After the MCG’s major T20 World Cup final, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named two Pakistani stars to the tournament team.
Thus, on Sunday, November 13, the ICC T20 world cup 2022 came to a close after a month of exhilarating play, with England winning the tournament for the second time.
At the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), the powerful Pakistan pace attack made the little score of 138 difficult for the Jos Buttler-led English team, but Ben Stokes’ valiant effort enabled his team to win.
The ICC unveiled the T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament one day after the big final.
The star all-rounder Shadab Khan and fierce left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi have made it to the final 11.
Shadab Khan scored 98 runs at a strike rate of 168.96 but his magic with the ball helped Pakistan reach the final of the mega event. He took 11 wickets at an average of 15, with an economy rate of 6.34.
Shaheen Shah Afridi is another Pakistani star in the team of the tournament who with his brilliant opening spells with the new ball has helped Pakistan at crucial stages of the match.
Here is the complete Team of the Tournament:
- Alex Hales
- Jos Buttler
- Virat Kohli
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Glenn Philips
- Sikander Raza
- Shadab Khan
- Sam Curran
- Anrich Nortje
- Mark Wood
- Shaheen Afridi
Earlier, Ben Stokes and Sam Curran starred as England edged Pakistan to win the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday and become the sport’s first dual white-ball champions, holding both the 50- and 20-over titles.
Jos Buttler’s side held Pakistan to 137-8 in front of a partisan 80,462 fans at a heaving Melbourne Cricket Ground before Stokes’s unbeaten 52 steered them to a five-wicket victory with six balls remaining.
Sam Curran starred with impressive bowling figures of 3/12 as England bowlers ran through the batting line to restrict Pakistan to 137/8.
