Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015: Team of the Tournament
Keeping the India’s tour of Australia and the 2016 ICC World T20 in mind, BCCI made the right move in advancing the Vijay Hazare Trophy to just after the group stages of the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy.This year’s Vijay Hazare Trophy saw Indian Internationals including skipper MS Dhoni taking part in the tournament with only Rohit Sharma (marriage) and Virat Kohli (rest granted by the BCCI) missing out from the senior set of players.To everyone’s surprise, the fringe players managed to outperform the Indian Internationals. In this article, let us take a look at the best XI from the tournament.
#1 Sheldon Jackson
There might a bunch of names, who piled on the runs in the Vijay Hazare trophy, but when it comes to opening batsmen, apart from Sheldon Jackson, none of the other batsmen have made it big.
The Saurashtra batsman had piled up 345 runs in five innings at an average of just over 86. His strike-rate of 107.47 is the highest for a batsman with over 200 runs in the tournament. Jackson, who has been consistent for his side in the past 18 months will be the wicket-keeper of the side.