Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019-20: Best XI of the tournament
Karnataka managed to defend the title beating Tamil Nadu in the final.
Washington Sundar (Tamil Nadu)
Washington Sundar’s batting skills are highly underrated. But he pulled off his ‘swashbuckling batsman’ moniker and emerged as one of the leading run-scores for his side in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy this season.
Just like Dinesh Karthik promotes Sunil Narine at the top of the order for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, the Tamil Nadu captain did the same with Washington Sundar in SMAT20 this season. And, the left-hander responded with disdain. The left-handed batsman consistently played some whirlwind innings at the top of the order, allowing his more-established batsmen to take over in the middle-overs.
In nine innings, Sundar scored 271 runs at an average of 54.20 and a strike-rate of 128.43 with the help of a half-century. With the ball too, Sundar kept it really tight, conceding just 4.93 runs/over besides taking six wickets at an average of 23.83.
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