Babar Azam misses out on ICC Men's T20I Team of 2022

Pakistani skipper Babar Azam missed out on the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20I Team of the year (2022). 

Babar played 26 T20Is in 2022 and scored 735 runs at an average of 31.95 including a century. He also led Pakistan in the final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 and Asia Cup 2022. 

England's Jos Buttler was named captain of ICC's shorter format team. The wicket-keeper batter led his side to T20 World Cup triumph in Australia in last November. Buttler smoked 462 runs at an explosive strike rate of 160.41 in 2022. 

Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan and pacer Haris Rauf were also named in T20I team of 2022. 

Rizwan, who won best T20I cricketer of the year award in 2021, amassed 996 runs, the second-highest after India's Suryakumar Yadav last year. It must be noted here that Rizwan is also among the competitors for ICC Men's T20I cricketer of the year (2022). 

After taking 31 wickets in 2022, Haris has joined the pace attack of the ICC T20I team of the year. 

India's Virat Kohli and Yadav are also in the playing XI. 

ICC Men's T20I Team of the year contains three players from India, two each from England and Pakistan and a player each from New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Ireland, and Sri Lanka. 

ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year (2022)

Jos Buttler (c) (England), Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan), Virat Kohli (India), Suryakumar Yadav (India), Glenn Phillips (New Zealand), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe). Hardik Pandya (India), Sam Curran (England), Hardik Pandya (India), Wahindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka), Haris Rauf (Pakistan), Josh Little (Ireland)