Suryakumar Yadav among 4 Indians included in ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year

The ICC on Monday announced the Men's T20I Team of the Year for 2023, which included as many as four Indians

Suryakumar Yadav, who finished the highest run-scorer in T20Is last year among players from the Full Member Nations, has been named captain and bats at the No 4 slot

Left-handed Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal, who has had a meteoric rise in both T20Is and Tests, opens alongside England’s Phil Salt

West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran not only bats at one-down but has also been named wicketkeeper of the specially-curated XI

Zimbabwe’s SIkandar Raza is one of the three all-rounders in the side alongside New Zealand’s Mark Chapman and Uganda’s Alpesh Ramjani

Wrist-spinner Ravi Bishnoi, who’s been having a stellar run since the T20I series against Australia right after the ICC World Cup, has been included as the only frontline spinner in the XI

Left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh heads the pace department that comprises Richard Ngarava and Ireland’s Mark Adair, who is slotted at 8 due to his handy batting skills