- Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)
Despite his team’s lukewarm display in the tournament, Shoaib Malik merits selection in this team because of his individual performance, which saved Pakistan many a blush over the course of their five matches. An aggregate of 211 runs from five games at an average of 70.33 makes him the ideal choice for the number five batting slot in this side.
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It is idle to speculate what the result of the Super Four tie between Pakistan and Afghanistan would have been had Malik not been there at the crease in the last few overs and banked on his wealth of experience to make an unbeaten 51 and rescue his team from the jaws of an imminent defeat.