5 best players from the group stage of the ICC World T20

4) Joe Root

Once upon a time, England were the joke at every major tournament. Despite being the inventors of the game, they haven’t been able to win a World Cup—barring their T20I triumph—and failed in glorious ways in almost every tournament.

Not anymore. The current England team have some very fine cricketers that have powered the team to a different level. No longer are they the also rans in World Cups.

And the man who has starred in this incredibly talented team is none other than Joe Root. The gifted batsman has long been marked as one for the future and he is showing us why so much was expected of him.

In the four innings that he batted in the group stages, he scored 168 runs at an incredible average of 42 and an even better strike rate of 150, with the pick of his performances coming against South Africa in England’s unreal chase of 230 runs.

Right now, he sits at number four on the list of most runs scored in the tournament—giving him a chance to go at the top.