Yes, a Night Twenty team has been announced in which neither Jasprit Bumrah nor Virat Kohli nor Hardik Pandya nor Rohit Sharma is there but five Indian players have made it to this team. This team is not of India, this is a broadcast team. Partner Star Sports' Star Sports selected a team on the basis of voting. The rule was very clear, the one who gets the most votes will join the team and on this basis, five Indian players made it to the team. The surprising thing is that Mohammed Shami is included in the Twenty20 team who did not play T20 in 2023.
The first names are here. Shubhman Gill is from India. After that Yashasvi Jaiswal of India. Suryakumar Yadav, who is the number one player in T-Twenty, has also been given a place in this team on the basis of votes, but he is injured.
Glenn Maxwell of Australia. Nicholas Pooran of West Indies. Rinku Singh of India. Whose performance has been excellent whenever he has got a chance. Imad Wasim of Pakistan. Rashid Khan of Afghanistan. Mohammed Shami of India, who did not even play Twenty20 in 2023, but on the basis of votes, Mohammed Shami has been given a place in this team. Shaheen Shah Afridi is from Pakistan and Jason Behrendorff is from Australia.
That means the five players here are from India, two players from Pakistan have been included here, two players from Australia, one player from West Indies while one player from Afghanistan has also been included here. Now if the Indian players Talking about the five Indian players in 2023, Mohammed Shami did not do anything like this in T20.
But how was the performance of the remaining four players?
Shubman Gill scored three hundred and twelve runs in 2023 for thirteen T-Twenty matches. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored four hundred and thirty runs in fifteen matches. Suryakumar Yadav scored seven hundred and thirty-three runs in eighteen matches. Scored seven hundred and thirty-three runs while Rinku Singh scored two hundred and sixty-two runs in twelve matches, Suryakumar Yadav is injured. But they have been given place on the basis of votes.
This team has been selected as fan base which does not have Rohit Sharma. There is neither Virat Kohli nor Jasprit Bumrah nor Hardik Pandya who is considered to be the future T20 captain of India. The fans also did not like him and did not vote for him to be selected as an all-rounder here. So these eleven players.
Let us tell you once again. Shubman Gill, Jaiswal, Surya kumar Yadav, Glenn Maxwell, Nicholas, Pooran, Rinku Singh, Wasim, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Virat Kohli. So this team has been selected by Star Sports. Please tell us how you liked this team.