ICC’s ODI Team of the Year 2021

Question: Who has been announced as captain of the ICC’s ODI Team of the Year for 2021, recently announced by ICC?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Babar Azam
(c) Kane Williamson
(d) None of the above
Ans: b
Related Facts

  • International Cricket Council (ICC) has recently announced ICC men and women teams for the year 2021.
  • Pakistan’s Babar Azam has been adjudged as captain of the ICC ODI Team-of-the-Year for 2021.
  • No Indian player has found place on this team.
  • In the women’s team Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami feature in the women’s ODI XI.
  • Teams are as follows:
  • Men’s ODI: Babar Azam (Capt.,) and Fakhar Zaman (Pak), Janneman Malan and Rassie van der Dussen (SA), Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) and Mustafizur Rahaman (Ban), Wanindu Hasaranga and Dishmantha Chameera (SL), Paul Stirling and Simi Singh (Ire).
  • Women’s ODI: Lizelle Lee (SA), Alyssa Healy (Aus), Tammy Beaumont (Eng), Mithali Raj, Heather Knight (Capt., Eng), Hayley Matthews (WI), Marizanne Kapp (SA), Shabnim Ismail (SA), Fatima Sana (Pak), Jhulan Goswami and Anisa Mohammed (WI).

Kameshwar Shukla

Reference:

https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/three-indians-in-icc-test-team-of-the-year/article38298884.ece