The ICC also released the Women’s Team of 2022, which includes four Indians: Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, and Renuka Singh.
Suryakumar Yadav, the top batter in the shortest format, Hardik Pandya, and former India captain Virat Kohli were chosen on Monday for the ICC’s “Men’s T20I team of 2022.”
The ICC also revealed the Women’s Team of 2022, which includes four Indians: Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, and Renuka Singh.
Kohli returned to form in 2022 and dominated the Asia Cup, finishing as the second-highest run-scorer with 276 runs in five games.
Men’s Team: Jos Buttler (c/wk), Mohammed Rizwan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Sikandar Raza, Hardik Pandya, Sam Curran, Wanindu Hasaranga, Haris Rauf and Josh Little.
Women’s Team: Sophie Devine (c), Smriti Mandhana, Beth Mooney, Ash Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Nida Dar, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Inoka Ranaweera and Renuka Singh.
He also ended a nearly three-year century drought with a superb century against Afghanistan.
Kohli’s 82-run performance against Pakistan in the World Cup opener in Melbourne was one of the finest T20I innings ever.
Kohli finished the tournament with three more fifties and the most runs scored (296).
Surya became the second batter in history to score more than 1000 runs in a single calendar year. He finished as the leading run-getter (1164 runs), with two hundred and nine half-centuries and a strike rate of 187.43.
He scored 239 runs at a strike rate of 189.68 in the World Cup and concluded the year as the top batter in the T20I rankings.
Hardik became an all-rounder after leading Gujarat Titans to their first IPL title in their debut season.
He had his finest statistical year in Indian colours, amassing 607 runs and taking 20 wickets. The 11-man squad is captained by World Cup winner Jos Buttler and includes runners-up Pakistan’s Mohammed Rizwan as the opener and Haris Rauf as one of two pace spearheads.
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Smriti Mandhana, India’s batting sensation, concluded the year as the fourth top run-scorer with 594 runs at an average of 33.00 and a strike rate of 133.48.
She also hit two half-centuries and helped India earn a record silver medal in the Commonwealth Games.
Deepti, an off-spin all-rounder, had a breakout year and was named Player of the Tournament in India’s Asia Cup victory.
She finished the year with 29 wickets, tied for third-most in the league. She also batted 370 times, averaged 37 and striking out 136.02 times.
Richa was selected wicketkeeper-batter after a successful year in which she scored 259 runs in 18 matches.
Renuka had a breakthrough year, taking 22 T20I wickets at an average of 23.95 and an economy rate of 6.50. She was one of the contenders for the ICC Women’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year.
