Former Australian chinaman spinner Brad Hogg has named his best XI for the upcoming season of the IPL 2020. Surprisingly, there was no place for big players like MS Dhoni, AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle in Hogg’s best XI. SRH captain David Warner and MI skipper Rohit Sharma are the openers for Hogg.
David Warner is the most successful overseas player in the IPL he has scored 4706 runs 126 IPL matches at an impressive average of 43.17 and a blistering strike rate of 142.39.
Rohit Sharma has amassed 4898 runs in 188 IPL matches at an average of 31.6 and strike rate of 130.82. Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli makes the cut into Hogg’s team as the talisman is the leading run-getter in IPL with 5412 runs from 177 matches.
Kane Williamson is the captain of the side for Brad Hogg. Williamson has scored 1302 runs in 41 IPL matches at an average of 38.29 and strike rate of 135.06.
Rishabh Pant, who has impressed with his pyrotechnics in the IPL, bats at number five. The southpaw has scored 1736 runs in 54 IPL matches at an impressive average of 36.17 and a blistering strike rate of 162.7.
Andre Russell, who was in sublime form in the last season, makes the cut into Hogg’s team. Russell was awarded the player of the tournament in the previous season as he had scored 510 runs and had also scalped 11 wickets.
Ravindra Jadeja will bat at number seven for Hogg. The left-arm spinner has snared 108 wickets in 170 IPL matches. Sunil Narine and Yuzvendra Chahal are the main spinners of the team.
Narine has scalped 122 wickets in 110 matches in the IPL. The southpaw batsman has also opened the innings for KKR and he has scored 771 runs at a blitzkrieg strike rate of 168. Chahal has scalped 100 wickets in 84 IPL matches.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah constitute the pace battery of the side. Jasprit Bumrah, who is one of the best death bowlers in the world, has picked 82 wickets in 77 matches. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken 133 wickets in 117 matches at 23.71.
Brad Hogg’s best XI of IPL 2020: David Warner, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson (C), Rishabh Pant, Andre Russell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sunil Narine, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah.
India delivered a phenomenal performance in the second ODI, led brilliantly by the skipper. It's … Read More
Jamshedpur FC head coach Khalid Jamil was not impressed with his team’s performance after suffering… Read More
Novak Djokovic has achieved almost everything in the record books. He has 24 Grand Slams… Read More
Liverpool’s manager Arne Slot has called the shock FA Cup exit as unacceptable. The Reds… Read More
Bengaluru FC head coach Gerard Zaragoza was delighted after a comprehensive 3-0 win against Jamshedpur… Read More
After the shock trade, Luka Doncic finally made his debut for the Los Angeles Lakers.… Read More