Laziest XI Of World Cricket

Modern-day cricket has evolved a lot and the fitness requirements have set at the highest order for the players to be well organized as a team without many loopholes. But, there are exceptions in every part of the game, and some players are well exposed to their laziness in the field.

Fitness includes the amount of agility, fielding efforts, quickness between wickets and these are things that can be worked upon in the practice sessions. The international players do face a lot of criticism if they don’t reach the fitness standards and it is very hard for them to survive for a long period unless they have exceptional batting or bowling skills. Here is the laziest XI of World Cricket.

Laziest XI Of World Cricket:

Rohit Sharma:

The Indian limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma has been in phenomenal form ever since he has been promoted up the order to open in all the formats. Unlike other fielders, Rohit is an excellent catcher and he doesn’t drop many. But the Mumbaikar isn’t that swift in the field and it is evident that he has been always wanted inside the 30-yard circle.

Rohit being a senior player in the Indian side and one of the most important batsman, he needs to work on his speed and agility, and in 2018, there was a time when he failed the yo-yo test and was almost dropped from the squad. The elegant batsman has the highest individual score in ODI cricket with his unbeaten 264 against Sri Lanka.

Chris Gayle:

Chris Gayle is one of the best entertainers of the crowd with his extraordinary six-hitting, but he fails to produce the same impact while fielding.  Gayle is often hidden in the ground in short third man areas or short fine leg areas but he is an excellent slip catcher.

The big man from the Caribbean is part of the T2o international squad for the West Indies side and the 42-year-old has to work on his fitness while his batting form has never let him down.

Mohammad Shahzad:

Mohammad Shahzad has been playing for the Afghanistan national team for a long time now and the wicketkeeper-batsman certainly needs to work on reducing his body weight. Being an opener, it is going to be very tough for the team to cope up with him despite his explosiveness at the start.

Shahzad has played 84 ODIs and 65 T20 internationals for his nation and he was banned from playing by the ACB in 2019 after he breached the code of conduct and now the ban has been lifted in 2020.

Harris Sohail:

The Pakistan left-handed batsman Harris Sohail has been criticized a lot for his slowness in the pitch while fielding as well as while running between the wickets. He has always had a good technique and is one of the most talented batsmen in the nation.

He has been playing test cricket for Pakistan recently and he will have to work a lot to make it to the T20 world cup squad for Pakistan this year.

Sarfraz Ahmed:

Sarfraz Ahmed led from the front in the famous triumph in the 2017 Champions trophy for the Pakistan side as the captain but has failed a lot after that and the 34-year-old was criticized a lot for his decision-making in the 2009 world cup.

The Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman is relatively slow between the wickets and he has already been identified yawning in the 2019 world cup on the field for which he was trolled a lot. Mohammad Rizwan has taken his place in all the formats for the country and it will be hard for Sarfraz to get back into playing XI.

Soumya Sarkar:

Soumya Sarkar is a Bangladesh all-rounder who bats in the top order as well as bowls some medium pace. He has been a regular feature on the national side for the last few years but his fielding standards have always been a question mark.

The left-hander needs to work on being a lot more agile in the field and keep up with the requirements of the international standards. He will be a key player for Bangladesh in the T20 Worldcup.

Sunil Narine:

Sunil Narine has been an excellent T20 player but his fielding has been pretty ordinary always in the field. He bowls four overs of good mystery spin and doesn’t get hit much and can be very handy with the bat

However, Narine isn’t very swift between the wickets, and hence, he has been pushed back to the lower middle order again in T20s. Narine isn’t in the scheme of things for the T20 Worldcup this year as of now for the West Indian side.

Kuldeep Yadav:

Kuldeep Yadav has been very unlucky and has gone through a lot in the last two years. The left-arm chinaman has lost his place in the Indian test squad recently and he has to work on his fitness in the meantime.

Kuldeep needs to reduce his weight for him to be very swift in the field and he needs to get back his bowling rhythm as well. He is a special player and needs to be properly managed by the team as he can be very effective.

Tabraiz Shamsi:

Tabraiz Shamsi has risen to the number one position in the ICC T20 rankings for bowlers and the left-arm spinner is very economical for South Africa in his bowling spells. He has been taking a lot of wickets and will be key to South Africa’s plans in the T20 world cup.

Shami isn’t the best of fielders going around and his laziness has always been evident in the field. This could be the one aspect that he should work upon and he has to raise his fitness bars as well.

Lasith Malinga:

The former Sri Lankan captain and the legendary bowler Lasith Malinga has been very effective in limited over cricket and is one of the best in the business when executing his yorkers and variations. However, his fielding standard has always been poor for many years now.

Malinga’s fitness has always been a question mark on the field and he has often criticized for not working on reducing his body weight. He has retired from Test cricket and ODI cricket but still could make it to the T20 World cup squad this year.

Jasprit Bumrah:

Jasprit Bumrah has been India’s number one bowler in all the formats but he has always struggled with his fielding aspects. He has missed a lot of easy chances in the field but has matched it up with excellent bowling.

However, India has set the fielding standards really high and Bumrah needs to work on that aspect to become a complete cricketer. He will be a key bowler in the T20 Worldcup for India this year.