Following his stellar form in 2021, Pakistan’s Babar Azam leads the ICC’s teams of the year in both limited-overs formats. The Test side, meanwhile, is comprised of a core of five players who were involved in the first ever Championship final – Kane Williamson, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, R Ashwin and Kyle Jamieson.
In the women’s category, Heather Knight captains the ODI team and her England team-mate Nat Sciver