India-Pakistan T20I Combined XI
India will look to bounce back from their opening game defeat to New Zealand on Saturday when they take on Pakistan in Kolkata. While the hosts lost comprehensively, Pakistan got off to a brilliant start to their World T20 campaign by thrashing Asia Cup finalists Bangladesh.It will be a battle of two different teams as a settled line-up takes on one which has quite a few changes from just the last T20I that was played by them. While India is blessed with plenty of big-hitters, Pakistan have the luxury of an incredible pace battery to call on and help their cause.While both sides are similar in the amount of bowling options that they have (quick hint: it is a lot), which players from both sides make it into the combined XI featuring the best from both nations?Here is your answer as Sportskeeda brings to you the India-Pakistan T20I Combined XI:
#1 Rohit Sharma
On current form, few would argue that Rohit Sharma isn't the best, if not one of the best openers in cricket. Not everyone has the capability to shift through gears, go from finding the fielders to picking out the spectators in the crowd like Rohit does. And his record in T20Is speaks for itself.
One of only four Indians to have scored over 1,000 runs in the format, his average of almost 35 and his strike rate of 129.5 are excellent numbers for an opener. Not only does he provide India with fast starts, but more often that he has shown that he has what it takes to kick on from there and make a big score.