Mithali Raj, Ekta Bisht and Harmanpreet Kaur Make It to the ICC Team of the Year 2017

The ICC on Thursday announced the Women’s ODI and T20I team of the year on Thursday with England’s captain Heather Knight named the ODI captain and West Indies captain Stephanie Taylor named the captain of the T20 captain of the year. Indian skipper Mithali Raj, who is now the leading run getter in the history of Women’s ODI, was also named in the ICC Women’s ODI team of the year.

The two sides were named by the same panel, which had voted for the annual individual awards and included, Chloe Saltau, Mel Jones, Lisa Sthalekar (all Australia); Charlotte Edwards, Kalika Mehta, Alison Mitchell, Alan Wilkins (all England and Wales); Anjum Chopra, Snehal Pradhan (both India); Olivia Caldwell (New Zealand); Firdose Moonda, Natalie Germanos (both South Africa); Sa’adi Thawfeeq (Sri Lanka) and Ian Bishop, Fazeer Mohammad (Windies).

Left arm Indian spinner Ekta Bisht is the only cricketer to be named in both the ODI and T20 squad. She accompanies Raj in the ODI squad and Harmanpreet Kaur who has also been named in the T20 squad. Bisht who hails from Uttarakhand is ranked 14th in ODIs and 12th in T20Is, and has taken 34 wickets in 19 matches and 11 wickets in seven T20Is in the period under consideration.

The two teams have been selected on the basis of their performances from 21^st September, 2016.

The ODI squad which is led by Heather Knight comprises of players from five countries which includes, two Australians (Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry), four England players (Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight, Sarah Taylor and Alex Hartley), two Indians (Mithali Raj and Ekta Bisht), one New Zealander (Amy Satterthwaite) and two South Africans (Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp).

On the other hand, Stephanie Taylor’s led T20 team of the year also comprises player from five countries, three Australians (Beth Mooney, Megan Schutt, Amanda-Jade Wellington), one from England (Danni Wyatt), two from India (Harmanpreet Kaur and Ekta Bisht), two from New Zealand (Sophie Devine and Lea Tahuhu) and three from the Windies (Stafanie Taylor, Deandra Dottin and Hayley Matthews).

ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year (in batting order):

1- Tammy Beaumont (England)
2- Meg Lanning (Australia)
3- Mithali Raj (India)
4- Amy Satterthwaite (New Zealand)
5- Ellyse Perry (Australia)
6- Heather Knight (captain) (England)
7- Sarah Taylor (wicketkeeper) (England)
8- Dane van Niekerk (South Africa)
9- Marizanne Kapp (South Africa)
10- Ekta Bisht (India)
11- Alex Hartley (England)

ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year (in batting order):

1- Beth Mooney (wicketkeeper) (Australia)
2- Danni Wyatt (England)
3- Harmanpreet Kaur (India)
4- Stafanie Taylor (captain) (Windies)
5- Sophie Devine (New Zealand)
6- Deandra Dottin (Windies)
7- Hayley Matthews (Windies)
8- Megan Schutt (Australia)
9- Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia)
10- Lea Tahuhu (New Zealand)
11- Ekta Bisht (India)