The T20 fever has taken over the entire world with the 20-20 World Cup announcing its arrival in grand fashion in Australia. After the group stage of the competition gets completed, the tournament will move to the Super 12 stage from Saturday onwards. With the top eight teams getting into action in the tournament, several big names of the cricketing world will also take the field to enthral the crowd with their skills.
The players will be seen giving their all in the field as they take their team to ultimate T20 glory. Among the several stars, only one will be given the coveted ‘Player of the Tournament’ award at the end of it. On that note, let’s take a look at the top five contenders for the prestigious award in the World Cup:
Suryakumar Yadav
The star batter has been in tremendous form of late which has seen him rise to the number two spot in the T20I batters rankings. He has amassed 801 runs in 23 innings at an average of 40 and a strike rate of 184 in the year 2022. He also became the fifth Indian batter to score a century in T20Is against England in July. Yadav is India’s X factor heading into the World Cup and will look to continue his brilliant form in the mega event.