Virat Kohli selected as skipper in ICC ODI Team of the Year

Both Rohit and Kohli racked up some serious numbers in the limited-overs format in the qualifying period - from September 2016 to the end of 2017 – and in last December, the Indian opener became the first batsman in the history of ODI cricket to score three double-centuries. Kohli, however, was lesser in comparison to his deputy as he scored 1,460 runs in 2017 – the fourth-highest by any batsman in a calendar year.

England’s controversial all-rounder, Ben Stokes has been picked as the sole all-rounder in the team. His three centuries in 2017 included a career-high 102 not out against Australia in the 2017 Champions Trophy and he was also successful in picking 16 wickets at an average of 39.68 during the qualifying period.

Jasprit Bumrah and Hassan Ali are the two other pacers in the team and will be helped by the presence of Afghanistan’s teenage leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who picked up 50 wickets at an extraordinary average of 11.20. Rashid has also been selected as the winner of the ICC’s Associate Cricketer of the Year award. His figures of 7/18 against West Indies last June were the fourth-best in the history of ODI cricket.

ICC ODI Team of the Year 2017: David Warner, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Babar Azam, AB de Villiers, Quinton de Kock (wk), Ben Stokes, Trent Boult, Hasan Ali, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah.