No Pakistan player could make a cut in the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup 2024 Team of the Tournament, which features six players from the title-winning Indian squad.
The apex cricketing body acknowledged the top-performers of the 20-team tournament, which concluded Saturday when India came from behind to snatch a narrow victory over South Africa.
India captain Rohit Sharma, who decided to hang up his boots after leading his side to their second world title was named the captain of the side.
He will be accompanied by five of his compatriots Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah.
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Afghanistan scripted history in the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2024 by qualifying in their first-ever semi-final.
The Asian side was backed by some exceptional performances by their skipper Rashid Khan, explosive opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz and left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi and thus all three of them were named in the Team of the Tournament.
West Indies opener Nicholas Pooran and Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis round up the Playing XI while South Africa pacer Anrich Nortje was named the 12th man.
T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament
Rohit Sharma (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Nicholas Pooran, Suryakumar Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Anrich Nortje (12th man).
It is worth mentioning here that the T20 World Cup 2024 marked the end of India’s 11-year ICC title drought. The Asian giants last won an ICC trophy in 2013 when they downed England under Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s leadership to win the Champions Trophy.
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