Interestingly, an all-rounder definitely plays a really important role in helping his respecting team perform well especially in a massive tournament such as the World Cup. Due to their excellent contributions in both the batting as well as bowling departments, it becomes really beneficial for any team to do well at the mega event. Majority of the 20 teams participating in the upcoming edition of 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup will be having one of the best all-rounders in their respective playing combinations. The T20I mega event will be starting from 2 June, 2024 scheduled to be hosted in the West Indies and USA. In this article, we take a deeper look at the best all rounder to watch out for in the 2024 T20 World Cup. 

Best All rounder to watch out for in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup 

There will be a number of all-rounders who are set to be part of their respective teams in the 2024 T20 World Cup including the likes of Hardik Pandya (India), Sam Curran (England), Glenn Maxwell (Australia), Imad Wasim (Pakistan) and Andre Russell (West Indies). While considering all the three formats of the game, it is T20 cricket where the all-rounders come very much handy to a great extent. 

1. Hardik Pandya

Despite not having the best of performances in the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) season, star all rounder Hardik Pandya is still India's biggest match-winner in the upcoming edition of the World T20 to be held in the West Indies and United States of America (USA). He will be hoping to contribute amazingly well both in the batting as well as bowling departments during the mega event and ensure that India finally end their dry run by winning the prestigious ICC trophy after a span of 11 years. While considering the Hardik Pandya stats in T20I cricket, the right-handed batsman has smashed a total of 1348 runs from 92 T20I matches at a fine strike-rate of close to 140 that includes as many as 3 half-centuries. Pandya has also taken 73 wickets in the shorter format at an economy of 8.16. Interestingly, this will be Hardik's fourth appearance in T20 World Cups. 

2. Sam Curran

Defending champions England will surely depend a lot on Sam Curran to come good both with the ball and bat in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. He won the Player of the Tournament award in the previous edition of the mega event. While talking about the most runs in World Cup and most wickets taken, Curran finished as the second highest wicket-taker in the T20I competition with as many as 13 scalps in 6 matches at an excellent average of 11.38. The English left-arm pacer has picked up a total of 58 wickets from 59 T20I games so far at an economy rate of 8. 

3. Glenn Maxwell

Australia's premier all-rounder Glenn Maxwell had a forgetful performance in the recently concluded Indian Premier League 2024 season. However, the swashbuckling Australian batsman has been a proven performer in international cricket as witnessed during the ODI World Cup 2023 encounter against Afghanistan where smashed a wonderful double century to help his side emerge victorious from an impossible situation. Maxwell has notched up a blistering total of 2468 runs in 106 T20I matches so far at a remarkable strike-rate of more than 155 that comprises of 10 half-centuries and 5 hundreds. The right-arm off spinner has taken as many as 40 wickets with the ball at an economy of less than 8. 

4. Imad Wasim

It is quite surprising for many that left-arm spinner Imad Wasim has actually been picked in the Pakistan squad for the upcoming edition of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. He recently took a big U-turn decision on taking his international retirement back. He will be hoping to make an impact both in the batting as well as bowling department to help Pakistan win their second T20 World Cup title. While talking about his numbers in T20I cricket, Imad has picked up 70 wickets from 72 matches at an economy of 6.3 and also scored 535 runs at a strike-rate of 134.76. 

5. Andre Russell

The two-time T20 World Cup winners, West Indies, will surely be the dark horse to win their third title as they are one of the co-hosts alongside USA. Therefore, they will depend a lot on their senior all-rounder Andre Russell to deliver the goods both with the bat and ball in the mega event. He will be coming into this competition after winning the prestigious IPL 2024 trophy with the Kolkata Knight Riders. Russell has picked up 49 wickets from 75 T20I matches and also smashed 955 runs at a sensational strike-rate of over 163 that includes as many as three fifties.