The all-time IPL all-rounders XI

T20 is the current buzzword of Cricket wherever you go and the IPL is its most dainty and appetizing snack. But you would be wrong to think that it's just a plain contest between batsmen and bowlers dub-smashed on a turf of unpredictability. In a game where the batsmen threaten to dominate the ball and where the ball can outfox best of the batsmen, it is the rise of all-rounders that has changed the complexion of the game.

You can't deny their obvious talent. They can produce magical results with their twin talents. And at times, they are just unstoppable. Where bowls spin action jolting batting attacks and where rising sixes indicate soaring temperatures, there we see the all-rounders rising to the forefront of a contest.

We take a glimpse at what could possibly be an ideal contemporary IPL Eleven comprising just of all-rounders.

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1. Shane Watson

Easily one of the most defining cricketing talents of our times, Shane Watson is a heavyweight name in a side that can make his unit punch above its weight. A guy who can hit sixes at will and take useful wickets at timely intervals, is there anything more that a captain can desire from a player of his caliber?

Inarguably, the finest all-rounder in international cricket ever since Jacques Kallis and possibly one of the best in business in the ongoing IPL, Watson's solid batting technique and interesting variations in medium pace bring eclectic power to his Royal Challengers Bangalore outfit.

The muscled hunk has struck 2472 runs, at an average of 34 with 2 hundreds, 14 fifties and has collected 70 wickets with best bowling figures of 3 for 10.