ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year: Suryakumar Yadav-led team features four Indians

Suryakumar Yadav found a place in ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year for a second straight year. Named as captain in the playing XI, the list features three other Indians - Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravi Bishnoi and Arshdeep Singh. In 2023, Suryakumar Yadav played five T20I matches while scoring 166 runs and a highest of 83 runs at a strike rate of 146.90. The right-handed batter scored two fifties during the calendar year. After a poor start to the season, he scored 51 (36) and 112* (51) in the next two matches. It was followed by consistent scoring before the 83 run knock from 44 balls against the West Indies in Providence. He ended the series against the West Indies with a knock of 61 (45) in Florida. He also took over the captaincy duties from Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya at the fag end of the year. Yadav struck half-centuries against Australia (80 off 42 balls) and South Africa (56 from 36 balls), before posting an even 100 runs against the Proteas off just 56 balls in India’s final T20I of the year in Johannesburg. Yashasvi Jaiswal brought his domestic white-ball form to the international stage, debuting against the West Indies in August and making 430 runs in 14 knocks at a strike rate of 159. After a blip on debut, Jaiswal hit back with a 51-ball 84* in Florida, before moving his attention to the Asian Games, making 100 runs off just 49 balls against Nepal. The left-hander made a 25-ball 53 against Australia in India’s T20I series late in the year, before finishing with a knock of 60 from 41 balls against South Africa in Johannesburg. Ravi Bishnoi earned a place in the team after taking 18 wickets in just 44 overs across the year. He climbed to No. 1 spot in ICC T20 Bowling Rankings when the year ended, helped by a fruitful home series against Australia. Earlier, Bishnoi travelled on India’s tour of Ireland, taking four wickets across two matches, before being picked in the Asian Games squad, taking five wickets, including 3/24 against Nepal. Bishno then claimed a wicket in every match against the Aussies, with back-to-back spells of 3/32 and 2/32. Arshdeep Singh has remained India’s top-choice seamer in T20I cricket and it showed with the ICC T20I Team of the Year. The left-arm pacer took 26 wickets in 21 appearances for India in 2023. A spell of 3/20 against Sri Lanka jumped his year into life, with a pair of two-wicket hauls against New Zealand ticking things along. He returned to the team for the tour of the USA and the Caribbean with a performance of 3/38 (4) in Lauderhill against West Indies highlighting another solid trip, before four wickets in Hangzhou for the Asian Games. ICC T20I Team of The Year: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Phil Salt, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Suryakumar Yadav (C), Mark Chapman, Sikandar Raza, Alpesh Ramjani, Mark Adair, Ravi Bishnoi, Richard Ngarava, Arshdeep Singh