It’s been a good year for India’s captain “Virat Kohli ” and ICC has made king Kohli celebrations more with the awards. ICC named Virat Kohli as the ICC cricketer of the year for both Test and ODI. He is also named as the captain of the ICC Test and ODI teams. Virat Kohli led team India in both lineups in a very dominating way and the results prove that. Virat scored 2735 runs at an average of 68.37 with 11 centuries and 9 half centuries last year. This is the first time Virat named as test cricketer and the second time in a row as ODI cricketer.
ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year (in batting order):
1. Tom Latham (New Zealand)
3. Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
4. Virat Kohli (India) (capt)
5. Henry Nicholls (New Zealand)
6. Rishabh Pant (India) (wk)
7. Jason Holder (Windies)
8. Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)
9. Nathan Lyon (Australia)
10. Jasprit Bumrah (India)
11. Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan)
ICC Men’s ODI team of the year (in batting order):
1. Rohit Sharma (India)
2. Jonny Bairstow (England)
3. Virat Kohli (India) (capt)
4. Joe Root (England)
5. Ross Taylor (New Zealand)
6. Jos Buttler (England) (wk)
7. Ben Stokes (England)
8. Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
9. Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
10. Kuldeep Yadav (India)
11. Jasprit Bumrah (India)