SURYAKUMAR YADAV TO LEAD T20I TEAM OF 2023; GLENN MAXWELL, HARIS RAUF TO BE PART OF PLAYING XI

The dynamic duo of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Phil Salt would open the innings in the dream T20I team of 2023. Yashasvi played 14 innings, registering an impressive tally of 430 runs at an average of 33.07 and a strike rate of 159.25 with one hundred...

- RENIN WILBEN

T20Is in 2023 took a back seat since it was the year of the ODI World Cup. Bangladesh had a good year in T20Is, winning 10 and losing two. T20 world champions England had a poor year, winning four losing eight matches. India played 23 games in the format, winning 15 and losing seven. As for New Zealand, they won nine matches and lost eight games. Pakistan won four and lost as many as six. South Africa had a very poor T20 year, winning two and losing six, while Sri Lanka had a disastrous year in T20Is, losing five and winning only one. As for West Indies, they won eight and lost five. Now let’s look at the T20I team of 2023.

OPENERS: YASHASVI JAISWAL, PHIL SALT (WK)

The dynamic duo of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Phil Salt would open the innings in the dream T20I team of 2023. Yashasvi played 14 innings, registering an impressive tally of 430 runs at an average of 33.07 and a strike rate of 159.25 with one hundred and three fifties. He smashed 84 not out off 51 against West Indies in Lauderhill, 100 off 49 against Nepal in Hangzhou in the Asian Games, 53 off 25 versus Australia in Thiruvananthapuram and 60 off 41 against South Africa in Johannesburg.