Virat Kohli captain of ICC's ODI and Test teams of the year

During 2018-19 season, India won Test series against West Indies, South Africa, and Bangladesh under Kohli's captaincy while, in the ODI format, India managed to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup.

Dubai: Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli has been named captain of ICC's ODI and Test teams of the year on Wednesday.

During 2018-19 season, Kohli led India to win Test series against West Indies, South Africa, and Bangladesh and as a result, the side moved to the top in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings.

While, in the ODI format, India managed to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup.

ICC Test side for 2019: Mayank Agarwal, Tom Latham, Marnus Labuschagne, Virat Kohli (c), Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, BJ Watling (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Neil Wagner and Nathan Lyon.

Labuschagne recently grabbed his career-best ranking and moved to the third place in the latest ICC Test player rankings after a match-winning double-century against New Zealand in Sydney.

The 25-year-old moved up one slot after scores of 215 and 59 in the third Test. He was the highest scorer in the series with 549 runs, while his five previous Tests that include two at home against Pakistan, saw him amass 896 runs.

While the Australian pacer Cummins finished with the most number of Test wickets in 2019.

"What do you make of our ODI Team of the Year?#ICCAwards," ICC tweeted.

ICC's ODI side for 2019: Rohit Sharma, Shai Hope, Virat Kohli (c), Babar Azam, Kane Williamson, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav

Kohli also bagged the ICC's Spirit of Cricket award, while Rohit Sharma won the ICC ODI Cricketer of The Year.

Australia's Cummins was named as Test cricketer of the Year, while Labuschagne was announced as Emerging Player of the Year.

Ben Stokes bagged the ICC Cricketer of the Year award.