• Apart from some brilliant fielding, Rohit Sharma's contribution for India came at the top of the order. Rohit scored 200 runs, including two half-centuries, setting up India's wins with some sensational hitting. Munir uz Zaman / AFP
    Apart from some brilliant fielding, Rohit Sharma's contribution for India came at the top of the order. Rohit scored 200 runs, including two half-centuries, setting up India's wins with some sensational hitting. Munir uz Zaman / AFP
  • With 319 runs under his belt – there were four half-centuries, too - Virat Kohli was easily the best batsman at the World Twenty20 and rightly adjudged the man of the tournament. He also proved the ideal man to come in at No 3 in the batting order. Andrew Biraj / Reuters
    With 319 runs under his belt – there were four half-centuries, too - Virat Kohli was easily the best batsman at the World Twenty20 and rightly adjudged the man of the tournament. He also proved the ideal man to come in at No 3 in the batting order. Andrew Biraj / Reuters
  • It was Mahela Jayawardene's last tournament for Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 format, and what a way for him to quit the big stage. The veteran scored 158 runs in all, including a fifty, but the ability for him to set Sri Lanka's scores was invaluable to his side. He signed off as a world champion. Scott Barbour / Getty Images
    It was Mahela Jayawardene's last tournament for Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 format, and what a way for him to quit the big stage. The veteran scored 158 runs in all, including a fifty, but the ability for him to set Sri Lanka's scores was invaluable to his side. He signed off as a world champion. Scott Barbour / Getty Images
  • Shakib Al Hasan was excellent with bat and ball for Bangladesh. It was unfortunate his team lost all the group fixtures, but with 186 runs in the competition, it is no wonder why he is his country's best player and an integral part of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. Prakash Singh / AFP
    Shakib Al Hasan was excellent with bat and ball for Bangladesh. It was unfortunate his team lost all the group fixtures, but with 186 runs in the competition, it is no wonder why he is his country's best player and an integral part of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. Prakash Singh / AFP
  • JP Duminy is, perhaps, one of the game's best finishers and is ideal to come in at No 6. He was handy for South Africa, having scored 187 runs that included a fifty, leading his side to the semi-finals. He can bowl some spin, too. Gareth Copley / Getty Images
    JP Duminy is, perhaps, one of the game's best finishers and is ideal to come in at No 6. He was handy for South Africa, having scored 187 runs that included a fifty, leading his side to the semi-finals. He can bowl some spin, too. Gareth Copley / Getty Images
  • MS Dhoni had a quiet tournament, by his towering standards, but he did not have to do much as a batsman or a wicketkeeper. His captaincy of India, though, set him apart from the other stumper-batsmen in the tournament, and he will lead this select XI. Scott Barbour / Getty Images
    MS Dhoni had a quiet tournament, by his towering standards, but he did not have to do much as a batsman or a wicketkeeper. His captaincy of India, though, set him apart from the other stumper-batsmen in the tournament, and he will lead this select XI. Scott Barbour / Getty Images
  • Nuwan Kulasekara may not have the bowling talent or personality of Lasith Malinga, his Sri Lanka teammate, but the medium pacer is effective in most conditions as he focuses on keeping it tight. A seam bowler, he got the ball to nip in the not-very-helpful conditions of Bangladesh, and took eight wickets. The man can also bat exceedingly well for a tailender. Munir uz Zaman / AFP
    Nuwan Kulasekara may not have the bowling talent or personality of Lasith Malinga, his Sri Lanka teammate, but the medium pacer is effective in most conditions as he focuses on keeping it tight. A seam bowler, he got the ball to nip in the not-very-helpful conditions of Bangladesh, and took eight wickets. The man can also bat exceedingly well for a tailender. Munir uz Zaman / AFP
  • Dale Steyn is, doubtless, the world's best fast bowler. Having reached great heights in Test cricket, the South African had always been ambitious of replicating that form in the limited-overs game. He was brilliant right through the competition but he was special in the last-over win against New Zealand. Steyn ended with nine wickets at the World Twenty20. Gareth Copley / Getty Images
    Dale Steyn is, doubtless, the world's best fast bowler. Having reached great heights in Test cricket, the South African had always been ambitious of replicating that form in the limited-overs game. He was brilliant right through the competition but he was special in the last-over win against New Zealand. Steyn ended with nine wickets at the World Twenty20. Gareth Copley / Getty Images
  • Lasith Malinga took just five wickets in the competition, but what a lion-hearted performer he turned out to be, regardless. The fast bowler's death-over bowling, especially in the final against India, was the turning point of the game. Malinga was also heralded for stepping into the captain's shoes rather late in the competition and doing an excellent job. Punit Paranjpe / AFP
    Lasith Malinga took just five wickets in the competition, but what a lion-hearted performer he turned out to be, regardless. The fast bowler's death-over bowling, especially in the final against India, was the turning point of the game. Malinga was also heralded for stepping into the captain's shoes rather late in the competition and doing an excellent job. Punit Paranjpe / AFP
  • It isn't easy to become the No 1 spinner in the West Indies side when Sunil Narine is in the line-up. But Samuel Badree outshone his teammate with his leg-spinners, emerging as the third most successful bowler in the competition with a 11-wicket haul. There is a case to be made for Imran Tahir – his counterpart at South Africa who was the highest wicket-taker – to be in this XI, but Badree won his place thanks to more economical figures. Punit Paranjpe / AFP
    It isn't easy to become the No 1 spinner in the West Indies side when Sunil Narine is in the line-up. But Samuel Badree outshone his teammate with his leg-spinners, emerging as the third most successful bowler in the competition with a 11-wicket haul. There is a case to be made for Imran Tahir – his counterpart at South Africa who was the highest wicket-taker – to be in this XI, but Badree won his place thanks to more economical figures. Punit Paranjpe / AFP

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