Best T20I XI of 2024: Rohit Sharma to open with nemesis Travis Head, no Kohli & Arshdeep-Bumrah reunite

Just one day is left for the year to be over. With just one day’s worth of action left, this is the best time to name InsideSport’s best T20I of 2024. After deep consideration and a focus on the T20 World Cup 2024, we have named a side that consists of players from 6 nations. The India cricket team has the most players (4), followed by Australia (3), and Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies and England have one player each.

Best T20I XI of 2024

• Rohit Sharma (c) – India
  Travis Head – Australia
  Phil Salt (wk) – England
  Nicholas Pooran – West Indies
  Marcus Stoinis – Australia
  Hardik Pandya – India
  Wanindu Hasaranga – Sri Lanka
  Marco Jansen – South Africa
  Arshdeep Singh – India
  Jasprit Bumrah – India
  Adam Zampa – Australia

Top-order ft. Rohit Sharma, Travis Head & Phil Salt

Rohit Sharma, captain of the reigning T20 World Cup champions, India, will lead the best T20I XI of 2024. He was a revelation up top and hit three fifties in the tournament, which included a half-century in the semifinal. No one scored more runs than Rohit with a better strike in the T20 World Cup (257 runs at 156.70). Travis Head matched Rohit’s freak and had an even better year. The southpaw, struck at nearly 180 while averaging over 38. Phil Salt was just a notch below the openers with over 450 runs at 38.91 and a strike rate of nearly 165.

Middle & lower order middle ft. Hardik Pandya & Marco Jansen

The best T20I teams are the ones that have a lot of bowling options. By playing multiple all-rounders of the likes of Marcus Stoinis, Hardik Pandya, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Marco Jansen, you would have four batters out, two of whom are proper bowlers (Jansen and Hasaranga) and the other two (Stoinis and Pandya) can give anywhere between 4 to 8 overs. Not to forget, each has incredible striking ability. Stoinis and Pandya can even anchor the innings and can do well in chases.