Babar Azam captain of ICC Team of the Year
The Pakistani cricket team did not win the T20 World Cup last year but its players have been recognized all over the world for their outstanding performance throughout the year and now it has been sealed by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Is.
The ICC announced its T20 squad.
Eleven players of this symbolic team have been selected based on their performance last year. The leadership of this team has been handed over to Babar Azam of Pakistan, the reason being that the captaincy of Babar Azam in the ICC T20 World Cup was appreciated by all. He also emerged as the highest-scoring batsman in the world event.
Babar Azam had scored a total of 939 runs in 29 T20 Internationals last year with the help of a century and nine half-centuries.
Pakistan's Muhammad Rizwan has been included in the ICC squad as a wicket-keeper-opener.
The year 2021 proved to be the most memorable year for Mohammad Rizwan, in which he represented Pakistan in 29 International Twenty20 matches and scored 1326 runs with the help of one century and 12 half-centuries, which was made by any batsman last year. Gone were the most runs.
Mohammad Rizwan's exceptional performance can also be gauged from the fact that his total runs scored in all the T20 matches last year was 2036.
England's Joe Butler's inclusion is due to his excellent performance in the T20 World Cup, in which he was England's most successful batsman with 269 runs. His most notable performance was against Sri Lanka in Sharjah, in which he scored a century.
Butler had scored a total of 589 runs in the T20 International last year.
South Africa's Eden Markram has been known for his reputation as a Test opener, but last year he made his presence felt in T20 matches and scored 570 runs in 18 matches, including six half-centuries, through his power-hitting.
The decision to send Australia's Mitchell Marsh to the top spot was successful and he was very successful in the T20 World Cup. Marsh scored a total of 627 runs for the whole year and also took eight wickets.
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South Africa's David Miller has once again proved himself to be a reliable batsman, scoring 377 runs in 17 matches last year.
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2021 was a successful year for Sri Lankan sniper Vanindu Hasaranga, in which he took 36 wickets in 20 matches. His spin bowling was at its peak in the T20 World Cup, in which he took the most 16 wickets, including a hat-trick.
South African sniper Tabriz Shamsi is currently the number one bowler in the world T20 rankings. He took 36 wickets in 22 matches last year, making him the joint highest wicket-taker with Hasaranga.
Australian fast bowler Josh Hazelwood is commonly referred to as a Test cricket specialist, but he also bowled impressively in short-term cricket last year. His bowling was instrumental in Australia's victory in the T20 World Cup. He took 23 wickets in 15 matches throughout the year.
Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rehman has taken 28 wickets in 20 matches due to his inclusion in the ICC team.
Without Pakistan's young fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, the ICC T20 team could not have been completed. Shaheen took 23 wickets in 21 matches last year. The most beautiful display of his dangerous bowling was the match against India in the T20 World Cup, in which he led Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to the pavilion.