Former RCB bowler picks four Indians in his all-time T20 XI

Former Royal Challengers Bengaluru and South African cricketer Wayne Parnell picked four Indians in his all-time T20I XI. Parnell also named Dhoni as one of the four toughest batters he faced in his career and chose him as the skipper of his all-time XI.

He picked the left-right pair of Chris Gayle and Rohit Sharma as the openers. Gayle leads the run-scoring charts with a whopping 14,562 runs at a strike rate of 144.75. Parnell also picked his 2023 RCB teammate Virat Kohli at No. 3 and had no hesitation in opting the Proteas legend AB de Villiers at No. 4

The West Indies duo of Kieron Pollard and Andre Russell were Parnell's No. 5 and No. 6. Pollard and Russell are veterans of the 20-over format and the former stands second in the run-scoring chart with 14,145 runs in a 716-match T20 career. He is the only batter in T20s amongst the top 10 leading run-getters to possess a strike rate northwards of 150 (151.26). Meanwhile, Russell has 494 wickets in T20s.    

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Former West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo followed Pollard and Russell in Parnell's XI. Bravo has picked up 631 wickets in 582 matches and has also scored nearly 7000 runs. Parnell picked  Rashid Khan. as the only spinner in the lineup. Notably, Rashid is the leading wicket-taker in T20s with 666 scalps in 490 matches. Parnell concluded his lineup with the pace duo of Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah.

Bumrah and Boult have been instrumental in Mumbai Indians' success in the past. Bumrah also emerged as the Player of the Tournament during the T20 World Cup 2024.

Wayne Parnell's all-time T20 XI

Chris Gayle, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, MS Dhoni (c), Dwayne Bravo, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult (via Cricket.com)