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Joe Root, Jason Roy, Jos Buttler and David Willey in World Twenty20 team of tournament

Joe Root of England hits out for six runs during the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 Super 10s Group 1 match between South Africa and England
Image: Joe Root was England's top runs scorer in the World T20 and scored a fine 54 in the final

Four England players have been named in the ICC World Twenty20 team of the tournament following their defeat in Sunday's final.

Jason Roy, Joe Root, Jos Buttler and David Willey were included in the XI, selected by a panel of former players and current commentators, including Sky Sports' own Nasser Hussain.

England, who were beaten by the West Indies in a thrilling conclusion to the tournament, are the only team with more than two players included.

Root was England's leading run-scorer with 249 in six innings, while Buttler scored 191 and Roy 183, including a superb 78 in the semi-final win over new Zealand.

Willey took 10 wickets to lead England's bowlers and he produced a superb spell in the final, taking 3-20 from his four overs after earlier scoring a useful 21 off 14 balls.

 Virat Kohli of India celebrates victory during the ICC WT20 India Group 2 match between India and Australia
Image: Virat Kohli was named man of the tournament and captain of the team of the tournament

India's Virat Kohli, who was named man of the tournament after scoring 273 runs in five innings, was selected as captain.

England Women's captain Charlotte Edwards and bowler Anya Shrubsole were selected for the women's team, captained by West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor, who played a match-winning innings in their final win over New Zealand.

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Image: Stafanie Taylor captained West Indies to victory in the women's tournament

Edwards (202) was one of only two players - along with Taylor - to score more than 200 runs in the tournament, while Shrubsole took seven wickets and produced a superb economy rate of 4.93 runs per over.

Teams of the tournament:

Men: Jason Roy (England), Quinton de Kock (South Africa, wkt), Virat Kohli (India, capt), Joe Root (England), Jos Buttler (England), Shane Watson (Australia), Andre Russell (West Indies), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand), David Willey (England), Samuel Badree (West Indies), Ashish Nehra (India). 12th man: Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh).

Women: Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Charlotte Edwards (England), Meg Lanning (Australia), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies, capt), Sophie Devine (New Zealand), Rachel Priest (New Zealand, wkt), Deandra Dottin (West Indies), Megan Schutt (Australia), Sune Luus (South Africa), Leigh Kasperek (New Zealand), Anya Shrubsole (England). 12th player: Anam Amin (Pakistan).

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