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The Champions Trophy final will be contested on Sunday in Dubai but how many India and New Zealand players should make the team of the tournament?
What about England? Should any of Jos Buttler’s side be picked after their winless campaign?
The Test Match Special commentators have picked their XIs below. Have a read and then select your team…
BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew
Duckett (Eng), Ravindra (NZ), Kohli (Ind), Root (Eng), Klaasen (SA), Inglis (Aus, wk), Jadeja (Ind), Santner (NZ, capt), Kuldeep (Ind), Shami (Ind), Henry (NZ)
Assuming this team is playing in Dubai and the pitch similar to what we have seen so far, I have packed the XI with spinners.
Australia’s Nathan Ellis would come in if there was more in it for the quicker bowlers.
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Commentator Daniel Norcross
Duckett (Eng), Ibrahim (Afg), Ravindra (NZ), Kohli (Ind), Axar (Ind), Phillips (NZ), Inglis (Aus, wk), Hardik (Ind), Santner (NZ, capt) Henry (NZ), Chakravarthy (Ind)
This has not been a tournament for quick bowlers, but if Australia had picked him for the semi, left-armer Spencer Johnson might have sneaked in.
There have been two standout teams, India and New Zealand, and too many wash outs for other contenders to shine.
Assuming the team of the tournament plays in Dubai (controversially, but that’s where the final will be) I’ve gone for a spin-heavy attack with Mitchell Santner leading the team after the miracle he’s performed in getting the nation with the lowest population to the final and in some style.
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Former England spinner Vic Marks
Ravindra (NZ), Ibrahim (Afg), Kohli (Ind), Root (Eng), Iyer (Ind), Carey (Aus, wk), Azmatullah (Afg), Santner (NZ, capt), Henry (NZ), Shami (Ind), Chakravarthy (Ind)
I have liked Alex Carey’s batting at crucial times for Australia and Santner squeezed in as captain after his New Zealand beat South Africa the second semi-final.
There are not many sloggers in this XI but nevermind…
Former England spinner Alex Hartley
Ravindra (NZ, capt), Ibrahim (Afg), Kohli (Ind), Root (Eng), Axar (Ind), Inglis (Aus, wk), Phillips (NZ), Azmatullah (Afg), Henry (NZ), Chakravarthy (Ind), Zampa (Aus)
Having spent the back end of the tournament in Dubai, it was hard not to pick a host of spinners. Two washouts in Rawalpindi made this more difficult.
It was between Joe Root and Shreyas Iyer at number four. Root just edges it because he has a century and Iyer has not.
In the absence of a skipper, Rachin Ravindra captains – something he may well do for New Zealand one day.
Commentator Henry Moeran
Duckett (Eng), Ibrahim (Afg), Ravindra (NZ), Kohli (Ind), Axar (Ind), Latham (NZ, wk), Hardik (Ind), Azmatullah (Afg), Santner (NZ, capt), Henry (NZ), Chakravarthy (Ind).
Much depends on where this fictional team plays – but given the tournament has been split between the flatter tracks of Pakistan and the turning surfaces of Dubai, I’ve gone for a team for all seasons.
The spin of Axar Patel and Santner may be similar in style, but Varun Chakravarthy offers enough variation to be about five spinners in one. Matt Henry has been a standout as a seamer, here supported by Azmatullah Omarzai and Hardik Pandya, who are more than capable to bowl 10 overs each.
Kohli is a must as a master of the chase, while Duckett accumulated top-order runs in a side that otherwise struggled. Ibrahim Zadran’s 177 against England should go down as one of the great ODI knocks.
Commentator Simon Mann
Ibrahim (Afg), Ravindra (NZ), Kohli (Ind), Root (Eng), Iyer (Ind), Latham (NZ, wk), Axar (Ind), Santner (NZ, capt), Henry (NZ), Shami (Ind), Chakravarthy (Ind)
I selected the XI with the Dubai surface in mind, and an emphasis on spin.
The short, sharp format – and three washouts – made it hard for players to produce an outstanding run of form.
Honorable mentions for Azmatullah Omarzai, Kane Williamson, Ben Duckett and Josh Inglis.
This XI, though, made the most of their opportunities and/or won a game on their own. Ibrahim’s innings was the best of the tournament and he gets in for that alone.
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BBC Sport cricket writer Matthew Henry
Ravindra (NZ), Ibrahim (Afg), Kohli (Ind, capt), Iyer (Ind), Inglis (Aus, wk), Phillips (NZ), Azmatullah (Afg), Bracewell (NZ), Henry (NZ), Shami (Ind), Chakravarthy (Ind)
Ibrahim edges out Duckett as opener, given his 177 against England resulted in victory, while Duckett’s 165 against Australia did not.
Inglis’ century against England has been the knock of the tournament so far, Glenn Phillips gets in partly for his fielding, while Azmatullah is quickly becoming one of my favourite cricketers as a clever seamer who can also whack it – as England found out when he bashed a quick 41 and took 5-58.
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