The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the men\u2019s Team of the Tournament of the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014, with India\u2019s MS Dhoni being named captain.<\/p>\n
The team includes four players from India, two from both South Africa and West Indies, and one representative each from Australia, Netherlands and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n
Chosen by a select group of experts,* the team was aimed at being suited for Bangladesh conditions, on the basis of performances in the tournament only. Statistics were used but were not the sole basis for selections.<\/p>\n
Selection Panel Chairman and member of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, David Boon, said of the selection: \u201cIt was a very difficult task for the panel to pick a team of 11 from the exciting players who featured in this tournament.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the selection criteria for the Team of the Tournament are the performances of players in the conditions during the ICC World Twenty20 2014, some of the best players in world cricket had to be left out of the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cBowlers in particular performed strongly throughout this tournament, and the side we have selected includes three of the most impressive bowlers in Dale Steyn, Samuel Badree and Lasith Malinga. The team also contains six specialist batsmen, including Stephan Myburgh from the Netherlands as an opening batsman, as well as three all-rounders, including MS Dhoni as a wicket-keeper batsman.\u201d <\/p>\n
The panel faced a difficult choice for a number of positions, and players who were considered but who did not ultimately make the team included India\u2019s Amit Mishra, Pakistan\u2019s Ahmed Shehzad, the South Africa duo of AB de Villiers and Imran Tahir, Sri Lanka\u2019s Angelo Mathews and Rangana Herath, and West Indies\u2019 Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine.<\/p>\n
ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 Men\u2019s Team of the Tournament (in batting order):<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7 Rohit Sharma (India) \u2013 200 runs<\/p>\n \u00b7 Stephan Myburgh (Netherlands) \u2013 224 runs<\/p>\n \u00b7 Virat Kohli (India) \u2013 319 runs<\/p>\n \u00b7 JP Duminy (South Africa) \u2013 187 runs<\/p>\n \u00b7 Glenn Maxwell (Australia) \u2013 147 runs<\/p>\n \u00b7 MS Dhoni (India – captain, wicketkeeper) \u2013 50 runs, six dismissals<\/p>\n \u00b7 Darren Sammy (West Indies) \u2013 101 runs<\/p>\n \u00b7 Ravichandran Ashwin (India) \u2013 11 wickets<\/p>\n \u00b7 Dale Steyn (South Africa) \u2013 nine wickets<\/p>\n \u00b7 Samuel Badree (West Indies) \u2013 11 wickets<\/p>\n \u00b7 Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) \u2013 five wickets<\/p>\n \u00b7 12th Player: Krishmar Santokie (West Indies) \u2013 eight wickets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the men\u2019s Team of the Tournament of the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014, with India\u2019s MS Dhoni being named captain.<\/p>\n The team includes four players from India, two from both South Africa and West Indies, and one representative each from Australia, Netherlands and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n Chosen by a select group of experts,* the team was aimed at being suited for Bangladesh conditions, on the basis of performances in the tournament only. Statistics were used but were not the sole basis for selections.<\/p>\n Selection Panel Chairman and member of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, David Boon, said of the selection: \u201cIt was a very difficult task for the panel to pick a team of 11 from the exciting players who featured in this tournament.<\/p>\n \u201cAs the selection criteria for the Team of the Tournament are the performances of players in the conditions during the ICC World Twenty20 2014, some of the best players in world cricket had to be left out of the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n