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Cape Town - Kagiso Rabada is the only South African to feature in the ICC's esteemed ODI and Test teams for 2018.
The 23-year-old was named in the Test side of the year as the winners of the ICC Awards 2018 were revealed on social media on Tuesday.
There are no South Africans in the ODI team of the year.
Rabada finished the year as the world's leading wicket-taker in Test cricket, taking 52 wickets at a remarkable average of 20.07.
Virat Kohli, meanwhile, was named as captain of both the ODI and Test sides.
Kohli’s 1 322 runs at an average of 55.08 with five centuries in 13 Tests and 1 202 runs at an astounding average of 133.55 with six hundreds in 14 ODIs saw him selected to both sides by every voting member of the Academy with the majority of them also opting to name him at the helm of each.
"It has been an amazing year. I was able to play in a manner that I would not have imagined. If the intention is right and you keep working hard, the results are there in front of your own eyes," Kohli said.
"The intent has always to be helping your team at any cost, that is when these performances come by and you are pushing yourself to the limit, which you otherwise will not be able to. That is something I experienced in 2018 a lot."
ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year (in batting order):
1. Tom Latham (New Zealand)
2. Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)
3. Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
4. Virat Kohli (India, captain)
5. Henry Nicholls (New Zealand)
6. Rishabh Pant (India, wkt)
7. Jason Holder (Windies)
8. Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)
9. Nathan Lyon (Australia)
10. Jasprit Bumrah (India)
11. Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan)
ICC Men’s ODI team of the year (in batting order):
1. Rohit Sharma (India)
2. Jonny Bairstow (England)
3. Virat Kohli (India, captain)
4. Joe Root (England)
5. Ross Taylor (New Zealand)
6. Jos Buttler (England, wkt)
7. Ben Stokes (England)
8. Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
9. Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
10. Kuldeep Yadav (India)
11. Jasprit Bumrah (India)
Congratulations to the ICC Test Team of the Year 2018!
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
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Presenting the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year 2018! ??
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
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Congratulations to @dharmasena_k who wins the David Shepherd Trophy for the ICC Umpire of the Year 2018!
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
It is the second time he has received the prize, first picking up the award in 2012.
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His two ODI centuries of 2018 fired @CricketScotland to victory against Afghanistan at #CWCQ and a famous win against England at The Grange in June.@calummacleod640 is the ICC Associate Cricketer of the Year 2018! ??????????????
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
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Congratulations to @RishabPant777, the ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2018! ????
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
He became the first Indian wicket-keeper to score a Test century in England, and equalled the record for the most catches taken in a Test, with 11 in Adelaide in December.#ICCAwards ?? pic.twitter.com/s5yQBuwWlv
The ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2018 goes to Kane Williamson, for continuing to be a shining role model of how our game should be played, his behaviour setting an outstanding example on and off the field ??
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
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With 48% of the vote, India's triumph in New Zealand to claim their fourth #U19CWC title was voted by you as the ICC Fans' Moment of the Year 2018! ????
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
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— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
1?6? fours
1?0? sixes
1?7?2? runs!@AaronFinch5's record-breaking innings against Zimbabwe in Harare is the ICC Men's T20I Performance of the Year 2018! ????
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37 matches, 47 innings.
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
2,735 runs at an average of 68.37.
11 centuries, 9 fifties.
What a year for @imvKohli! He wins the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year 2018! ??
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???? @imvKohli has been named ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year for the first time!
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
He was the top run-scorer in Tests with 1,322 runs at an average of 55.08, with centuries in each of South Africa, England, India and Australia.
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For the second year running, @imVkohli is the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year! ??
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
He scored 1,202 ODI runs in 2018 at a stunning average of 133.55. He also became the fastest to reach the milestone of 10,000 runs in the format.
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