Top 5 T20I teams of 2017

Afghanistan

Rashid Khan (pictured for the Adelaide Strikers) has been the revelation for Afghanistan

Despite only being an associate cricketing nation, Afghanistan have made quite the mark in international cricket. Afghanistan have played 10 matches this year, winning 7 of them.

The squad won the Desert T20 challenge earlier this year, beating out Ireland, Scotland, the UAE, Namibia and Oman to the title, and then beat Ireland in a T20I series hosted in India.

In particular, their 19-year-old bowling sensation Rashid Khan has been quite a revelation for the squad, both in the international format and in league cricket. Rashid made his IPL debut in 2017 for the Sunrisers Hyderabad, and this year in the Australian Big Bash League for the Adelaide Strikers.