Watson names Babar, SKY, Buttler, Warner and Shaheen as his top 5 T20 picks

India batter Suryakumar Yadav is among Shane Watsons topfive picks in the burgeoning field of T20 specialists in the world with the legendary Australian cricketer saying the charismatic cricketer has done incredibly well with the ICC T20 World Cup round the cornerWatson in his ICC Review on Tuesday however added that he wouldnt be astonished if KL Rahul who led India to a 30 ODI series win against Zimbabwe recently explodes at the T20 World Cup in OctoberNovember this yearSecond one pick is Suryakumar Yadav said Watson on Tuesday Hes batting incredibly well and he would be my No2 pick But I wouldnt be surprised at all if India teammate KL Rahul explodes in the T20 World Cup in Australia because hes got the game to dominate in these conditions in AustraliaFormer Australia skipper Ricky Ponting too had recently expressed confidence in Suryakumars abilities saying that the 31yearold was not the one to step down from a challenge whatever be the situationA veteran of 123 IPL games since 2012 Surya who came into the national ODI and T20I setup rather late in 2021 has scored 672 runs in 23 T20Is including a century and five halftons and is being touted as one of the potential stars in the World Cup Down UnderWatson who has joined the Delhi Capitals as their assistant coach in the IPL added that Pakistan skipper Babar Azam is his No 1 pickFirst one Id pick would be Babar Azam Hes the No1 T20I batsman in the world and he just knows how to dominate Its like hes not even taking any risks and he scores incredibly quickly against the best bowlers in the worldHes going to do very well in Australian conditions during the T20 World Cup as well as his technique is very much built for Australian conditions added WatsonWatson put Australia opening stalwart David Warner as his No 3 pick basing his assessment on the 35yearolds performance at last years T20 World Cup in the UAE which the Kangaroos won and his performance for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2022Also Read Watch Team India goes wild dancing to Kala Chasma after Zimbabwe series winHe Warner won the Player of the Tournament in the last mens T20 World Cup with the Aussies winning and has scored some great runs for the Delhi Capitals in the IPL as well Hes going to have plenty of fire in his belly to make his mark in a T20 World Cup at home so hes going to be ready to go added WatsonNo4 for me is going to be Englands Jos Buttler Watson said During the IPL well a lot of times anyway no one could get him out Four hundreds has only been done once before in an IPL with Virat Kohli doing that in 2016 When hes in form and he has been in form hes just about impossible in T20 cricket to get out He can hit wherever he wants off the best bowlers in the worldAnd he knows Australian conditions really well hes played the Big Bash and did very well a few years ago when I played with him at the Sydney Thunder So Jos Buttler is going to dominate said WatsonWatson included Shaheen Afridi of Pakistan as the fifth and last pick in his World T20 XI Top5 saying the tall bowler has special talentHis Afridis wickettaking ability is something special We saw in the last mens T20 World Cup his ability to be able to get the best batsmen out with that brand new ball Id be very surprised if he doesnt really dominate in Australian conditions with the ball swinging around and fast bouncy wicketsMy only little concern with him is if he doesnt take wickets to start with then he can tail off a little bit But Im sure hes been working on that Id be surprised if he doesnt dominate hereThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever