{"id":4939,"date":"2025-08-13T11:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/gambhir-yuvraj-raina-in-no-jaiswal-indias-best-left-handed-t20i-xi\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T11:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:56:13","slug":"gambhir-yuvraj-raina-in-no-jaiswal-indias-best-left-handed-t20i-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/gambhir-yuvraj-raina-in-no-jaiswal-indias-best-left-handed-t20i-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambhir, Yuvraj & Raina IN, No Jaiswal! India’s Best Left-Handed T20I XI"},"content":{"rendered":"


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On the occasion of International Left Handers Day, here\u2019s a look at India\u2019s best XI of left-handed players in the shortest format of the game (T20Is). The list features the likes of Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Axar Patel \u2013 all of whom played a big role in India\u2019s T20 World Cup title wins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Shikhar Dhawan played 68 T20Is for India from 2011 to 2021 and scored 1759 runs. No left-handed batter has scored more runs for India in the shortest format of the game than him. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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Gautam Gambhir finished his T20I career with 932 runs in 37 matches. The former opening batter was India\u2019s highest run getter in the 2007 T20 World Cup. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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Suresh Raina was the first Indian batter to score a century in T20Is. The left-handed batter from Uttar Pradesh played 78 matches for Men in Blue and amassed a total of 1605 runs. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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Yuvraj Singh is one of the greatest Indian cricketers of all time. During his 10-year-old T20I career, he played 58 matches and scored 1177 runs in addition to taking 28 wickets. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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Rishabh Pant has played 76 T20Is for India so far and has scored 1209 runs. He played a big role in India\u2019s 2024 T20 World Cup title win. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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In 71 T20I matches for Team India, Axar Patel has scored 535 runs and dismissed 71 batters. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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Ravindra Jadeja played 74 T20Is for India from 2009 to 2024 and scored 515 runs in addition to taking 54 wickets. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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Irfan Pathan dismissed 28 batters in 24 T20I matches for India and also scored 172 runs in 14 innings. The Baroda-born cricketer was POTM in the 2007 T20 World Cup final, which India won by getting the better of Pakistan on September 24, 2007. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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RP Singh was India\u2019s highest wicket-taker in the 2007 T20 World Cup. The left-arm pacer from Uttar Pradesh played 10 T20Is and picked up 15 wickets. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh is India\u2019s highest wicket-taker in T20Is. The Punjab-based cricketer has picked up 99 wickets in 63 matches. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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Since making his T20I debut in 2017, Kuldeep Yadav has dismissed 69 batters in 40 matches. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n

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On the occasion of International Left Handers Day, here\u2019s a look at India\u2019s best XI of left-handed players in the shortest format of the game (T20Is). The list features the likes of Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Axar Patel \u2013 all of whom played a big role in India\u2019s T20 World Cup title wins. Shikhar…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}