Dhoni named as the captain for IIC ODI team of the year

Sep 15, 2012, 15:42 IST

Sports Current Affairs September 2012.Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain of Indian Cricket team has been named as the Captain of ICC’s ODI team of the year

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain of Indian Cricket team has been named as the Captain of ICC’s ODI team of the year. Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir are two more players from Indian squad to be selected in the ICC’s ODI team for the year. Dhoni has been nominated to be a member of the team for fifth consecutive year in a row.

The complete team of twelve members selected for the ICC’s One Day International team of the year includes three Indians and two members from each of the team Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and England along with one nominated South African player as a whole.  The team was selected by the a panel headed by the former West Indian Captain Clive Lloyd that included other members like Carl Hooper (Former Skipper-West Indies), Marvan Atapattu (Former Captain Sri Lanka), Tom Moody (former Australian all-rounder) and Clare O’Connor (Former Captain of England’s women team).

Name of the squad for the ICC ODI team was announced by David Richardson, the ICC Chief Executive at an event organized before LG ICC Awards ceremony. Name of the players for the team are MS Dhoni  (Ind, wicketkeeper/Captain), Shahid Afridi (Pak), Gautam Gambhir (Ind), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Alastair Cook (Eng), Virat Kohli (Ind), Morne Morkel (SA), Michael Clarke (Aus), Lasith Malinga (SL), Saeed Ajmal (Pak), Steven Finn (Eng). The twelfth man of the team will be Shane Watson (Aus).

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