Both Shubhman Gill and Sai Sudarshan, who batted brilliantly in IPL 2026, have not been able to find a place in one of the best teams of IPL. Actually, ESPNcricinfo announced its best IPL team in which the names of these two players are not included. Shubman Gill scored 732 runs in IPL 2026 while Sai Sudarshan scored 722 runs but even this performance could not get them a place in the best playing eleven. However, Virat Kohli has been selected in this team who was selected as an opener. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been chosen as the opener along with Virat Kohli, who was the Orange Cap winner and scored the highest 776 runs.
Who was selected in this team of IPL 2026?
Vaibhav Suryavanshi And apart from Kohli, Sunrisers Hyderabad player Ishan Kishan was selected in this team. This player scored 602 runs in 15 matches and his strike rate was more than 180. Heinrich Klaasen was also selected in this team who scored 624 runs.
Captaincy to Rajat Patidar
ESPNcricinfo selected Rajat Patidar as the captain of its best playing eleven of IPL 2026. Under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, RCB won the IPL title for the second consecutive time and that is why he has also been made the captain of the best playing eleven. As an all-rounder, Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder Nitish Reddy also got a place in the team. Apart from scoring 302 runs in IPL 2026, Nitish Reddy also took 8 wickets. Krunal Pandya also got a place in this team. He scored 226 runs in IPL 2026 at an average of more than 37. He also took 14 wickets.
ESPNCRICINFO PICKS TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT IN IPL 2026
– Vaibhav, Kohli, Ishan, Rajat (C), Klassen, Nitish, Krunal, Narine, Bhuvneshwar, Rabada, Archer, Sakib. pic.twitter.com/jn2dH7ZmE3
— Tanuj (@ImTanujSingh) June 1, 2026
These bowlers were selected
ESPNcricinfo has given a chance to Sunil Narine in its best playing eleven of IPL 2026. Narine took 15 wickets this season and his economy rate was 6.6 runs per over. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kagiso Rabada have also got a place in this team. Rabada won the Purple Cap in IPL 2026, he took 29 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 28 wickets. Joffra Archer took 25 wickets in 16 matches. This player has also got a place in this playing eleven. Hyderabad fast bowler Saqib Hussain, who is playing his first season, has got a place in this team, he took a total of 15 wickets. The surprising thing is that Rasikh Salam Dar of this team did not get a chance. This player took 19 wickets in 12 matches in the tournament and he played an important role in RCB’s victory.
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