ISLAMABAD – After selection in Wisden’s ODI team of the year, Babar Azamhas also managed to impress the panelists at the International CricketCouncil, making it to their ODI team of 2019.
The team led by Virat Kohli is full of players who starred at the World Cupand it’s a no brainer that ODI team of the year was almost the same as theteam of the mega event.
Here’s how it stacks up:*Sr. No.* *Player* *Country* *Role*1 Rohit Sharma India Batsman2 Shai Hope West Indies Batsman3 Virat Kohli India Captain, Batsman4 Babar Azam Pakistan Batsman5 Kane Willamson New Zealand Batsman6 Ben Stokes England All-rounder7 Jos Buttler England Wicket-keeper Batsman8 Mitchell Starc Australia Bowler9 Trent Boult New Zealand Bowler10 Mohammad Shami India Bowler11 Kuldeep Yadav India Bowler
In other awards, Marnus Labuschagne has won the ICC Emerging Cricketer ofthe Year, Ben Stokes is the winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy forthe world player of the year, Pat Cummins has won the Test Player of theYear, whereas Rohit Sharma has bagged the ODI Player of the Year award.——————————
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Indian captain, Virat Kohli is also chosen as the skipper of the ICC TestTeam of 2019 in addition to winning the 2019 Spirit of Cricket Award.Scotland’s Kyle Coetzer is the Associate Cricketer of the Year. RichardIllingworth has been adjudged as the best umpire of the year.
