The T20 World Cup 2024 has now reached its final stage, the final of the tournament will be played between India and South Africa in Barbados on 29 June. Meanwhile, before the final match, Cricket Australia has announced its Team of the Tournament for the T20 World Cup 2024 being held in the West Indies and the US. He has taken a surprising decision while selecting this team.

Cricket Australia appointed Rashid Khan as captain

CA has selected three Indians including Rohit Sharma in the Team of the Tournament, but they have not made Rohit Sharma the captain of their team. You will be surprised to know the person whom they have made the captain of their team. Cricket Australia has given the responsibility of leading their team to Rashid Khan, the captain of the Afghan team that reached the semi-finals for the first time.

CA has also not selected in-form bowlers like Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav. Cricket Australia has selected Rohit Sharma along with T20’s number-1 batsman Travis Head as openers in its team of the tournament. Head is currently the second highest run scorer in the tournament with 255 runs.

Apart from Rohit, Hardik and Bumrah got a place in the best XI

Rohit Sharma has scored 248 runs in 7 matches so far and is at the third position in the list. Apart from this, for number-3, he has chosen West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran who will also play the role of wicketkeeper in this team. This World Cup was good for Pooran, but his team could not reach the semi-finals. He scored 228 runs in 7 matches with a strike rate of 146.15.

For the middle order, they have included USA’s Aaron Jones, Australia’s Marcus Stoinis and India’s Hardik Pandya. Hardik Pandya has scored more than 100 runs and taken 8 wickets in this World Cup. Talking about the bowling attack of Cricket Australia’s Team of the Tournament, they have selected Bangladesh’s Rishad Hussain as spinner along with Rashid Khan. Rashid is also the captain of this team.