ICC CWC 2019: Team of the tournament

Shakib al Hasan

Australia v Bangladesh - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

This is a no-brainer, isn't it? The experienced Bangladesh all-rounder, who used to bat in the middle order was promoted to No 3 in the World Cup and has taken that role like a fish to water. In fact, it can be even said that he has outdone some of the best No 3 batsmen in modern times.

Shakib’s lowest score in this year's World Cup was 41 and that tells a story of how well the left-hander has batted. He finished with 606 runs at an average of 86.57 to go with 11 wickets with the ball. He was comfortably the best all-rounder in the tournament by a country mile.

Kane Williamson

New Zealand v Australia - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Virat Kohli scored 5 fifties, Joe Root scored a couple of hundreds as well but when it came to picking a No 4 for this team, the ideal choice had to be New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson because of the impact he had on the team reaching the finals.

The Kiwi maintained a calm head in the middle and finished with 578 runs from 9 innings runs at an average of 82.57.

He was exellently backed up in the field by his bowlers and brilliant fielding, but the same couldn't be said about the other batsmen. It was his contribution with the bat that carried their batting unit through to the final but agonisingly fell short of the title. The New Zealand skipper was adjudged the Man of the Series for his runs as well as tactical nous on the field.