Best Asian T20 International XI

#5 Pacers

8. Umar Gul - 85 wickets in 60 matches at 7.02

Umar Gul lead Pakistan's campaign in two T20 World Cups in 2007 and 2009, lifting the trophy on the latter occasion

Unfortunately having now faded away, Umar Gul delivered with perfection in T20 cricket with accurate yorkers at good pace, often limiting the batsmen from attacking in the death overs. Also involved in Pakistan's World T20 victory in 2009, Gul bagged a career-best 5/6 against New Zealand at The Oval and was also instrumental in his side ending up as runners-up two years earlier.

As if bagging those magical figures once wasn't enough, he repeated exactly the same bowling performance against South Africa in their own den in 2013, but could not hold onto his spot in the side with the rise of younger names like Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir.

9. Jasprit Bumrah - 40 wickets in 32 matches at 6.72

A bowler brought up in the cradle of T20 cricket, Jasprit Bumrah shot into recognition with good IPL performances, which inevitably opened the door for national selection. With a tremendous ability to bowl at a good pace and swing the ball, along with bowling the pinpoint yorkers, Bumrah's slower balls and knuckle balls has in fact ended up replacing the more established Mohammad Shami,, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma in India's limited-overs squads.

10. Lasith Malinga - 90 wickets in 68 matches at 7.36

The man with a slinging action has often come to Sri Lanka's rescue, particularly in the death overs. In T20 internationals, he has repeatedly deceived the best of batsmen with slower deliveries on target and the faster ones landing bang on point. He and Nuwan Kulasekara had famously denied MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli quick runs in the dying overs of the final of the 2014 World T20 - incidentally, Malinga was the stand-in captain in the match - as Sri Lanka won their first global tournament that year since 1996.

11. Mustafizur Rahman - 27 wickets in 17 matches at 6.17

The left-armer Mustafizur Rahman started for Bangladesh with a bang when he foxed a first-class Indian batting line-up in his debut series at home in 2015. Bowling to their right-handers from over the wicket and pitching it exactly where it mattered, Mustafizur earned a good name with cutters and slower balls to his range of deliveries.

In the 2016 World T20, his masterclass foxed New Zealand, as he bagged 5/22 in a losing cause at Kolkata.