for anyone to look beyond Rashid Khan in T20 cricket. Year after year, he’s producing some fabulous numbers. In 2019, the Afghanistan superstar picked up 20 wickets at an average of 12.90. He was striking once every two overs and had an economy of 6.62.

It’s been more than four years since Rashid made his debut and batsmen still find it tough against him. They find it tough to pick his variations and prefer to play his four overs out on most occasions. He is the heart of Afghanistan’s bowling attack and it’s his four overs that often decide the fate of the game.

In the last four years, 2019 was the third instance of Rashid finishing the year with 20 or more wickets in T20Is. Even in the year (2017) he didn’t pick 20 wickets, he took 17 wickets and had an economy of 4.57. Thus, Rashid is arguably the best T20 spinner going around at the moment.