ICC XI of the Year/Review of 2016 Thread

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Surprised not to see Kohli when Voges is there. And Smith is 12th man ? Shocking !

EDIT- Just saw that Kohli performed really well after Sept this year. He will be there in next year's team.
 
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And Steyn has played only 4 matches due to injury and taken 14 wickets. He shouldn't be there too.
 

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You actually mean it as 'contention'? or 'consideration'?
 

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Most surprising/shocking incident - England scoring 477 and still losing the match by an innings and 75 runs
 

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Batting Category:
Best Batsman - Virat Kohli
Best Youngster - Babar Azam
Most Improved Batsman - David Warner
Best Innings - Karun Nair 303*
Failure of the year - Shikhar Dhawan

Bowling Category:
Best Bowler - Ravi Ashwin
Best Youngster - Mehdi Hasan Miraz
Most Improved Bowler - Umesh Yadav
Best Innings - Jadeja 7/48
Failure of the year - Morne Morkel

Team Category:
Best Team - India
Most Improved Team - Bangladesh
Decline of the year - Australia

Misc:
Best Tournament/Series - ICC World T20
Best match - Australia v Pakistan at Gabba
Most surprising/shocking incident - England losing all 10 wickets in the final session of the 2nd Test v Bangladesh.
 

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Batting Category:
Best Batsman - Virat Kohli
Best Youngster - Babar Azam
Most Improved Batsman - Virat Kohli (didn't do that well in 2015)
Best Innings - Asad Shafiq, 137 vs Australia
Failure of the year - Martin Guptill

Bowling Category:
Best Bowler - Ravi Ashwi
Best Youngster - Mehedi Hasan Miraz
Most Improved Bowler - Mitchell Santner
Best Innings - Rangana Herath, 13-fer v Aus
Failure of the year - James Anderson

Team Category:
Best Team - Pakistan
Most Improved Team - Bangladesh
Decline of the year - Australia

Misc:
Best Tournament/Series - England vs Pakistan
Best match - Australia vs Pakistan at The Gabba
Most surprising/shocking incident: Pakistan scoring 450 in the fourth innings after being 67-8 in the first innings, and 175-5 in the second
 
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Batting Category:
Best Batsman - Virat Kohli ( He has been amazing across all the formats )
Best Youngster - Babar Azam
Most Improved Batsman - QDK (He was good before also. But he has improved much more now )
Best Innings - Virat Kohli
Failure of the year - Shikhar Dhawan

Bowling Category:
Best Bowler - R Ashwin
Best Youngster - Mehedi Hasan Miraz
Most Improved Bowler - Umesh Yadav
Best Innings - Jaddu's 7/48 in last innings of ENG vs IND
Failure of the year - Can't think of anyone. Will edit later.

Team Category:
Best Team - India
Most Improved Team - Bangladesh
Decline of the year - Australia

Misc:
Best Tournament/Series - T20 WC
Best match - India vs Australia T20 WC
Most surprising/shocking incident - Brathwaite smashing those sixes in T20 finals.
 

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Batting Category:

Best Batsman -Virat Kohli. This one needs no description.

Best Youngster - Quinton de Kock. He's still young despite how mature his career stats look. Many have claimed Babar Azam, but I'll stick to de Kock.

Most Improved Batsman - Jonny Bairstow. Yup.

Best Innings - Virat Kohli's 82* against Australia (T20 WC), and Ben Stoke's 258 against South Africa earlier this year(who's gonna forget that one?).

Failure of the year - Shikhar Dhawan. I wish this should have been 'Pathetic player of the year'. How many chances you actually need to prove your worth, huh?

Bowling Category:

Best Bowler - Mitchell Starc. Dominant. In all forms.

Best Youngster - Kagiso Rabada. This guys has a promising future.

Most Improved Bowler - Ravichandran Ashwin. He sure had a great year.

Best Innings - From what I remember as the highlight of 2016's bowling performances, Stuart Broad's 6/17 against South Africa was absolutely phenomenal. By the stats, Luke Jongwe's these figures also sound amazing.

Failure of the year - I'd say Morne Morkel.

Team Category:

Best Team - Pakistan. They had too good time this year for their own standards.

Most Improved Team - Pakistan.

Decline of the year - Aussies.

Misc:

Best Tournament/Series - T20 World Cup. It has been some event full of extra ordinary thrillers.

Best match - Last two test matches of 2016.

Most surprising/shocking incident - Ben Stokes bowled same kinda delivery four consecutive times to a Caribbean guy in the final over of T20 world cup. Dunno what was he thinking in front of 70k people.
 
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Surprised not to see Kohli when Voges is there. And Smith is 12th man ? Shocking !

EDIT- Just saw that Kohli performed really well after Sept this year. He will be there in next year's team.

Do they actually consider performances within a season and not year? From this May/June to next year's March/April?
 

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I'd like to add our own personal team of the year to the list. Will write mine in a while. :)
 

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Batting Category:
Best Batsman - Virat Kohli
Best Youngster - Kusal Mendis / Dhanajaya de Silva
Most Improved Batsman - Virat Kohli
Best Innings - Younus's 200 vs Eng & Karun Nair's 303
Failure of the year - Adam Voges

Bowling Category:
Best Bowler - Ravi Ashwin (Mitchell Starc or Rangana Herath could also have take this)
Best Youngster - Jasprit Bumrah
Most Improved Bowler - Ravindra Jadeja (Wasn't that good in 2015)
Best Innings - Mustafizur's 5-for vs NZ and Herath's whole series vs Australia
Failure of the year - Mohommad Amir

Team Category:
Best Team - India
Most Improved Team - England (After that pathetic 2015 WC, they have improved a hell lot)
Decline of the year - Australia

Misc:
Best Tournament/Series - ICC WT20 (Can Also be the Aus vs Sa 2016 ODI Series)
Best match - Ind vs Ban in the WT20 and also the Pak vs Aus test
Most surprising/shocking incident - Alaistar Cook playing at a strike rate of 77 :P

Team of the Year: India
 

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