Proteas captain Aiden Markram and Lungi Ngidi were included in the ICC T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament.
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Proteas captain Aiden Markram has been named captain of the official ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Team of the Tournament.
Markram is one of two Proteas included in the side, along with seamer Lungi Ngidi. The Proteas skipper scored 286 runs – including three half-centuries - and guided his team to seven straight victories before falling short in the semi-finals against New Zealand.
Despite opening the batting throughout the tournament, the ICC judging panel consisting of Ian Bishop, Natalie Germanos, Eoin Morgan (Broadcasters); Gaurav Saxena (ICC Representative); Rex Clementine (Sports Journalist) opted to select Markram at No 4 in the middle-order.
Ngidi took 12 wickets at an average of 15.58. He took four wickets against Canada and three against both Afghanistan and the West Indies but also impressed with a miserly spell against India that yielded just 15 runs from four overs.
South African-born seamer Shadley van Schalkwyk, who led the bowling charts until the final innings of the tournament, excelled for the USA with 13 wickets at a rate of just 6.84 and economy of 6.80 was selected as the 12th player.
Four members of the victorious India team have been named, including the Player of the Tournament Sanju Samson after the opener’s 321 runs from just five innings.
Samson started the tournament outside of the Indian XI but shone with Player of the Match performances against the West Indies and England before making the highest individual score in a Men’s T20 World Cup final with 89 against New Zealand on Sunday.
He is joined by teammates Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah as India’s impressive victory on home soil is recognised.
Kishan hit 317 runs – the fourth most of any player – as his performances across the top of the order anchored India’s batting performances with a huge strike rate of 193.29.
He produced a masterful 77 as an opener against Pakistan before adjusting to No 3 with important knocks against England and New Zealand, including a half-century in the final.
Pandya was recognised for his contribution with bat and ball. The all-rounder scored two half-centuries with the bat, including 52 off 28 against Namibia, while also producing devastating spells when it mattered, taking nine wickets in all.
South African-born allrounder Shadley van Schalkwyk starred at the recent T20 World Cup for the USA.
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Bumrah is the fourth Indian player in the team, with the Player of the Match in the final recognised for his excellent bowling performances. Bumrah finished as the tournament’s joint-leading wicket taker, with 14 from eight matches. He finished with figures of 4/15 in the final and posted an economy of 6.21 throughout the tournament.
The top of the order also includes Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan, who finished as the tournament's top run-scorer with an aggregate of 383. That came at an average of 76.60 and was headlined by a pair of centuries, against Sri Lanka and Namibia.
England’s Will Jacks slots into the middle order thanks to his brilliant displays as an all-rounder as his side reached the last four.
Jacks regularly produced crucial performances to guide England home, including a crucial unbeaten 32 off 18 balls and two for 23 against New Zealand that earned him one of four Player of the Match awards. Teammate Adil Rashid joins him in the side, after the spinner took 13 wickets at 14.15.
The West Indies’ Jason Holder earns his place in the side thanks to strong performances with bat and ball. Holder took three wickets against Scotland and four against Nepal before stepping up with the bat in the Super Eights.
The team is rounded out by Zimbabwe’s Blessing Muzarabani, who was key to his side’s stunning group stage performances. Muzarabani took 4/17 as Zimbabwe beat Australia and finished the group stage with nine wickets.
12th player: Shadley van Schalkwyk (USA)