ICC Team Of The Year Revealed : No Place For Indian Players

None of the Indian players found a spot in ICC's ODI team of the year in 2024. Team India played just three ODIs last year losing all three of them. They played an ODI series against Sri Lanka and lost the series.

The ODI series against Sri Lanka was the first for Gautam Gambhir who took over as the head coach of the Indian team after India won the T20 World Cup. It was a shocking result for the Indian side against their Asian rivals.

The ODI series win for the Lankans was the first over India in the last 27 years. Gambhir who had a winning start in T20Is to his tenure as head coach lost his very first ODI series against Sri Lanka away from home. It was a rare ODI series for India in recent years as they have dominated the format. They also reached the final of the ODI World Cup at home.

Talking about the ICC team of the year, team announced by the ICC features four players from Sri Lanka, three each from Pakistan and Afghanistan and one from the West Indies. Despite the brilliance from the Sri Lankan players in ODIS in 2024, they are not part of the Champions Trophy in 2025.

Incidentally, Charith Asalanka leads the side announced by ICC. He played 16 out of the 18 ODIs played by Sri Lanka, the most by any team in the calendar year. The southpaw finished with 605 Runs at an average of 50.2 Average, including a century and four fifties.

Pakistan won seven out of their nine games while Afghanistan won eight from their 14. There were three Afghan players namely, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai and Allah Ghazanfar.

Three players from Pakistan made the squad namely, Saim Ayub, Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi. Along with Asalanka, Kusal Mendia, Pathum Nissanka and Wanindu Hasaranga made the XI from Sri Lanka.

Big-hitting West Indian Sherfane Rutherford, who made his international debut in 2023, was the lone non-Asian in the all-star XI for his 425 runs from nine games at an astonishing average of 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).