The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced its Men’s ODI team for the year 2021. No Indian players have been included in the team. To everyone’s surprise, Pakistan’s explosive opening batter Fakhar Zaman is slated at number four. He hasn’t batted at that position in his ODI career. The opening pair in the team is Paul Stirling and Janneman Malan. These players open the innings for Ireland and South Africa respectively.

The skipper of the team is Babar Azam, who also leads Pakistan in all formats of the game. Proteas batter Rassie van der Dussen has also made it to the eleven. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and wicketkeeper batter Mushfiqur Rahim have also been included in the side.

Australia have become the number one Test team after they thrashed England in the Ashes by 4-0 at home. Meanwhile, India has dropped to number three spot after losing the three-match Test series against South Africa by 2-1. India were leading the series after winning the boxing day Test in Centurion. South Africa made a comeback in Johannesburg and won the second game by eight wickets. In the last game, the Dean Elgar-led side won the game by seven wickets and maintained the 100 percent series win record at home against India.

Australia are all set for a historic tour to Pakistan in March-April 2022 which will consist of three Tests and as many ODIs with one-off T20I. The significance of this tour is considerably high given that Australia will touring the Asian country after 24 long years. In the same line of events, Pakistan’s ace batter Mohammad Rizwan added that he is quite happy to know positive statements from Australia cricketers regarding this tour and that they are ready to welcome them.

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