On Wednesday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the Men's Twenty20 International (T20I) team of the year. However, in an interesting observation, no Indian features in the team. On the other hand, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has been named the side's captain. The team was prepared based on the performance of 2021.
Azam's opening teammate Mohammad Rizwan was named the wicketkeeper for the side. The latter had scored 1326 in 29 at 73.66 and 134.89 in 2021. Among the all-rounders was Mitchell Marsh. The Australian was mainly great with the bat, scoring 627 in 21 at 36.88, besides claiming eight wickets.
ICC Men's T20I team of the year (2021): Jos Buttler (wk), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, David Miller, Tabraiz Shamsi, Josh Hazlewood, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mustafizur Rahman and Shaheen Afridi.