The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the Team of the Champions Trophy 2017. The team features three Indians, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, four Pakistanis, three Englishmen and one Bangladeshi. The team includes players from five of the eight participating sides. Apparently, Sarfraz Ahmed, the winning team Pakistan’s Sarfraz Ahmed has been named as captain.
Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar were the only Indians included in the Champions Trophy 2017 Team. “The side was selected by a jury of cricket experts, which included former captains Michael Atherton of England, India’s Sourav Ganguly, Ramiz Raja of Pakistan as well as Lawrence Booth (Editor, Wisden Almanack and cricket writer, The Mail) and Julian Guyer (cricket correspondent, Agence France-Presse), with ICC General Manager – Cricket, Geoff Allardice, as chairman,” read ICC media statement.
The jury was tasked with picking a balanced side on the basis of performances in the tournament. Statistics were used, but were not the sole basis for selection. Kane Williamson of New Zealand has been selected as the 12th man.
The ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Team is:
Shikhar Dhawan (India) (338 runs); Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) (252 runs); Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh) (293 runs); Virat Kohli (India) (258 runs); Joe Root (England) (258 runs); Ben Stokes (England) (184 runs and three wickets); Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan) (captain) (wicketkeeper) (76 runs and nine dismissals); Adil Rashid (England) (seven wickets); Junaid Khan (Pakistan) (eight wickets); Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India) (seven wickets); Hassan Ali (Pakistan) (13 wickets); Kane Williamson (New Zealand (12th man) (244 runs).
