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Harbhajan Singh picks his all time T20 XI

Veteran Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has picked MS Dhoni as the skipper in his all-time T20 XI. The now 40-year-old Dhoni started his T20 career, guiding Team India to glory in the inaugural edition of the T20 World Cup in South Africa. Thereafter, he helped Chennai Super Kings win the Indian Premier League four times and the Champions League T20 a couple of times as well.

As his openers, Harbhajan picked India’s Rohit Sharma and West Indies’ Chris Gayle. For the No.3 slot, the Turbanator went for England’s Jos Buttler. He said that the Brits’ batter is reliable and has the ability to dictate terms after getting set.

“He is a very reliable batter and someone who can control the game once he gets set,” Harbhajan was quoted as saying in Sportskeeda.

Harbhajan Singh opines

At No.4, Harbhajan picked Shane Watson, who retired from all forms of cricket in November 2020. Back in 2016 after the World T20 in India, Watson bid adieu to international cricket. Harbhajan said that Watson had the potential to put in all-round performances and help his team win matches.

“Being an all-rounder, he has won many matches through his batting ability and has won games with the ball as well,” he stated.

Harbhajan went for South Africa’s AB de Villiers, India’s Dhoni, West Indies’ Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard at No.5, 6, 7 and 8 respectively. The veteran said that Pollard could also be slotted up the order if the situation demands so.

“The batting order can be altered and Pollard could be moved up and down the order depending on the needs of the side. Any T20 team is incomplete without Pollard,” Harbhajan added.

He also picked the wily Sunil Narine, who has plied his trade in numerous T20 leagues around the world. Harbhajan went for Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah as his two specialist fast bowlers.

Malinga is the leading wicket-taker in the history of the IPL, having racked up 170 wickets at an economy rate of 7.14. Bumrah, on the other hand, is the fulcrum of India’s bowling attack across formats.

Harbhajan’s T20 XI

Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Jos Buttler, Shane Watson, AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni (c &wk), Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah

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Travis Head to lead Sussex in 2022 County Championship

Australian batsman Travis Head will get back to Sussex one year from now as an abroad player for each of the three organizations, the club declared on Thursday (November 4). Head has additionally been named as Sussex's commander for the 2022 County Championship.

The 27-year-old has been in incredible structure off late scoring 271 runs in three Sheffield Shield games up until now. He additionally hit 230 in the 50-over design last month for South Australia - the second most elevated List A score in Australia's set of experiences.

In any case, Head had a helpless mission for Sussex this year, scoring just 183 runs in 11 innings. However, he is confident of driving from the front in his subsequent stretch. "I can hardly wait to return to Hove," Head said. "There was an extraordinary climate the previous summer and I cherished being essential for Sussex. There's incomplete business for myself and the crew all in all, so I was extremely anxious to return, contend hard and perform well. I'm elated to get the chance.

"I'm similarly satisfied to skipper the Championship side and I need to lead from the front as we proceed with the excursion to take accomplishment back to the club. I constructed some great associations with the players and mentors the previous summer and that will set things up pleasantly for this new test. There's some fine chiefs at the club and I'll be inclining toward them however much as could reasonably be expected as we as a whole endeavor to prevail collectively."

Sussex, who will be in Division Two one year from now, were driven by wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Brown at first in 2021 preceding being supplanted by Tom Haines halfway through the season. Ian Salisbury, Sussex's lead trainer in the Championship and the one-day design, uncovered that it was the best decision to name Head as the captain for the new season.

"Travis was mind blowing in the manner he behaved last year, regardless of whether in the changing area or on the field," he said. "He's by and large the sort of individual we need in our current circumstance and around our adolescents. He is obviously a remarkably talented cricketer also.

"Travis himself has been extremely legit concerning how he battled subsequent to missing the beginning of last season - it takes even the absolute best a touch of time to acclimate to English conditions - however he buckled down and before the finish of his visit we began to perceive what he can offer." Travis Head will play for Sussex across all arrangements in 2022, taking over as their red-ball skipper.

In-structure player Head, who has played 19 Tests for Australia, will show up in England in front of Sussex's opening LV= Insurance County Championship installation after he, and the club, persevered through a disappointing season in 2021.

Having consented to join Sussex for the 2020 season, Head's appearance was moved back by a year in light of the Covid pandemic. Travel hardships and a late completion to the Australian homegrown season implied he showed up after the expected time for Sussex's 2021 mission. He neglected to arrive at fifty of every six Championship games, scoring 183 runs from 11 innings as the club completed lower part of Division Three. He likewise played nine T20 Blast games and seven Royal London Cup 50-over counterparts for the club, however needed to leave Sussex right on time to meet quarantine prerequisites in front of the momentum Australian season.

Head invited his most recent Sussex arrangement, saying there was "incomplete business" by and by and for the club. "I can hardly wait to return to Hove," Head said. "There was an extraordinary climate the previous summer and I cherished being important for Sussex.

"There's incomplete business for myself and the crew in general, so I was exceptionally anxious to return, contend hard and perform well. I'm overjoyed to get the chance. I'm similarly satisfied to chief the Championship side and I need to lead from the front as we proceed with the excursion to take accomplishment back to the club."