Twitter reveals dream team for ICC World T20

Five Indians including Virat Kohli make cut

Virat Kohli.

 

 

Kolkata: Can the likes of Virat Kohli and Dale Steyn play for the same team in the World Twenty 20? Twitter on Monday came up with a dream XI for the tournament featuring the duo.

The team is composed of the most mentioned World T20 players on the social networking site over the past 12 months. The dream XI also boasts of five Indian cricketers with Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the captain and wicket-keeper of the team. 

Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh are the other Indian players.

“This dream team is composed of the most-mentioned #WT20 players on Twitter over the past 12 months, forming a first XI that would be the envy of any coach,” Twitter said in a release.

The team also features Australia skipper Steve Smith, his Pakistan counterpart Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Steyn, West Indies batsman Chris Gayle and Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan.