Harsha Bhogle picks his T20 XI of 2018
The year 2018 is about to come to an end, and it is that time of the year when the experts and the analysts all over the world review the year in terms of cricket.
Harsha Bhogle is one of the best cricket analysts despite not having any professional experience of playing the sport. He is best known for his cricket storytelling.
Bhogle picked his T20 XI of the year through his vlog with Cricbuzz, notably this team is not a team of the best T20 players in the world comprising the likes of Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, or Ab de Villiers. The team is selected based on the best T20 performances in this year.
The criteria of selection are based on the performances not only in the international cricket but also the franchise cricket. Without much ado, let's take a look at the T20 XI of 2018 picked by Harsha Bhogle.
#1 Aaron Finch (Australia)
2018 has been the year of Aaron Finch, from scoring 172 runs in a T20I against Zimbabwe to representing the national team in the Test format of the game. Finch might have had a poor IPL, but his numbers in the Vitality Blast T20 tournament, and in the international stage are mind-boggling. With 1350 T20 runs in 2018, Finch ended the year as second highest run-scorer.
#2 Shikhar Dhawan (India)
We all know Shikhar Dhawan is one of the best openers in the ODI, but his T20 numbers previously were not enough to secure his spot in the team. Then came the year 2018, where Dhawan rediscovered himself.
The southpaw managed to score 689 runs for India in the shortest format of the game which also involved 6 half-centuries at a breathtaking strike rate of 147.22. Dhawan had a good time in the IPL as well, scoring 497 runs at an average of 38.23.