The

ICC World XI ICC World XI, World XI, Rest of the World, or similar names, may refer to the following cricket teams: ;Annual all-star selections: * ICC Test Team of the Year, since 2004 * ICC ODI Team of the Year, also since 2004 ;Teams that played matches: * R ...

is a team chosen by the

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(ICC), first selected (for a

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(T20I)) for the 2017 Independence Cup tour of Pakistan in September 2017. The ICC World XI played three T20I matches against

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in this series, which was seen by the ICC as a step towards the return of international cricket to Pakistan who have been forced to play most of their home matches in the

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since a terror attack on the

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team bus during a

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in March 2009. Six security men and two civilians were killed, as well as some Sri Lankan players being injured, which resulted in the match and series being abandoned. Since then, the only international cricket played in Pakistan had been a three-match

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series and two T20Is between Pakistan and

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in 2015. Pakistan won the Independence Cup by two matches to one. A World XI played a T20I against the West Indies at

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on 31 May 2018. The match was held as a fundraiser to aid restoration efforts in parts of the Caribbean hit by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017. Restoration of the cricket grounds in

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and

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was identified as a particular target. A World XI was scheduled to play two T20I matches in April 2020 against an Asia XI in

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, to celebrate the birth centenary of

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengalis, Beng ...

, the founder of Bangladesh. However, on 11 March 2020, the matches were deferred until further notice due to the

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. This is a list of players that have played in at least one T20I match for the World XI, and is arranged in the order in which each player won his first T20I cap for the side. In cases in which more than one player won his first T20I cap for the World XI in the same match, these players are listed alphabetically by surname. All of these players have also represented their respective national teams, but only their records in games played for the ICC World XI are given. __TOC__

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