India's Ravichandran Ashwin capped off a sensational year by being adjudged the ICC Cricketer of the Year to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy. He joins Rahul Dravid (2004) and Sachin Tendulkar (2010) as only the third Indian to take away the top individual honour.
Ashwin picked up 72 wickets from 12 Tests this year, for which he was also named the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year, becoming the third Indian cricketer to win the award after Dravid in 2004 and Gautam Gambhir in 2009.
Ashwin also finds a place as the lone Indian in the Test XI. India's limited-overs vice-captain Virat Kohli has been named as the captain of the ODI side.
Alastair Cook, despite the recent 0-4 loss to India has been appointed captain of the Test XI. This is the third time Cook has been appointed captain of the Test side. Dravid, Gary Kirsten and Kumar Sangakkara selected the ICC Test and ODI sides based on players' performances in the period from September 14, 2015 to September 20, 2016.
South Africa's wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock has been named the ICC ODI cricketer of the year with 857 runs from 17 matches, including three centuries and three fifties. Three Indian cricketers - Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Kohli have found a place in the ODI set-up.
Pakistan Test skipper Misbah ul Haq was given the Spirit of Cricket award, while Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman was named the emerging player of the year.
ICC ODI team of the year 2016: Virat Kohli (captain), David Warner, Quinton de Kock (wk), Rohit Sharma, AB de Villiers, Jos Buttler, Mitchell Marsh, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Starc, Kagiso Rabada, Sunil Narine, Imran Tahir.
ICC Test team of the year 2016: Alastair Cook (captain), David Warner, Kane Williamson, Joe Root, Adam Voges, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rangana Herath, Mitchell Starc, Dale Steyn, Steve Smith.
Jadeja jumps to career-best 2nd place
Following his match-winning 7/48 in the final Test against England, Ravindra Jadeja has jumped to a career-best second spot in the latest ICC Test ranking for bowlers. Jadeja's match-haul of 10/154 has put him 8 points adrift R Ashwin, who continues to hold the top spot.
Jadeja has gained 66 points and has leapfrogged the likes Josh Hazlewood, James Anderson, Dale Steyn and Rangana Herath, which means this is the only occasion since 1974 that the top two spots in the ICC bowling chart have belonged to Indians - Bishan Bedi and BS Chandrasekhar being the last pair.
Jadeja has also gained one place to reach a career-best third rank in the list of allrounders, which also is ruled by Ashwin. Apart from a tally of 43 wickets from nine matches this year, Jadeja has also contributed with the bat, scoring three half-centuries, two of which - a career-best 90 and 51 - came in the series against England.
Ishant Sharma, who played the final Test was promoted by two places to hold the 23rd spot while triple-centurion Karun Nair has rose 122 places to be ranked 55th. His Karnataka team-mate KL Rahul, who scored 199 in the first innings, has also leaped 29 places to be placed at a career-best 51st.
