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Top-ranked India have four players in the Men’s T20I squad with flamboyant batter Suryakumar Yadav named captain. Yadav topped the runs chart with 733 runs in 18 matches at a strike rate of 155.95 to consolidate his position at the top of the rankings.
The next three in the list of run-scorers the past year – Mark Chapman of New Zealand (576 runs), Zimbabwe star Sikandar Raza (515), and upcoming India batter Yashasvi Jaisal (430) – were automatic choices while Phil Salt of England and Nicholas Pooran of the West Indies too had enough to stake claims.
Uganda’s Alpesh Ramjani became the first from his country to be named in an ICC Team of the Year when the left-handed all-rounder made it this year after scoring 449 runs and grabbing 55 wickets with his slow bowling. Ramjani is in contention for the Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award as well as being eligible for the ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year.
Ireland have a representative in Mark Adair as do Zimbabwe in Richard Ngarava. India’s leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi and left-arm seam bowler Arshdeep Singh also make the team on the back of some fine international performances during 2023.
NOTE: T he ICC Awards 2023 announcements will continue on Wednesday and Thursday when 13 individual award winners will be declared.
ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year:
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (Ind)
- Phil Salt (Eng)
- Nicholas Pooran (WK, WI)
- Suryakumar Yadav (Capt, Ind)
- Mark Chapman (NZ)
- Sikandar Raza (Zim)
- Alpesh Ramjani (Uga)
- Mark Adair (Ire)
- Ravi Bishnoi (Ind)
- Richard Ngarava (Zim)
- Arshdeep Singh (Ind)
(With Inputs From Press Release)
