Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma In ICC Women's ODI Team Of The Year
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Star batter Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma were named in the ICC women's ODI Team of the Year 2024.
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However, none of the Indian male players found a place in the men's side that was dominated by Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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The women's all-star team has three players from England, two Australians, two South Africans and one each from Sri Lanka and West Indies, besides the two Indians.
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South African batter Laura Wolvaardt, who scored 697 runs in 12 matches in 2024, was named captain of the ICC team.
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The Indian men were, however, absent from the ICC XI and that can be attributed to lack of ODI engagements for the country last year.
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India played only three ODIs -- an away series against Sri Lanka -- losing two of them while the third one ended in a tie.
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ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year for 2024: Mandhana, Wolvaardt (c), Chamari Athapaththu, Hayley Matthews, Marizanne Kapp, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Amy Jones (WK), Deepti, Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross.