So here is my ATG t20 team. ATGs are based on legacy of player at a certain position. However, Pakistani players havent really build a legacy in t20 cricket, apart from Afridi and Gul. So in my list i will also add the era of which player im taking to give more context.
Another is that my team does not include match fixers or chuckers aswell
1. Babar Azam ( 2016 - 2019)
2. Mohammad Rizwan (WK) (2019 - 2021)
3. Fakhar Zaman
4. Mohammad Hafeez
5. Shahid Afridi
6. Shoaib Malik
7. Misbah Ul Haq (Captain) (2007 - 2010)
8. Imad Wasim
9. Umar Gul
10. Sohail Tanvir ( 2008 - 2010)
11. Shoaib Akhtar
12. Mohammad Sami
- Babar and Rizwan of the mentioned era were very good batters, and we haven't really had better openers than them. We need a keeper so Rizwan gets in, and Babar has a very high batting avg that cannot be ignored
- Hafeez was a very good player. Near the end of his career his batting was good and Hafeez was the most effective no.5 and no. 6 bowlers. He used to bowl some economical spells that he would get you through. Plus, he cleared his bowling test aswell. Had he not cleared I would not had added him here
- Misbah was a beast in t20 and was no.1 ranked. He lost his abilities to hit as he got older, but the 2007 - 2010 era Misbah of T20 cricket walks in at no. 7. Also Misbah was amongest the best captains for Pakistan
- Imad Wasim is a controversial pick. Point is, Ajmal was chucking and we never had a proper spinner in t20 cricket. The likes of Rehman or Zulfi Babar played very few games. Shadab cant bowl a proper line or length. Imad was accurate with his darters, i think he walks into the ATG team but if Pakistan develops a spinner in t20 he gets replaced.
- Sohail Tanvir gets in because he was a t20 mercenary. Before his injury in 2010 he was doing quite alright. Second thing is we also didnt develop any other pacer. Haris Rauf is just garbage and Shaheen Shah Afridi has regressed massively. I wont select him just because of the one off match against India. Sohail Tanvir also has the 2008 IPL on his back aswell.
- Akhtar is a controversial pick because AKhtar did not play any World T20. But than you look at his 2008 Ipl stint and that match against DD, you know what a bomb this guy would had been in t20 cricket had he stayed fit and kept his nose clean. He walks in due to again our lack of bowlers in T20 cricket.
- Sami gets an honorable mention. Sami would had been a good t20 pacer under the right captain. I have seen him bowl at Islamabad united and he was good for 4 overs with the captain helping him. His issue was that his captain was Afridi. He doesnt walk into this 11, maybe a case can be made in place of Akhtar or Tanvir, but he was a guy who was very good in t20
I know my post will offend many of you, so i could only apologies
