Hashim Amla (SAf)
Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL) (wk) (c)
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
Cameron White (Aus)
Shahid Afridi (Pak)
Yusuf Pathan (Ind)
Daniel Vettori (NZ)
Dale Steyn (SAf)
Zaheer Khan (Ind)
Lasith Malinga (SL)
It was convenient that basically the four best bets to score the most runs in the tournament are easily selectable at opener, first and second drop. I’m not sure why I picked Cameron White – probably because I expect the Australians to have a reasonable tournament and there really isn’t a heap of other elite middle-order options, I think they need to be represented. Afridi is the most destructive batsman in the game today whose leg-spin has developed from inexcusable to, well, excusable. Pathan’s status as Indian cricket’s NBT (Next Big Thing) earns him number seven, when bowlers Vettori, Steyn, Khan and Malinga are each their country’s best bets to top the wicket tallies. The beauty of this Dream XI, Afridi and White excepted, is that it could quite easily translate across and be the best lineup Test cricket has to offer as well. Rather than going too far down the David Warner, baseball slugger mode, it’s refreshing to see good technique rewarded.
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