Shakib gets spot in Cricket Australia's best T20 XI

Sports Desk: The Cricket Australia's official website "Cricket.com.au" named Bangladesh's ace all-rounder Shakib Al-Hassan in its best Twenty-20 XI of 2017.

The Cricket Australia considered the domestic and international performances in the short format to come up with this power-packed XI where no Australian and Indian cricketer secured any spot.

Newly appointed Bangladesh's Test and T20 side captain Shakib also got spot in the best ODI XI made by the Indian cricket expert Harsha Bhogle and the best test XI of Popular British daily ‘The Guardian’.

Former test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim also notched up place in the Gurdian's list.

Here is the Cricket Australia's best T20 XI:

1. Brendon McCullum | 58 matches | 1503 runs @ 29 | SR 143 | HS: 91
(Brisbane, Gujarat, Lahore, Middlesex, Rangpur, Trinbago)

2. Chris Gayle | 44 matches | 1279 runs @ 37 | SR 140 | HS: 146no
(Karachi, Rangpur, Bangalore, St Kitts and Nevis, West Indies)

3. Evin Lewis | 32 matches | 1124 runs @ 40 | SR 165 | HS: 125no
(Dhaka, St Kitts and Nevis, West Indies)

4. Hashim Amla | 26 matches | 1021 runs @ 48 | SR 143 | HS: 104no
(Cape Cobras, Kings XI Punjab, South Africa, World-XI)

5. AB de Villiers | 23 matches | 779 runs @ 43 | SR 158 | HS: 89no
(Bangalore, South Africa, Titans)

6. Luke Ronchi (wk) | 35 matches | 1049 runs @ 33 | SR 178 | HS: 102
(Chittagong, Guyana, Leicestershire, New Zealand, Wellington)

7. Shakib al Hasan | 29 matches | 447 runs @ 20 | 37 wkts @ at 18 | RPO 6.9 | HS: | BB: 5-16
(Bangladesh, Dhaka, Jamaica, Kolkata, Peshawar)

8. Sunil Narine | 64 matches | 62 wkts @ 24 | RPO 6.2 | 760 runs @ 16 | SR 151 | BB: 3-10
(Dhaka, Kolkata, Lahore, Melbourne Renegades, Trinbago, West Indies)

9. Mohammad Amir | 28 matches | 34 wkts @ 21 RPO 6.8 | BB: 4-13
(Dhaka, Essex, Karachi, Lahore, Pakistan)

10. Wahab Riaz | 32 matches | 41 wkts @ 18 | RPO 6.7 | BB: 3-15
(Barbados, Lahore, Pakistan, Peshawar)

11. Rashid Khan | 55 matches | 78 wkts @ 14.88 | RPO 5.6 | BB: 5-3
(Adelaide, Afghanistan, Band-e-Amir, Comilla, Guyana, Hyderabad)

risingbd/Dhaka/December 31, 2017/A K Azad