The International Cricket Council (ICC) has recently announced the ODI team of the year 2023. ICC has chosen Rohit Sharma as the captain of this ODI team, while Pat Cummins, the captain of the World Cup 2023 winning team, has also not been included in this team. The reason behind this is that he did not play much ODI cricket in 2023. Most of the players of Team India have got place in this team.
A total of 6 Indian players including Rohit Sharma have got a place in this team. Two players each from South Africa and Australia are part of this team. At the same time, a player from New Zealand has got a place in it. Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav have been selected from India. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have got a place as openers in this team.
Virat and Rohit batted well in the year 2023
Talking about Rohit Sharma, he has scored 1255 runs in the entire year at an average of more than 52. During this period, his highest score was 131, which he made against Afghanistan in the ODI World Cup 2023. Whereas Virat had scored 1377 runs in 2023. He was the highest run scorer in the ODI World Cup.
Apart from this, batsman Travis Head and spinner Adam Zampa of World Cup 2023 winning team Australia have got a place. At the same time, Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen of South Africa are part of this team. Klaasen is the wicketkeeper batsman of this team. At the same time, New Zealand’s only batsman Daryl Mitchell is in this team. Let us tell you that, most of the players who have been included in this team by ICC had performed well during the World Cup 2023.
ICC ODI Team of the Year 2023
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Travis Head, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Marco Jansen, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Shami.