A pre-2000 XI that would have been a champion IPL team

#3 One down- Vivian Richards (Foreigner- West Indies)

There has hardly ever been a more dominant batsman in international cricket than the former West Indies great Sir Vivian Richards. Throughout the course of his stellar career, he absolutely destroyed some of the best bowling attacks in the world in both Test cricket and ODIs. One of the most important attributes of a T20 batting star is his ability to hit fast bowlers for sixes and in that regard, Richards used to be peerless.

On the other hand, he had not much trouble against the spinners either and he would definitely have been one of the biggest stars in the IPL had he been an active cricketer. A strike rate of 90.20 in ODI cricket, at a time when such strike rates were unheard of is a testament to the sort of mayhem Richards would have unleashed. Batting at number 3, he would also get plenty of overs to tear into the bowling attacks.