The ICC unveiled the ODI Team of the Year for 2024 and saw some of the best players across the world being honored for their performances in the 50-over format last year.

Charith Asalanka of Sri Lanka has been named the captain of the ICC ODI Team of the Year 2024 and also boasts a good record as well. He played 16 ODIs, scoring 605 runs with a best score of 101 and four half-centuries as well.

The openers for this ODI team of the year 2024 are Pakistan’s Saim Ayub and Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Saim Ayub had a breakout year, scoring 515 runs in just 9 matches with 3 hundreds and a best score of 113*. Gurbaz, on the other hand, made 531 runs in 11 ODIs with 3 tons and 2 fifties, and a best score of 121.

Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka is placed at no. 3 with 694 runs in 12 ODIs with 210 as his best score and a strike rate of 106.40. He is followed by his Sri Lankan teammate Kusal Mendis, who has been named the wicketkeeper as well. Mendis made 742 runs in 17 ODIs with a highest score of 143 and an average of 53.

Sherfane Rutherford is the only non-Asian batter in the ODI XI of 2024 with 425 runs in 9 matches and a strike rate of 106.20 and a best score of 113. Azmatullah Omarzai is the all-rounder in the team. Omarzai made 417 runs in 12 matches with 149 as his best score and took 17 wickets with a best of 4/18.

Wanindu Hasaranga took 26 wickets in 10 matches with a best of 7/19. Allah Ghazanfar is the second spinner in the team, who took 21 wickets in 11 ODIs this year with 6/26 as his best bowling.

The two pacers in the ICC ODI Team of the Year 2024 are Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf. Afridi played 6 ODIs and took 15 wickets with a best of 4/47. Haris, on the other hand, took 13 wickets in 6 ODIs with a best of 5/29.

ICC ODI Team of the Year 2024:

Saim Ayub, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (WK), Charith Asalanka (C), Sherfane Rutherford, Azmatullah Omarzai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Allah Ghazanfar