The ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year 2021
While revealing the Men’s T20 Team of the Year on Wednesday (January 19). The ICC also said that there is no Indian in the playing XI.
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The team includes three players from Pakistan – Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shaheen Afridi.
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Babar Azam led the team-
Azam led the team and the ICC explained the decision to pick the Pakistani captain, “The Pakistan captain was at his best in the shortest format in 2021. Babar played 29 matches and scored 939 runs at an average of 37.56, Which included a century and nine half-centuries. His captaincy was also praised as he led his team to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup in UAE and Oman.”
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India had a poor T20 World Cup, where they failed to make the semi-finals, being knocked out in the first round itself.
From Asia, Sri Lanka’s Hasaranga and Mustafizur Rahman.
Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh. He played a match-winning innings in the final of the T20 World Cup 2021.
Mitchell Marsh to No. 3–
Australia’s success in the T20 World Cup can be traced back to the decision to move Mitchell Marsh to No. 3 in the batting order, instead of naming him as a finisher. Throughout the calendar year, he was their best batsman in the shortest format, especially against spin, and improved his game rapidly when it came to rotating the strike. He scored 627 runs at 36.88 in 21 matches and also picked up 8 wickets.
India’s opening batter Smriti Mandana has been named in the ICC Women’s T20I Team of the year 2021. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday (January 19) named the Women’s T20I Team of the Year (2021), and India opening batter Smriti Mandana has been named in the XI.