The ICC T20I Team Of The Year 2🤡024 line-up features four Indians with Rohit Sharma as the captain, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh. Check the full team here
2024 has been a year to remember for the Indian National Cricket Team, starting with the World Cup victory in June to securing prestigious honors at the ICC Awards. On Saturday, Rohit Sharma was named captain of the Men’s T20I Team of the Year and the men's all-star XIs features three more Indians. (More Cricket News)
The other Indians in the line-up is pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who also featured in the ICC's Test Team of the Year, all-rounder Hardik Pandya and left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh.
The team is dominated by India, but it also features key international stars such as Travis Head (Australia), Phil Salt (England), Babar Azam (Pakistan), Nicholas Pooran (West Indies), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), and Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka).
The Indian men's team may have missed out on a spot in the ICC's ODI Team of the Year 2024, a surprising omission for man🔥y, but they still made their presence felt in the Test Team. Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, and rising star Yashasvi Jaiswal were all included in the star elevens for the longest format of the game.
Check the full ICC Test Team of the Year 2024 HERE.
India Test captain and batter Rohit Sharma has been under considerable pressure in the past few months owing to a series of debacles for the team as well as him personall🎉y. But the 37-year-old's credentials in the shorter fౠormats remain strong.
Rohit Sharma's 2024 in T2🦩0Is has been nothing short of magical. The Indian skipper not only led from the front but also set the stage on fire with his bat. Scoring 378 runs in 11 matches, Sharma boasted a powerful average of 42.00 and an explosive strike rate above 𓂃160.
Rohit played a pivotal role in India's triumphant T20 World Cup cam✤paign in the USA and West Indies, with three half-centuries, including a sensational 92 against Australia in the Super Eight stage.
"His aꩵstute ꦍleadership was instrumental in guiding a young Indian side through high-pressure situations, cementing his legacy as one of India's greatest T20I captains," the ICC stated in a tribute to the 37-year-old, who was recently forced to show up in domestic red-ball games to reignite his Test career.
Likewise, Pandya reaffirmed his stature as one of the world's finest all-rounders, playing a crucial role in India's successful campaign. In 17 matches, he scored 352 runs and claimed 16 wickets, finis꧂hing as the to♕p-ranked ICC men's T20I all-rounder.
His standout perf𓂃ormance came in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa, where he defended 16 runs in the last over, securing India's title victory. His best bowling figures of 3/20 in the final underlined his ability 𒉰to deliver under pressure.
Bumrah ha🅺s exemplified perfection in Indian cricket this past sea🍷son across formats and T20 was no different.
He led India's bowling attack and claimed 15 wickets in eight matches at an astonishing average of 8.26, making him a nightmare for opꦚpositionꦓ batters.
His lethal yorkers and impeccable control at the death overs played a pivotal role in India's success, and his performances earned him a nomination ꦕfor the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy as ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year. The winner of that honour will b🌠e unveiled in the next three days.
Young left-ar🐠m pacer Arshdeep Singh emerged as India's most prolific wicket-taker in 2024, scalping 36 wicket𝓰s in 18 matches at an average of 13.50.
Arshd✅eep's ability to swing the ball early and deliv𒐪er pinpoint yorkers in the death overs made him indispensable to the Indian squad.
His standout performance ca🌠me against hosts USA in the T20 World Cup, where he returned figures of 4/9.
Rohit Sha🍃rma (c), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh (all Indians); Travis Head (Australia); Phil Salt (England); Babar Azam (Pakistan); 🃏Nicholas Pooran (wk; West Indies); Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe); Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) and Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka).
Check the full the ICC Awards 2024 winners HERE.
(With PTI inputs)