ICC Teams Of The Year: Harmanpreet Kaur To Lead T20I Side

Jan 6, 2019 at 3:50 AM

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ICC Teams Of The Year: Harmanpreet Kaur To Lead T20I Side

The International Cricket Council, on Monday, announced the women’s ODI and T20I teams of the year. New Zealand’s Suzie Bates was named as captain of the 50-over side India’s Harmanpreet Kaur was appointed captain of the 20-over side.

The star-studded teams were selected by the same voting academy comprising members of the media and broadcasters. The same voting academy has also voted for the annual women’s individual awards to be announced on Monday. The academy picked the players on the basis of their performances in the 2018 calendar year.

Bates led New Zealand to the second position in the ICC Women’s Championship after three rounds. In seven ODIs this year, she amassed 438 runs with two centuries and a half-century.

Suzie Bates (Credits: Getty)

On the other hand, Kaur took over the T20I side’s captaincy after leading India to the semifinal of the ICC Women’s World T20 2018 in the Caribbean in November. Kaur had finished the tournament with 183 runs including a stunning century. Overall in 25 T20Is this year, she scored 663 runs at a strike-rate of 126.2. Kaur is ranked third in the ICC Women’s Player Rankings for T20I Batters.

Expressing her delight over becoming the captain, Kaur said:

“To be honest, it was really surprising for me. The last two years we did not get enough T20I matches to play and it was really tough for me to build that confidence in the team and show that self-belief that we can do well in T20Is. Credit goes to all team members, the way they worked hard and show that self-belief.

“This award means a lot to me to build my confidence, BCCI is showing confidence on me – that I can do well in the format and I am looking forward to do well in the future,” she added.

Bates was also delighted with the news saying:

“Thank you very much to everyone who voted for the ICC team of the year. To be named captain is just an absolute honour. Obviously, I have been playing for a long time and stepped down from captaincy, but to be named captain of a World XI is pretty special and something I will always remember.

“It would be nice one day if we got together to play as a group and to captain some of the superstars, but once again such a huge honour and congratulations to all the award winners for this year.”

The ODI team comprises players from seven countries, including two each from England (Tammy Beaumont and Sophie Ecclestone), India (Smriti Mandhana and Poonam Yadav), New Zealand (Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine) and South Africa (Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp), and one player each from Australia (Alyssa Healy), Pakistan (Sana Mir) and Deandra Dottin (the Windies).

Harmanpreet Kaur (Credits: Getty)

The T20I side boasts players from five countries, including four players from the ICC Women’s World T20 2018 champions Australia (Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner and Megan Schutt), three players from losing finalists India (Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Poonam Yadav), two players from New Zealand (Suzie Bates and Leigh Kasperek) and one player each from Bangladesh (Rumana Ahmed) and England (Natalie Sciver).

Only four players feature in both the squads – India’s Smriti Mandhana and Poonam Yadav, Australia’s Alyssa Healy and Suzie Bates of New Zealand.

ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year (in batting order):

Smriti Mandhana (India), Tammy Beaumont (England), Suzie Bates (New Zealand) (captain), Dane van Niekerk (South Africa), Sophie Devine (New Zealand), Alyssa Healy (Australia) (wicketkeeper), Marizanne Kapp (South Africa), Deandra Dottin (Windies), Sana Mir (Pakistan), Sophie Ecclestone (England), Poonam Yadav (India).

ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year (in batting order):

Smriti Mandhana (India), Alyssa Healy (Australia) (wicketkeeper), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Harmanpreet Kaur (India) (captain), Natalie Sciver (England), Ellyse Perry (Australia), Ashleigh Gardner (Australia), Leigh Kasperek (New Zealand), Megan Schutt (Australia), Rumana Ahmed (Bangladesh), Poonam Yadav (India).

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