The International Cricket Council (ICC), on January 22, 2024, revealed the ICC T20I team of the year for 2023 and it features the no.1 ranked batter in the format Suryakumar Yadav. There are a total of 4 Indians picked in the XI including Yadav, who was named captain.
Suryakumar Yadav had a great 2023 in the T20I format, scoring the most runs among full-time nations. Suryakumar scored 733 runs in 18 matches, including two great centuries. Yadav's most recent century came against South Africa, where he scored a century off 56 balls.
Apart from Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Arshdeep Singh were the three other Indians to be included in the team.
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 430 runs off just 15 matches including a century in the Asian Games 2023. He will open the innings in the XI along with England’s Phil Salt. Nichols Pooran has been named the wicketkeeper of the side, with Suryakumar Yadav at no.4 spot.
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Mark Chapman, Sikandar Raza, and Alpesh Ramjani occupy the lower middle-order spots in the XI. Richard Ngarava and Mark Adair are the pacers in the XI. India’s Ravi Bishnoi and Arshdeep Singh complete the ICC Men’s T20I team of the year for 2023.
Bishnoi saw a sensational rise in stature in 2023 and was also the no.1 ranked bowler in T20Is for a short duration. He had an excellent outing in the home series against Australia.
On the other hand, Arshdeep Singh picked up 26 wickets from 21 matches in 2023. Arshdeep's ability to bowl in the powerplay and at the death makes him a unique asset for any team that he plays in.
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In the ICC Women’s T20I team of the year for 2023, Deepti Sharma was the lone Indian player in the XI. The off-spinner claimed 21 wickets in 17 outings, including four three-wicket hauls early in the year. The lower-order batter also chipped in with the bat when required, making 106 runs at a rate of better than a run a ball.
The women’s T20 XI of the year will be captained by Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu while Beth Mooney was named the wicketkeeper. It features Laura Wolvaardt, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Ellyse Perry, Ash Gardner, Sophie Ecclestone and Megan Schutt.
(ICC inputs)
