Rohit Sharma, who captained India to T20I World Cup title last year has been named the captain of the ICC T20I Team of the year announced by the International Cricket Council.
Three other Indians also find place in the the team namely, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, and Arshdeep Singh.
Pakistani batsman Babar Azam has also been included in the T20I Team of the year.
No place for Virat Kohli
Although he played a match-winning innings in the T20 World Cup final in June, Virat Kohli is excluded from the selected team.
Unexpectedly, no South African players were selected for the team even after reaching the T20 World Cup final. World’s top-ranked player Suryakumar Yadav has also been excluded.
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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli both announced their retirement from T20 internationals after leading India to victory in the world championship in Barbados the previous year.
India’s supremacy in the squad is justified, considering their victory in the T20 World Cup, which concluded an 11-year drought for an ICC trophy in men’s cricket.
The T20I Team of the Year’s pace-bowling unit is made up solely of Indian players, featuring Bumrah, Arshdeep, and Hardik leading the charge. This was the identical combination India employed in their victorious T20 World Cup journey in the USA and the West Indies.
Rashid Khan and Wanindu Hasaranga are the two specialist spinners selected, and Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza is the only all-rounder on the team.
