{"id":24406,"date":"2015-12-03T03:15:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T03:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=24406"},"modified":"2015-12-03T03:15:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T03:15:44","slug":"ab-de-villiers-named-in-odi-team-of-the-year-for-fourth-time-first-time-as-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=24406","title":{"rendered":"AB de Villiers named in ODI Team of the year for fourth time, first time as captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-24405\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AB-de-Villiers-ODI.jpg\" alt=\"AB de Villiers ODI\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AB-de-Villiers-ODI.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AB-de-Villiers-ODI-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><strong>Dubai:<\/strong> South Africa&rsquo;s AB de Villiers has been selected in the ODI Team of the Year for the fourth time in five years and for the first time as captain. He is one of three Proteas players selected alongside Hashim Amla (also selected in 2013) and Imran Tahir.<\/p>\n<p>Kumar Sangakarra, who recently retired from international cricket, has been selected as wicket-keeper and earns his fourth nomination (2011, 2012 and 2013) and is named alongside Sri Lanka team-mate Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was also selected in 2009, 2011 and 2013. Steven Smith earns his inaugural ODI nomination after playing a leading role in helping Australia seal its fifth ICC Cricket World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Trent Boult gains his debut nomination in the ODI Team of the Year alongside his New Zealand team-mate Ross Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ICC ODI Team of the Year 2015 (in batting order):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)<br \/>Hashim Amla (SA)<br \/>Kumar Sangakkara (SL) (wicketkeeper)<br \/>AB de Villiers (SA) (captain)<br \/>Steven Smith (Aus)<br \/>Ross Taylor (NZ)<br \/>Trent Boult (NZ)<br \/>Mohammed Shami (Ind)<br \/>Mitchell Starc (Aus)<br \/>Mustafizur Rahman (Bang)<br \/>Imran Tahir (SA)<br \/>12th: Joe Root (Eng)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-24405\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AB-de-Villiers-ODI.jpg\" alt=\"AB de Villiers ODI\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AB-de-Villiers-ODI.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AB-de-Villiers-ODI-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><strong>Dubai:<\/strong> South Africa&rsquo;s AB de Villiers has been selected in the ODI Team of the Year for the fourth time in five years and for the first time as captain. He is one of three Proteas players selected alongside Hashim Amla (also selected in 2013) and Imran Tahir.<\/p>\n<p>Kumar Sangakarra, who recently retired from international cricket, has been selected as wicket-keeper and earns his fourth nomination (2011, 2012 and 2013) and is named alongside Sri Lanka team-mate Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was also selected in 2009, 2011 and 2013. Steven Smith earns his inaugural ODI nomination after playing a leading role in helping Australia seal its fifth ICC Cricket World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2733,4228,12764,786],"class_list":["post-24406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-cricket-news","tag-ab-de-villiers","tag-kumar-sangakarra","tag-odi-team-of-the-year","tag-tillakaratne-dilshan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AB de Villiers named in ODI Team of the year for fourth time, first time as captain - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=24406\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AB de Villiers named in ODI Team of the year for fourth time, first time as captain - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dubai: South Africa&rsquo;s AB de Villiers has been selected in the ODI Team of the Year for the fourth time in five years and for the first time as captain. 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