Rachin Ravindra and Mitchell Santner (right) were both named in the Champions Trophy tournament team. Photo: www.photosport.nz
Four Black Caps have been named in the Champions Trophy tournament team in the wake of their run to the final.
Spinner Mitchell Santner is picked as captain with player of the tournament Rachin Ravindra, allrounder Glenn Phillips and the tournament's top wicket taker Matt Henry in the line-up.
India beat New Zealand by four wickets in the final.
Ravindra scored two centuries at the tournament and finished top runscorer with 251 runs averaging 62.75.
Santner finished second equal on the wicket taking list with nine, while Phillips outstanding fielding added to that a strong batting performance with 177 runs, averaging 59 and also picking up two wickets saw him included.
Henry despite being ruled out of the final with a shoulder injury finished top of the wicket taking list with ten.
New Zealand's Matt Henry fielding during the third ODI cricket match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Eden Park in Auckland on 11 January. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz
Winners India have six players in the side batters Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Shreyas Iyer, wicket keeper KL Rahul, pace bowler Mohammed Shami, and leg spinner Varun Chakarvarthy.
The only player not in the eleven, that is not from New Zealand or India is Afghanistan allrounder Azmatullah Omarzai.
He was last year's men's ODI player of the year and took 5-58 against England, taking seven wickets in total at the tournament and scoring 126 at an average of 42.
India earnt nearly $4 million in prizemoney in winning the final while the Black Caps picked up $2.12 million in finishing runners-up.
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