The ninth edition of the men’s T20 World Cup is just two days away, and as the excitement builds towards a crescendo, pundits and former cricketers wicket have started making their predictions.
Star Sports posted a video today where the commentators on the panel of tournament’s official broadcaster unveiled who they thought would be the top run getter and top wicket-taker of this tournament.
While Virat Kohli emerged as the popular choice to score most runs, his former India captain teammates Jasprit Bumrah was predicted to take most wickets.
EXPERTS’ CHOICE FOR TOP RUN-SCORER
Sunil Gavaskar: Travis Head (Australia)
Brian Lara: Yashasvi Jaiswal (India)
Matthew Hayden: Virat Kohli (India)
Ambati Rayudu: Rohit Sharma (India)
Paul Collingwood: Jos Buttler (England)
Chris Morris: Quinton de Kock (South Africa)
Aaron Finch: David Warner (Australia)
Mohammad Kaif: Virat Kohli (India)
S Sreesanth: Virat Kohli or Yashasvi Jaiswal (India)
EXPERTS’ CHOICE FOR TOP WICKET-TAKER
Paul Collingwood: Jasprit Bumrah (India)
S Sreesanth: Yuzvendra Chahal (India)
Matthew Hayden: Kuldeep Yadav (India)
Aaron Finch: Mitchell Starc (Australia)
Mohammad Kaif : Jasprit Bumrah (India)
The T20 World Cup gets underway on June 2 with hosts USA taking on neighbours Canada. The final will be play in Barbados on June 29, with other Caribbean islands joining host USA for this event.
India will begin their campaign against Ireland at New York on June 5th before meeting arch rivals Pakistan at the same venue four days later. Canada and USA are other two teams in India’s group.
