ICC Awards: Men’s Test and ODI Teams of 2017

Source: www.icc-cricket.com

Virat Kohli named captain of both sides; Warner, de Kock and Stokes other players to feature in both teams.

India’s Virat Kohli has been named as captain of the ICC Test and ODI Teams of the Year 2017, which were announced today by the International Cricket Council.

This is the first time Kohli has been selected in the ICC Test Team of the Year, but the fourth time – after 2012, 2014 and 2016 – that he has been picked in the ICC ODI Team of the Year.

For de Villiers, this is the seventh time in eight years that he has been chosen in the ICC ODI Team of the Year.

ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year 2017 (in batting order): 

1. Dean Elgar (South Africa)
2. David Warner (Australia)
3. Virat Kohli (captain) (India)
4. Steve Smith (Australia)
5. Cheteshwar Pujara (India)
6. Ben Stokes (England)
7. Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper) (South Africa)
8. Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
9. Mitchell Starc (Australia)
10. Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)
11. James Anderson (England)

 ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year 2017 (in batting order):

1. David Warner (Australia)
2. Rohit Sharma (India)
3. Virat Kohli (captain) (India)
4. Babar Azam (Pakistan)
5. AB de Villiers (South Africa)
6. Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper) (South Africa)
7. Ben Stokes (England)
8. Trent Boult (New Zealand)
9. Hasan Ali (Pakistan)
10. Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
11. Jasprit Bumrah (India)

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