![]() He also got the most out of South Africa's supporting cast, making the likes of Stephen Cook, Temba Bavuma, JP Duminy, Kyle Abbott and Kagiso Rabada step up in the absence of de Villiers and Dale Steyn. He brought stability to a job that three men had held in 12 months. By the time it was officially announced that de Villiers was stepping down, du Plessis was already on a roll, having won Test series over New Zealand at home and Australia away. That series also turned out to be AB de Villiers' last as Test captain. When they were bowled out for 83 at the Wanderers, both a home series and the Test No. South Africa's year started in a shambles. This is a side that any team should fear now, and they have their captain to thank to a significant degree for that.įaf du Plessis was brimming with love by the end of the year © Cricket Australia/Getty Imagesįaf du Plessis Tests: Played 6, Won 4, Drawn 1, Lost 1 ODIs: Played 6, Won 6 T20Is: Played 9, Won 5, Lost 4 The depth of their strength was displayed further when they ended Bangladesh's ODI run at home without key first-team names, including Morgan himself. Yet they picked themselves up from the heartbreak in Kolkata and brushed aside Sri Lanka and Pakistan with remarkable ease in ODIs, having gone down narrowly to South Africa at the start of the year. A destructive opening pair, a robust middle order, a variety of quality seam options, and a wealth of allrounders, all the evidence 2016 had to offer suggests that Morgan has developed a formidable limited-overs unit - one that was set for a World T20 title, before Carlos Brathwaite happened. Such has been their radical transformation as an ODI side under Morgan. It seems remarkable that England go into the Champions Trophy in June as considerable favourites, given that they were, by some distance, the worst team in the 2015 World Cup. Kohli started the year aggressive and ambitious he ended it invincible.Įngland are remarkably un-England-like under Eoin Morgan © AFPĮoin Morgan ODIs: Played 15, Won 9, Lost 4, Tied 1, NR 1 T20Is: Played 10, Won 5, Lost 5 ![]() Anil Kumble's presence and pragmatism and R Ashwin's extraordinary form with bat and ball have helped, but Kohli's own contributions with the bat in 2016 were significant: 1215 runs at 75.93, four centuries, including three doubles - all pivotal to India's series wins: in West Indies, and against New Zealand and England at home. ![]() India's nine Test wins in 2016 is also the most that they have ever managed in a calendar year. In just his second year as the full-time Test captain, he can already boast of India's longest ever unbeaten run in Tests - 18 matches and counting. No team won as much in 2016 as India, and Kohli was on a mission to dominate in the long home season. India's Ravichandran Ashwin, ICC's Cricketer of the Year, has also been included in the team which also figures Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath.Virat Kohli Tests: Played 12, Won 9, Drawn 3, Lost 0 ( Virat has to wait for ODI captaincy: Ganguly) While the ICC had a qualification period that ran from Septemto September 20, 2016, came up with a Test XI based on performances in the calendar year. ( Kohli, Root are the best right now, says Ian Botham) 12 in the ICC Test team, quite obviously finds himself in the playing eleven in the team but David Warner, who hasn't had a great year in the longer format, has been left out. ( Ashwin lone Indian in ICC's Test Team of 2016 Kohli named captain of ODI team) ![]() A day after the International Cricket Council (ICC) left out the Indian Test skipper from its Test team of the Year, Australian cricket board released its team on the CA website which has as many as six changes from the one released by the game's governing body on Thursday. ![]()
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