Assemble Your Ultimate T20 World Cup Dream Team

06 Mar,2026

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Assemble Your Ultimate T20 World Cup Dream Team

Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan, England's Will Jacks and South Africa's Lungi Ngidi are all options for you to pick.

After 54 matches, just one remains at the Men's T20 World Cup 2026. New Zealand will face India in Sunday's final, and it got us thinking, who would make your team of the tournament?

We've got three different votes to help you pick your openers, remaining batters/all-rounders, and bowlers. We haven't done a specific wicketkeeper vote because of the different slot they may fill in a white-ball team, but please ensure you vote for someone to fill that role and we'll include the most-voted in the final XI. We'll share the final team in our live text coverage of Sunday's final.

Pick two of the players in the vote below to be your openers:

  • Aiden Markram (South Africa): Innings: eight, runs: 286, average: 47.66, strike-rate: 165.31, wickets: one
  • Sahibzada Farhan (Pakistan): Innings: six, runs: 383, average: 76.60, strike-rate: 160.25
  • Brian Bennett (Zimbabwe): Innings: six, runs: 292, average: 146.00, strike-rate: 134.56
  • Ryan Rickleton (South Africa): Innings: eight, runs: 228, average: 32.57, strike-rate: 170.14
  • Shai Hope (West Indies): Innings: seven, runs: 217, average: 36.16, strike-rate: 130.72, dismissals: three
  • Tim Seifert (New Zealand): Innings: seven, runs: 274, average: 45.66, strike-rate: 161.17, dismissals: six
  • Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka): Innings: seven, runs: 211, average: 35.16, strike-rate: 147.55
  • Finn Allen (New Zealand): Innings: seven, runs: 289, average: 57.80, strike-rate: 203.52
  • Sanju Samson (India): Innings: four, runs: 232, average: 77.33, strike-rate: 201.73, dismissals: three

Select five of the players in the vote below to fulfill slots three to seven in your team:

  • Shimron Hetmyer (West Indies): Innings: seven, runs: 248, average: 41.33, strike-rate: 186.46
  • Suryakumar Yadav (India): Innings: eight, runs: 242, average: 34.57, strike-rate: 137.50
  • Harry Brook (England): Innings: eight, runs: 235, average: 29.37, strike-rate: 159.86
  • Jacob Bethell (England): Innings: eight, runs: 280, average: 35.00, strike-rate: 152.17
  • Ishan Kishan (India): Innings: eight, runs: 263, average: 32.87, strike-rate: 189.20, dismissals: two
  • Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand): Innings: six, runs: 128, average: 32.00, strike-rate: 136.17, wickets: 11, economy: 6.88
  • Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe): Innings: six, runs: 206, average: 51.50, strike-rate: 164.80, wickets: five, economy: 9.00
  • Pavan Rathnayake (Sri Lanka): Innings: seven, runs: 205, average: 34.16, strike-rate: 154.13
  • Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka): Innings: six, runs: 197, average: 39.40, strike-rate: 114.53, dismissals: four
  • Will Jacks (England): Innings: eight, runs: 226, average: 56.50, strike-rate: 176.56, wickets: nine, economy: 9.75
  • Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies): Innings: six, runs: 183, average: 61.00, strike-rate: 179.41
  • Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka): Innings: six, runs: 165, average: 33.00, strike-rate: 187.50, wickets: three, economy: 9.00
  • David Miller (South Africa): Innings: six, runs: 174, average: 58.00, strike-rate: 155.35
  • Shubham Ranjane (USA): Innings: four, runs: 141, average: 70.50, strike-rate: 180.76
  • Jason Holder (West Indies): Innings: five, runs: 141, average: 35.25, strike-rate: 174.07, wickets: 10, economy: 8.86
  • Marco Jansen (South Africa): Innings: three, runs: 73, average: 36.50, strike-rate: 169.76, wickets: 11, economy: 10.45

Select four of the players in the vote below to fill slots eight to 11 in your team:

  • Shadley van Schalkwyk (USA): Innings: four, wickets: 13, average: 7.76, economy: 6.80
  • Blessing Muzarabani (Zimbabwe): Innings: six, wickets: 13, average: 14.46, economy: 7.88
  • Lungi Ngidi (South Africa): Innings: seven, wickets: 12, average: 15.58, economy: 7.19
  • Varun Chakravarthy (India): Innings: eight, wickets: 13, average: 19.07, economy: 8.85
  • Corbin Bosch (South Africa): Innings: seven, wickets: 11, average: 17.36, economy: 7.64
  • Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka): Innings: seven, wickets: 11, average: 18.54, economy: 7.41
  • Adil Rashid (England): Innings: eight, wickets: 13, average: 19.23, economy: 8.15
  • Marco Jansen (South Africa): Innings: six, wickets: 11, average: 21.54, economy: 10.45
  • Usman Tariq (Pakistan): Innings: five, wickets: 10, average: 14.10, economy: 11.70
  • Liam Dawson (England): Innings: eight, wickets: 10, average: 20.90, economy: 7.74
  • Gudakesh Motie (West Indies): Innings: seven, wickets: 10, average: 17.30, economy: 7.86
  • Jofra Archer (England): Innings: eight, wickets: 11, average: 26.00, economy: 9.53
  • Brad Evans (Zimbabwe): Innings: six, wickets: 10, average: 19.60, economy: 9.18
  • Dushmantha Chameera (Sri Lanka): Innings: six, wickets: 10, average: 20.00, economy: 9.52
  • Jasprit Bumrah (India): Innings: seven, wickets: 10, average: 15.90, economy: 6.62
  • Jamie Overton (England): Innings: six, wickets: nine, average: 16.55, economy: 7.45
  • Matthew Forde (West Indies): Innings: six, wickets: six, average: 20.50, economy: 6.25

All stats correct up to and including 5 March. Get cricket news sent straight to your phone.

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