ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year 2024: ODI's best playing XI announced, India and Australia got a big 'shock'

The ICC has announced the best ODI team of the year 2024 in which the players who performed best last year have got a chance. The surprising thing is that no player from India, Australia, or South Africa has got a place in it. Sri Lanka has the maximum number of 4 players included in the ICC's best ODI team. 3 players from Pakistan have been placed in the playing eleven. At the same time, 3 players from Afghanistan and one player from West Indies have managed to make a place in this team.
Sam Ayub and Rahmanullah Gurbaz have been selected as openers in ICC's best-playing XI. Pathum Nissanka has been placed at number 3 and Kusal Mendis at number 4. Mendis has also been selected as the wicketkeeper. Sri Lankan captain Charith Asalanka is also included in the team and he has been made the captain of ICC's best ODI team. After this, West Indies' Sherfane Rutherford is also included in the team. Afghanistan's Azmatullah Omarzai and Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga are in the team as all-rounders. Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf have been given place in fast bowling. At the same time, Afghanistan's young spinner Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar also managed to make a place in ICC's ODI team.
ICC Men's ODI Team (2024): Sam Ayub, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Sherfane Rutherford, Azmatullah Omarzai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar.
Why did players from India and Australia not get a place?
Let us now tell you why the players of teams like India-Australia, South Africa did not get a place in the playing eleven of ICC's best ODI team? Actually, India played only 3 ODI matches in 2024. That series was also against Sri Lanka in which Team India lost 0-2 and one match was tied. Australia played 12 ODI matches and different players from its team also got a chance. Actually, the T20 World Cup was held in 2024 and the big teams put their entire focus on the T20 format. Their big players played more T20 matches, this is the reason why players from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan were seen ruling the ODI format in 2024. All these three teams played many ODI matches last year.