The correct answer is D. M.S. Dhoni.
The ICC World ODI Team of the Year is an annual award given by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to the best ODI team of the year. The team is selected by a panel of experts, and the players are chosen based on their performances in ODI cricket during the year.
In the first week of October 2009, the ICC announced its World ODI team of the year for 2009. The team included the following players:
- Virender Sehwag (India)
- Hashim Amla (South Africa)
- Ricky Ponting (Australia)
- Kevin Pietersen (England)
- Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
- Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
- Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
- Dale Steyn (South Africa)
- Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)
- Brett Lee (Australia)
As you can see, M.S. Dhoni was not included in the team. This was likely due to the fact that he had a relatively poor year in ODI cricket in 2009. He scored only 524 runs at an average of 32.85, and he took only 10 wickets.
In contrast, the other players in the team all had excellent years in ODI cricket in 2009. Sehwag scored 1,195 runs at an average of 57.31, Amla scored 1,083 runs at an average of 54.18, Ponting scored 1,032 runs at an average of 51.60, Pietersen scored 919 runs at an average of 45.90, Kallis scored 909 runs at an average of 55.45, Jayawardene scored 892 runs at an average of 44.60, Sangakkara scored 886 runs at an average of 44.30, Afridi scored 875 runs at an average of 43.75, Steyn took 60 wickets at an average of 21.50, Muralitharan took 53 wickets at an average of 20.36, and Lee took 41 wickets at an average of 24.02.
As you can see, the other players in the team all had much better years in ODI cricket than Dhoni did. This is likely why he was not included in the ICC World ODI Team of the Year for 2009.