The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday revealed the ODI group of 2024, with 3 Afghans particularly Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai and Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar making it to the list.Other players in the list are from Sri Lanka (4 ), Pakistan (3) and West Indies (1 ).
Rahmanullah Gurbaz played 11 ODIs in 2015, scoring 531 runs, including 3 centuries and two half-centuries.
Gurbaz continues to produce the game-wrecking performances he&& s been understood for ever since his well-known century on debut in 2021, ICC said on its website.Afghanistan had a 2024 series against Sri Lanka, Ireland, South Africa and Bangladesh and Gurbaz was efficient in all of them.Azmatullah Omarzai scored 417 runs in the 12 ODIs he played in 2024, including one century and 3 half centuries.
He picked up 17 wickets.Omarzai&& s all-round contribution was of fantastic use to Afghanistan throughout 2024 in ODIs, combining high-end batting production with some extremely beneficial bowling performances.In the 3rd and choosing ODI against Bangladesh in November, with the series secured at 1-1, he took 4/37 with the ball and followed that up with an innings of 70 not out to guide them to a five-wicket win with 10 balls to spare.Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar took 21 wickets in 11 matches he played last year.He had an extraordinary 2024, after making his ODI launching in March against Ireland.The off-spinner ended up being the fifth-youngest Men&& s player to take a five-for in an ODI, getting 6/26 against Bangladesh in November.He recorded another five-wicket haul in his last ODI appearance of 2024, getting 5/33 against Harare in December.Ghazanfar has currently end up being an important member of Afghanistan&& s group and will be essential for their upcoming Champions Trophy claims.ICC Men&& s ODI Team of the Year for 2024 : Charith Asalanka (C) (Sri Lanka), Saim Ayub (Pakistan), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka), Kusal Mendis (WK) (Sri Lanka), Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies), Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan), Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan), Haris Rauf (Pakistan), AM Ghazanfar (Afghanistan).
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