The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced the men’s Test and One-Day International (ODI) squads of 2023 as no Pakistan player made the cut.
The ICC Team of the Year honors 11 outstanding individuals who have made an impact in 2023, whether with the bat, the ball or their all-round performances over the course of the calendar year.
Australia’s Pat Cummins has been named Test captain of the year after leading Australia to maiden 2021-23 World Test Championship (WTC) glory, taking a total of 42 wickets during the year.
Cummins’ counterpart Mitchell Starc has also made the squad after impressive outings throughout the year with the red ball. Five Australian players were included in the squad, making the Aussies the most represented country in the Team of the Year.
The ICC also announced the ODI Team of the Year, which was dominated by Indian players, which came as no surprise as the Blues, despite losing the World Cup final to Australia, played the best cricket in the 50-over format.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma was named the captain of the team due to his fantastic performance throughout the year, amassing a total of 1255 runs in the year.
Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Mohammad Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Shami were the other Indians named in the ODI Team of the Year.
ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year:
Usman Khawaja, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kane Williamson, Joe Root, Travis Head, Ravindra Jadeja, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (C), R Ashwin, Mitchell Starc, Stuart Broad.
ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year:
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Travis Head, Virat Kohli, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Marco Jansen, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami.
The ICC also announced the men’s T20I team and the women’s ODI and T20I team of 2023.
ICC T20I Men’s Team of the Year:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Phil Salt, Nicholas Pooran, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Mark Chapman, Sikandar Raza, Alpesh Ramjani, Mark Adair, Ravi Bishnoi, Richard Ngarava, Arshdeep Singh.
ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year:
Phoebe Litchfield, Chamari Athapaththu (C), Ellyse Perry, Amelia Kerr, Beth Mooney (wk), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Ash Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Nadine de Klerk, Lea Tahuhu, Nahida Akter
ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year:
Chamari Athapaththu (C), Beth Mooney (WK), Laura Wolvaardt, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Ellyse Perry, Ash Gardner, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Megan Schutt.
