Three Sri Lankans in ICC ODI team

India captain MS Dhoni had something to smile about after a demoralising tour of England when on Monday he was named for the fourth successive year in the ICC One Day International team of the year.

Dhoni, who has yet to register a win against England on the tour which has also seen them lose their number one test ranking to their opponents, is one of four Indians who won the World Cup earlier this year named in the side.

Three of their Sri Lankan opponents who lost to India in that final are also in the side, opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, exciting batsman Kumar Sangakkara and unorthodox pace bowler Lasith Malinga, who squeaks in as Twelfth Man.

Aside from Dhoni there are just two players from last year’s team retained in this one, Australian opener Shane Watson and AB de Villiers of South Africa.

The team was chosen by a select panel of former players headed by West Indian great Clive Lloyd.

The rest of the panel were former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas, former England captain Mike Gatting, former New Zealand bowler Danny Morrison and former South African bowler Paul Adams.

Team (in batting order):

Tillakaratne Dilshan (SRI), Virender Sehwag (IND), Kumar Sangakkara (SRI), AB de Villiers (RSA), Shane Watson (AUS), Yuvraj Singh (IND), MS Dhoni (IND, wkt/capt), Graeme Swann (ENG), Umar Gul (PAK), Dale Steyn (RSA), Zaheer Khan (IND)

12th Man - Lasith Malinga (SRI)

ICC AWARD WINNERS

Player: Jonathan Trott (ENG)

Test: Alastair Cook (ENG)

One Day: Kumar Sangakkara (SRI)

Women: Stafanie Taylor (WIS)

Umpire: Aleem Dar (PAK)

Twenty20 performance: Tim Southee (NZL)

- for taking 5-18 v Pakistan

Associate and Affiliate Player: Ryan ten

Doeschate (NED)

Spirit of Cricket: MS Dhoni (IND) - for allowing England batsman Ian Bell to continue batting when he was run out in controversial circumstances during the second Test at Trent Bridge.

Emerging player: Devendra Bishoo (WIS)