Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot less cricket was played this yearcompared to the past. Only 22 Test matches were played this year, thelowest number of Test matches in a calendar year since 1991. ODIs and T20Issuffered a similar fate as well.

Despite this, top international cricketers showcased their class in testingtimes. English players were involved in most of the Test cricket this year,with West Indies and Pakistan touring the country during peak pandemictime, a move that brought normalcy back.——————————

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Pakistan started the year with a Test match against Bangladesh and endedthe year with a Test match against New Zealand. Pakistan played 5 Testmatches, 3 ODIs, and 11 T20Is in 2020.

After the ICC’s Teams of the Decade stirred controversy for being biased,Cricinfo decided to create their own Teams of the Year across all formats.Cricinfo has included three Pakistani players in different formats. Let ushave a look at the teams to find out who they are.Cricinfo Test Team of the Year*Shan Masood* Jos Buttler (WK)Dom Sibley Stuart BroadKane Williamson (C) Tim Southee*Babar Azam* Nathan LyonBen Stokes Kyle JamiesonJermaine Blackwood——————————

——————————Cricinfo ODI Team of the YearAaron Finch (C) Ravi JadejaDavid Warner Jofra ArcherVirat Kohli Alzarri JosephSteve Smith Adam ZampaKL Rahul (wk) Josh HazlewoodGlenn MaxwellCricinfo T20I Team of the Year

Quinton De Kock (WK) *Shadab Khan*Jos Buttler Rashid KhanKL Rahul Jasprit BumrahAB de Villiers Jofra ArcherNicholas Pooran *Shaheen Afridi*Kieron Pollard (C)