The T20 team of the year has been announced by ESPNcricinfo.
The team features three players each from India and England, two from the West Indies, and one each from Australia, Afghanistan, and South Africa.
Pakistan has no representation in this year’s T20, ODI, or Test teams.
According to ESPNcricinfo, the T20 team has the names of Abhishek Sharma, Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Nicholas Pooran (c), Dewald Brevis, Tim David, Sam Curran, Jason Holder, Noor Ahmad, Varun Chakravarthy, and Jasprit Bumrah.
How is this for a line-up 🔥
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 31, 2025
Our staff picks for 2025 – all men's T20s, not just internationals 📝
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Abhishek Sharma (1602 runs, SR 202) and Phil Salt (1503 runs, SR 154.8) lit up most of the year, and they bat at the top for our men’s T20 team of 2025, followed by the ever-prolific Jos Buttler and Nicholas Pooran – both of whom also topped 1500 runs for the year, wrote ESPNcricinfo.
Buttler is the wicketkeeper, while Pooran, who led MI New York in their MLC title win and Trinbago Knight Riders to the CPL title, captains the side.
Men’s ODI team of 2025: Rohit Sharma (c), Matthew Breetzke, Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Shai Hope (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Matt Henry, Jayden Seales.
A strong men's ODI XI picked by our staff 👊 https://t.co/QDC5NUjYww pic.twitter.com/6DYAx8PpkF
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 31, 2025
Men’s Test team of 2025: Travis Head, KL Rahul, Temba Bavuma (c), Shubman Gill, Joe Root, Alex Carey (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Marco Jansen, Mitchell Starc, Simon Harmer, Mohammed Siraj.
Fatima Sana becomes the first Pakistani player this decade to make it to any of ESPNcricinfo‘s women’s teams of the year.
