ICC T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament: The ICC has announced the Team of the Tournament for the T20 World Cup 2024. The ICC has included six players from the title-winning Indian team in this team. Along with this, no player from the runner-up South African team could make it to the top 11. The ICC team of the tournament is…
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma gave Team India a great start with his explosive batting in this World Cup. The Indian captain scored 257 runs in the tournament at a strike rate of 156.7, which is the second-highest by any player. With three half-centuries in eight matches, Rohit also showed consistency while maintaining an excellent strike-rate.
Rehmanullah Gurbaz
Rahmanullah Gurbaz formed an impressive opening partnership for Afghanistan with Ibrahim Zadran. As opening partners, the duo scored 446 runs in the tournament, including three centuries. Gurbaz played a key role in Afghanistan reaching the semi-finals of the tournament. Rahmanullah Gurbaz played exceptional knocks against Uganda (76), New Zealand (80), Australia (60) and Bangladesh (43). He was the top scorer of the tournament with 281 runs.
Nicholas Pooran
Nicholas Pooran has established himself as one of the best batsmen in the T20 format by scoring 228 runs at a strike rate of 146.16 in the tournament. After this, the next best batsman from West Indies scored just 140 runs in the tournament. Despite his explosive batting, Pooran was the sixth highest run scorer of the tournament. He scored 228 runs. His innings of 98 runs against Afghanistan led the team to a spectacular victory. It was also the highest score of any player in the tournament.
Suryakumar Yadav
With two half-centuries in the tournament and a crucial 47-run knock in the semi-final against England, Suryakumar Yadav did well coming in the middle order on some tough wickets to bat on. He made his presence felt in both the knockout matches, first with a crucial 47-run knock in the semi-final against England to bail the team out of tricky situations and then taking a brilliant catch to help India win the title.
marcus stoinis
Marcus Stoinis was Australia's X-factor in the T20 World Cup, playing brilliant knocks against Oman and Scotland. He also performed brilliantly with the ball in the match against Oman and took 3 wickets for 19 runs. Australia could not reach the semi-finals of the tournament and were eliminated in the Super 8 round.
hardik pandya
Hardik Pandya has been impressive with the bat in the lower order and has also given the team success with the ball when needed. But his most important contribution came in the final, when he dismissed the aggressive Heinrich Klaasen with a slower ball outside the off stump to give India victory. In the final, Hardik bowled a brilliant last over to win the title for India.
Axar Patel
Crucial performances with the bat, the best catch of the tournament and a decisive spell with the ball, Axar Patel performed in a way that will remain a topic of discussion throughout the T20 World Cup. His ability to adapt to different roles and put up impressive performances proved to be crucial in India's title win. He was promoted to bat higher up the order in the final. Axar counter-attacked and scored a brilliant 47, allowing Virat Kohli to hold on and play the anchor role.
rashid khan
Rashid Khan led the Afghanistan team brilliantly. He created history by leading his team to the semi-finals with a brilliant performance with the ball. Rashid bowled at an excellent economy rate of 6.17 and took 14 wickets in the tournament. The Afghanistan leg-spinner was the fifth-highest wicket-taker in the tournament with his brilliant performance (4/23 and 19*) against Bangladesh, helping the team reach the semi-finals.
Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah was the Man of the Tournament and proved to be India's trump card in winning the title. Bumrah's 15-plus wickets, his ability to control the team's scoring rate made him India's most important player throughout the tournament. His economy rate of 4.17 is the best by any bowler in any edition of the T20 World Cup.
Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep Singh was the joint-highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 17 wickets in eight matches along with Fazalhaq Farooqi. The left-arm pacer proved to be a perfect partner for Jasprit Bumrah with the ball. Both of them excelled in their opening powerplay spells. Arshdeep played a key role in India's victory in the final. He took the big wicket of Quinton de Kock in the crucial moment of the match and then bowled a brilliant 19th over giving away just four runs.
Fazalhaq Farooqui
Farooqi, the joint-highest wicket-taker in the tournament, played a key role in Afghanistan reaching their first World Cup semi-final. His 17 wickets came at an impressive economy rate of 6.31 and the left-arm pacer gave Afghanistan early blows in many matches to put them in a strong position. He bowled his best spell of the tournament, taking 5/9 against Uganda and also helped Afghanistan beat New Zealand by 4 wickets.
12th man: Enrique Norgia
Anrich Norkhia has been brilliant with the ball for South Africa in the tournament, using his pace and extra bounce to keep opposition batsmen quiet. Norkhia started the tournament with an impressive 4/7 against Sri Lanka and picked up at least one wicket in all but one match. In the final, he was one of South Africa's most successful bowlers with figures of 2/26 from his four overs.