Sportskeeda Cricket Awards 2016: T20I All-rounder of the Year

#4 Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)

Mohammad Nabi played a crucial role in a memorable World T20 campaign for Afghanistan

There has been just one thing that has stopped the Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi from featuring in the list of the prominent all-rounders in T20I cricket, and that this, well, match practice against quality opposition. Call it bad luck that he is an Afghanistan cricketer (although Nabi wouldn't like to believe so) or the fact that he plays most of his matches against oppositions that are perceived to be weak, but most of his knocks have been brushed under the carpet.

That, however, doesn't take away the sheen from some excellent all-round performances that have been the hallmark of his career as an international cricketer. 227 runs and 18 wickets from 14 matches are good numbers for someone who is in his mid-thirties, especially in the shortest format of the game.

His knock of 52 against Zimbabwe, that helped Afghanistan qualify for the World T20 can be rated as his best knock of the year, while his haul of 2/26 in the only game that Afganistan won in the championship – that too, against the eventual champions, West Indies – that included wickets of Dwayne Bravo and Carlos Brathwaite, can be rated as his best bowling performance.

9% of our fans agree that Nabi should be given the all-rounder of the year award, and they might as well be right.