Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma, who won the T20 World Cup last year, was selected as the skipper of the 2024 International Cricket Council (ICC) T20I men's Team of the Year. Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, and Hardik Pandya are the other three Indians on the team. Pakistan's star batter Babar Azam is the only player from its country who is also in the squad.
Even after his game-winning knock in the T20 World Cup final, Virat Kohli is left off of the selected squad. After assisting India in winning the world championship in Barbados last year, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli both announced their retirement from T20Is
Rohit Sharma along with Australian superstar Travis Head are the openers in this team. England's power-hitting opener Phil Salt has been put to bat at No. 3. Meanwhile former Pakistan captain Babar Azam will bat at No. 4. Windies icon Nicholas Pooran has been named the team's wicket-keeper and his astonishing skills to both anchor the innings and play in explosive manner has earned him a spot in the middle-order of this team.
With Bumrah, Arshdeep, and Hardik together build an all-Indian pace bowling attack of the T20I team of the year. In the USA and the West Indies, it was the lineup that India used for the T20 World Cup. Rashid Khan and Wanindu Hasaranga will be leading the charge of spin bowling, while Sikandar Raza is other available all-rounder in the side.
ICC T20I Team of the Year 2024
Rohit Sharma (c), Travis Head, Phil Salt, Babar Azam, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sikandar Raza, Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh