Team of the
Group Round
It took a month to complete the Group Round of the ICC
Cricket World Cup 2015. In, total 42 matches have been played with each of the
14 contesting team played 6 each. With the exception of one between Australia
and Bangladesh all produced results and shaped up the Team of the Group Round
as.
Sri Lanka Tilkaratne Dilshan and India’ Shikhar Dhawan have been the qualified top
opining batsmen of the Team of the Group Round. Dilshan scored 395 runs at an
average of 79.50 and Dhawan 337 at 94.13. Each opener hit 2 centuries and
single fifty so far to make a pair of the Team. Hashim Amla sits in the bench.
Kumar Sangakkara,
with 496 runs at 124.25, has not only been the top runs getter but also the
most consistent batsman of the Group Round with 4 centuries in 6 innings. Besides,
his 8 dismissals with 5 catches and 3
stumping makes the veteran Sri Lankan batsman a reliable wicketkeeper, so there
is no harm to hands him the wicket keeping job. Mahmudullah has turned around the Bangladesh team by providing
reliability and depth in batting. In his 344 runs he scored 2 valuable centuries
against New Zealand & England and pivotal to bring his team to the
quarterfinal. South African skipper AB
de Villiers has emerged as the most fearsome batsman of the event, scoring 417
runs with 1 record-breaking ton and 2 fifties including a 99 runs against UAE.
And, undisputedly he is the most decisive amongst competing skippers of the
event, so can also lead the Team of the Group Round as well. Virat
Kohli and Misbah ul Haq, unfortunately, join the reserves.
Australian all rounder Glenn
Maxwell impressed everyone by scoring 257 runs so far at an average of 64.25.
His total comprises of one century and two fifties and though he bowled well in
the Group Round but unfortunate that he could pile up just 3 wickets so far. On
the other hand Pakistan best wicket taker Wahab
Riaz has emerged as the 6th leading wicket taker and notched up
14 wickets maintaining a consistent performance. A single but distinctive fifty
is also in his credit that earned him the Man of the Match award. The Kiwi all rounder Corey Anderson couldn’t make into the final eleven.
In spin department as expected Daniel Vettori, Ravichandaran Ashwin and Imran Tahir
have been outstanding performers. Notwithstanding, Vettori has a wicket more
than Ashwin but the Indian spinner is included not only because of his consistency
in wicket taking but also his wickets are against stronger opponents.
Similarly in fast bowling the three qualified most
dependable regular seamers are Australia’ Mitchell
Starc , New Zealand’ Trent Boult
and West indies Jerome Taylor. The
three have got 16, 15 and 14 scalps respectively and complete the final eleven of
this Team of the Group Round, as under;
Final Eleven
Dhawan-Dilshan-Sangakkara-
Mahmudullah -AB de Villiers-Maxwell-Ashwin- Wahab- Boult- Taylor-Starc
Reserve Bench
Amla-Kohli-Misbah-Anderson
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