ICC ODI Team of the Year 2011 Announced
The International Cricket Council has announced its ODI Team of the Year, the team was chosen by a specially appointed selection panel chaired by West Indian batting legend and former captain Clive Lloyd, according to the governing body's release.
Chairman of the LG ICC Awards selection panel, Lloyd said: "This has been an outstanding year for 50-over cricket. I think everyone saw in the ICC Cricket World Cup how exciting this format can be.
"The ICC Cricket World Cup was rightly applauded as one of the greatest in history and no one who was in Mumbai will forget that remarkable evening.
"The ODI team of the year reflects the success of India with four players selected - Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, M S Dhoni and Zaheer Khan. Yuvraj was, of course, the player of the tournament and MS Dhoni, the man of the match in the final, whilst fellow finalists Sri Lanka has three players in the side."
"The ICC Cricket World Cup was rightly applauded as one of the greatest in history and no one who was in Mumbai will forget that remarkable evening.
"The ODI team of the year reflects the success of India with four players selected - Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, M S Dhoni and Zaheer Khan. Yuvraj was, of course, the player of the tournament and MS Dhoni, the man of the match in the final, whilst fellow finalists Sri Lanka has three players in the side."
The Team in full is:
ICC ODI Team of the Year1.Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
2.Virender Sehwag (Ind)
3.Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
4.AB de Villiers (SA)
5.Shane Watson (Aus)
6.Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
7.MS Dhoni (Ind, wicketkeeper/captain)
8.Graeme Swann (Eng)
9.Umar Gul (Pak)
10.Dale Steyn (SA)
11.Zaheer Khan (Ind)
12th Man - Lasith Malinga (SL)
