Australia vs India 2018/19: 1st ODI, Sydney - Australia's Predicted XI
Aaron Finch (Credits - Getty Images)

Perhaps, the last one year has seen a lot of cricket across the formats in the world cricket. A lot of International series, lucrative franchise-league tournament, domestic T20 tournaments and also, the brand-new tournaments. 2018 has seen a helluva of cricket. Meanwhile, Harsha Bhogle prepared his T20 XI of the year.

Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant finds a place:

Starting with the openers slot, the classic commentator Harsha Bhogle picked the Australian limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch to take the opening role. Finch was sublime in the shorter version of the game, where he smashed it brilliantly for various teams. He is the second leading run-scorer in the entire year with a couple of centuries.

Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan. Image Courtesy: Getty

Finch also smashed a brilliant 172 against Zimbabwe in a T20I game. He will be paired up with Shikhar Dhawan, who also had a fantastic year for Indian National Cricket Team. Dhawan also played brilliantly for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2018.

The crucial number 3 role has been assigned to Colin Munro, who was exceptional in the Carribean Premier League. He was the leading run-scorer and also scored brilliantly for Kiwis. For number 4, he asked Rishabh Pant to do the job. He was also assigned to do the glovework for the team behind the stumps.

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Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo are the X-factors:

Then he added power-hitters Glenn Maxwell, Andre Russell and Dwayne Bravo in the side. Harsha termed all of them are the x-factors for the team, who can change the course of the game in minutes of time.

CPL 2018, Andre Russell, Jamaica Tallawahs
Andre Russell Photo Credit: CPL 2018

Besides that, all of them are handy bowling options as well. For spinner quota, he asked Sunil Narine and Rashid Khan to do the job in his XI. He called the duo is the best possible spinners surviving in the game of cricket.

Coming to the fast bowler’s section, Harsha Bhogle kept his trust on the most happening cricketer Jofra Archer and the lanky lad of Australia, Billy Stanlake.

Also, here is his squad:

Aaron Finch, Shikhar Dhawan, Colin Munro, Rishabh Pant, Glenn Maxwell, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Rashid Khan, Sunil Narine, Jofra Archer, Billy Stanlake

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