The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday, January 24, announced the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year 2024. (More Cricket News)
However, the major talking point was that the team did not include a single Indian in the XI.
Adding to it, there were no Australian, South African or even an English player named, with four Sri Lankans, three each from Pakistan and Afghanistan, and one from West Indies.
The Rohit Sharma-led side played only three ODIs - an away series to Sri Lanka, where they lost the first two games, and tied the third.
Talking about the team, Sri Lanka skipper Charith Asalanka has been announced as the captain for his dream run in 2024.
In 16 ODIs, Asalanka notched up 605 runs at an average of 50.2, amassing a hundred and four fifties. Sri Lanka also played 18 one-day internationals, also the highest among the teams, winning 12 of those matches.
Pakistan played nine ODIs, winning seven, while Afghanistan played 14 and came out victorious in eight.
Sherfane Rutherford is the only non-Asian in the XI, after a wonderful 2024, scoring 425 runs in nine matches, averaging 106.2.
ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year for 2024: Charith Asalanka (C) (Sri Lanka), Saim Ayub (Pakistan), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka), Kusal Mendis (WK) (Sri Lanka), Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies), Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan), Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan), Haris Rauf (Pakistan), AM Ghazanfar (Afghanistan).
