Team India batter Suryakumar Yadav has been named as the captain of the ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year. The team also includes Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravi Bishnoi and Arshdeep Singh. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the team on Monday, January 22.
Suryakumar Yadav is currently the top-ranked batter in Men’s T20I cricket. He has been named in the Men’s T20I team of the year for the second consecutive year. He is also in contention to win the T20I Men’s Cricketer of the Year. In 18 matches, the Indian batter has scored 733 runs at an average of 48.86, and a strike rate of 155.95 last year including two centuries in the format. He also led the team in seven matches this year.
India's white-ball dynamo headlines the ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year for 2023 🔥
Check out who made the final XI 👇https://t.co/QrQKGYbmu9
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2024
Meanwhile, Yashasvi Jaiswal has also been impressive in his small T20I career so far. In 2023, he slammed 430 runs, including a century and three fifties in the format. Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi, the two Indian bowlers in the team have had a great year. The pacer has taken 26 wickets at an average of 24.46, while Bishnoi has taken 18 in 11 matches.
Deepti Sharma named in ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year
Team India all-rounder Deepti Sharma has made it to the ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year. She is the only Indian in the team. Sharma took 21 wickets in 19 T20I matches this year, at an economy rate of 5.79, and also scored 106 runs. Chamari Athapaththu has been named as the Captain of the T20I team of the year.
Men’s T20I Team of the Year: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Phil Salt, Nicholas Pooran, Mark Chapman, Sikandar Raza, Alpesh Ramjani, Mark Adair, Ravi Bishnoi, Richard Ngarava, Arshdeep Singh.
Women’s T20I Team of the Year:Â Chamari Athapaththu (Captain), Beth Mooney, Laura Wolvaardt, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Megan Schutt
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