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Dhoni leads ICC's one-day Team of the Year


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http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/582245.html India's MS Dhoni has been named captain of the ICC's ODI Team of the Year for 2011-12. This is the fifth year in a row that Dhoni has made the team. ICC one-day Team of the Year Gautam Gambhir Alastair Cook Kumar Sangakkara Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni (capt & wk) Michael Clarke Shahid Afridi, Morne Morkel Steven Finn Lasith Malinga Saeed Ajmal Shane Watson (12th man) His India team-mates, Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir, have also made the team, with Alastair Cook, Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Clarke making up the rest of the batting. The bowlers include Morne Morkel, Steven Finn, Lasith Malinga and Saeed Ajmal, with Shahid Afridi filling the allrounder's spot. Shane Watson was named 12th man. Cook, Sangakkara, Clarke and Ajmal were also named in the ICC's Test Team of the Year for 2011-12. It is the first time that Ajmal, Kohli and Finn are featuring in the one-day team. Announced on the eve of the ICC's annual awards function that will be held in Colombo on Saturday evening, the team was picked by a panel consisting of former players: West Indies batsmen Clive Lloyd and Carl Hooper, Sri Lanka opener Marvan Attapatu, Australia allrounder Tim Moody and England Women's captain Clare Connor. The same panel had picked the Test Team of the Year last month. The players were chosen based on their performance between August 4, 2011, and August 6, 2012.

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