Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has picked his top five T20I all-rounders of 2024. He picked up a player each from India, Australia, Zimbabwe, the West Indies, and Afghanistan as well. However, Chopra added that he only considered players who played at least 10 T20Is last year as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Hardik Pandya is at No. 1. He has scored 352 runs in 17 matches at an average of 44, which includes a half-century. He scored important runs throughout the World Cup. He has also picked up 16 wickets. He picked up David Miller’s wicket and even more importantly Heinrich Klaasen’s wicket (in the World Cup final).”

“I have chosen Marcus Stoinis at No. 2. He has scored 330 runs at an average of 36 in 17 matches, which means you have done an excellent job. He has taken 21 wickets in those 17 matches. At No. 3, you will get Sikandar Raza. He has scored 573 runs in 24 matches at an average of 28. He has scored a century as well. He also picked up 24 wickets. There is no doubt about it that you have to keep this player on this list,” he shared.

Aakash Chopra also added that some of the best batters didn’t score as many runs as Raza last year. He also said that Zimbabwe usually
plays against teams that are better than them and depends a lot on the spin-bowling all-rounder as well. In the same video, Aakash Chopra also picked the West Indies’ Roston Chase as the fourth-best T20I all-rounder of 2024.

“At No. 4, I have got Roston Chase. He is very underrated and flies under the radar. He has scored 336 runs in 22 innings with a highest of 67 and an average of 28. He has also picked up 15 wickets and bowls economically. At No. 5, I have kept Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai. I find him a good player. He has scored 269 runs in 21 matches. His batting average is not very good, but he has picked up 18 wickets at an average of 22,” Aakash Chopra concluded.