T20 World Cup 2022: Best XI from Super 12 Week 1

6. Marcus Stoinis

Marcus Stoinis is a ferocious striker of the cricket ball and provides balance to the Australian side with his all-round batting might. Though the 33-year-old was not able to make any impact when the Aussies collided with the Blackcaps, he set the stage ablaze in the game against Sri Lanka.

When Stoinis arrived at the crease, the match was evenly poised with 69 runs needed off 46 deliveries with Australian skipper Aaron Finch struggling at the other end. But the veteran all-rounder made a mockery of the chase by putting up a six-hitting exhibition.

Stoinis blasted 59* runs off just 18 balls to end the game in the 17th over itself. He reached the 50-mark in 17 deliveries and broke a record jointly held by David Warner and Glenn Maxwell to score the fastest half-century by an Australian player in the shortest format of the game. The flamboyant all-rounder muscled six sixes and four fours in his incredible knock.