5 teammates who could have been great rivals on field

There have been some suggestions that the renowned Indian batsmen of the last decade deserve more credit as they scored all those runs without facing a ‘weak’ Indian bowling attack. Even though this is not a place to go deep into the matter, it is not hard to imagine that current batsmen like Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni would have certainly scored more prolifically had they faced Indian medium pacers instead of those fiery Australian or English bowlers in their last few tours away from home.Ever wondered a faceoff between Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis against their own self-destructive batsmen? What about Brett Lee and Shane Warne bowling to Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist? Exciting, isn’t it? We've seen AB de Villiers taking on Dale Steyn in IPL on multiple occasions, and it's been fantastic!Here are the five such imaginary rivalries that could have been exciting to watch, had the players not represented the same team. (Though some such individual battles have happened in IPL, a prolonged rivarly was not present in the T20 tournament.)Special mention: Alastair Cook v James Anderson

#5 Hashim Amla vs Dale Steyn

The South African heavyweights are undoubtedly the worlds most respected cricketers in recent times for their level of excellency in their respective games. We have enjoyed quite a lot of thosemini-battles between AB de Villiers and Steyn, despiteinslam-bang T20s. But,Amla is one who doesnt really engage himself in much of T20s and the Protean superpowers can set the bar for quality cricket when they face off.

With Steyn himself crediting Amla by once saying that the he can bat even on a ploghen field, the prospect of a battle involving the twobest players of current times will produce somememorable on-field heroics. With Amla being someone with a predominantback foot play, the pace and late swing of Steyn might be something Amla has not faced in his entirecareer (in competitive matches).

True, Steyn is not the only one who can swing it late, but, is the complete pacer around and hence, will force Amla to bring out his A game in the contest of class.