IPL 2022 Best XI – Sachin Tendulkar’s Best XI as Virat and Rohit sit out –Legendary India player Sachin Tendulkar picked his best IPL 2022 XI after Gujarat Titans (GT) were crowned champions on Sunday evening. Sachin who mentor’s Mumbai Indians (MI) made some bold choices as he snubbed Virat Kohli and MI captain Rohit Sharma. He rewarded Jos Buttler, Yuzvendra Chahal and Hardik Pandya for their performances and placed them in the best XI. Follow All Live Cricket Updates and Scores on InsideSport.IN.
- Hardik Pandya, Jos Buttler had stellar IPL 2022 as they were rewarded with a place by Sachin
- Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were the miss-hits of IPL 2022 and did not feature
- Only one MI player in the Best XI in the form of Jasprit Bumrah
IPL 2022 Best XI: Sachin Tendulkar snubs Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, ‘no place for both players’ in IPL 2022 Best XI selected by Master
4 players from champions GT –
- Sachin’s Best XI featured not less than four players in the form of captain Hardik Pandya, David Miller, Rashid Khan and Mohammed Shami.
- Hardik was named the ‘Player of the Match’ in the final and rejuvenated his playing career in the IPL 2022 season.
- On the horizon, David Miller enhanced his reputation as one of the deadliest finishers in the game.
- The bowling duo of Rashid Khan and David Miller also were part of the contingent as they too contributed in GT’s triumph on Sunday.
Orange Cap and Purple winners make it to the Best XI –
- Sachin’s list contained the Orange Cap and Purple Cap winners Jos Buttler and Yuzvendra Chahal who both won the individual prizes for most runs and most wickets.
- Jos Buttler ended with 863 runs in 17 matches and was adjudged as the ‘Player of the Tournament’.
- Chahal on the flip side had stern challenge for Purple Cap as he grabbed it in the final with 27 wickets in 17 matches.
- Both were superb in their individual performances, but fell short of team goal.
IPL 2022 Best XI: Sachin Tendulkar snubs Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, ‘no place for both players’ in IPL 2022 Best XI selected by Master
No place for Virat, Rohit –
- Interestingly, Sachin’s XI didn’t feature the star names of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
- Both had a horrible IPL 2022, while Virat scored two fifties, Rohit’s form was even dismal as he didn’t score a single fifty in the IPL 2022.
- Virat ended with 341 runs with an average of 22.73 in the 16 matches and is still searching for that first IPL title.
- Rohit and MI ended finished rock-bottom in the IPL 2022 as he scored 268 runs in 14 matches, as both were miles away from the best XI.
Dinesh Karthik in the best amongst the rest –
- While young guns were dominating the stage, veteran Dinesh Karthik forged a reputation of his own with pitch-hitters role.
- Dinesh was just not rewarded with a place in Sachin’s XI, but has been recalled in the Indian squad for the South Africa home series.
- The rest of the players to make the XI included Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Liam Livingstone, and Jasprit Bumrah.
- Despite a poor campaign for MI in the IPL 2022, Jasprit Bumrah was the only player to make the cut.
IPL 2022 Best XI: Sachin Tendulkar snubs Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, ‘no place for both players’ in IPL 2022 Best XI selected by Master
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