After T20 honour
\n Islamabad
\nThe International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced its ODI team of the year featuring two Pakistani players \u2014 Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman \u2014 with the former given the reins to captain the honorary line-up, just as in the T20I eleven.
\nThe cricket body had unveiled its T20I team of the year a day ago, naming Azam as its skipper for his \u201cclassy best\u201d performance in the format last year, during which he was also the leading run-scorer at the T20 World Cup. He earned the same honours for the 50-over format as well.
\nThe 11-member ODI team announced today comprises Babar Azam (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Rassie van der Dussen, Shakib Al Hasan, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mustafizur Rahman, Simi Singh and Dushmantha Chameera.
\nThe ICC, in its statement, noted that Azam played just six ODI matches last year, \u201cbut he still managed to score 405 runs at an average of 67.50 with two centuries.\u201d
\nThe talismanic Pakistan skipper made vital contributions on tough away tours of South Africa and England, ending up with player of the match awards in both their victories in the former, said the ICC.
\n\u201cHe also scored a memorable ton in Birmingham in conditions that assisted the seamers.\u201d
\nThe ICC also commended Zaman for his \u201cstellar run\u201d in the national side\u2019s ODI matches in 2021.
\nIt said the opener played six matches and aggregated 365 runs at an average of 60.83 with two centuries. Zaman\u2019s century against South Africa impressed the ICC the most, which, according to the cricket body, will be \u201cremembered for ages\u201d.
\nThe T20I team, announced by the ICC yesterday, featured Jos Butler, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, David Miller, Tabraiz Shamsi, Josh Hazlewood, Wanindu Hasanranga, Mustafizur Rahman and Shaheen Shah Afridi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After T20 honour Islamabad The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced its ODI team of the year featuring two Pakistani players \u2014 Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman \u2014 with the former given the reins to captain the honorary line-up, just as in the T20I eleven. The cricket body had unveiled its T20I team of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n