File photograph of Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli was topped ICC males’s ODI cricketer of the yr 2023 for his wonderful run in the format and it’s the fourth time he’s profitable the award.
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Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli was on January 25 topped the ICC men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023 for his wonderful run in the format final yr headlined by a phenomenal outing in the World Cup at house.
This is the fourth such award for Kohli, who was the second most prolific run-scorer in ODIs final yr behind compatriot Shubman Gill.
The former India skipper completed the yr with 1,377 runs which included six centuries and eight half-centuries.
The yr will perpetually be remembered as the one wherein Kohli surpassed the nice Sachin Tendulkar’s longstanding report of ODI centuries, and the award caps a memorable 12 months for the India batter, who guided the nation to the World Cup last, profitable the Player of the Tournament prize alongside the manner for scoring a report 765 runs in 11 matches.
Seventh particular person ICC award for Kohli
This is the seventh particular person ICC award received by Kohli throughout his glittering profession, and his fourth in the ODI class after earlier wins in 2012, 2017 and 2018.
He additionally received the Test award in 2018 whereas the years 2017 and 2018 noticed him additionally win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year.
Kohli claimed the silverware from a shortlist that included countrymen Gill and Mohammed Shami, plus New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell.
Kohli misplaced out on the race for the Cricketer of the Year Award to Australian captain Pat Cummins, who received it forward of compatriot Travis Head and Indian duo Ravindra Jadeja and Kohli.
Pat Cummins claims Sir Garifield Sobers Trophy
Cummins received the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for men’s Cricketer of the Year and England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt bagged her second successive Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ladies’s Cricketer of the Year.
Australia batter Usman Khawaja was named the men’s Test Cricketer of the Year, holding off competitors from fellow Australian run-scorer Travis Head, India spinner R Ashwin and England batter Joe Root.
Chamari Athapaththu wins maiden ladies’s ODI cricketer award
Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu received her maiden ladies’s ODI Cricketer of the Year award, changing into the first feminine cricketer from the nation to win an ICC award.
A landmark yr has not solely seen Athapaththu clinch the particular person award, but additionally noticed her being named captain of each the ICC ladies’s ODI and T20I Teams of the Year, introduced earlier in the week.
England umpire Richard Illingworth received the David Shepherd Trophy for Umpire of the Year for the third time, after beforehand profitable in 2019 and 2022.
Zimbabwe wins Spirit of Cricket Award
Zimbabwe had been revealed as the winners of the Spirit of Cricket Award for their sporting conduct instantly following the thrilling victory over West Indies in the men’s World Cup Qualifier match in Harare in June.
Cummins obtained the trophy after an outstanding yr which noticed him produce excellent particular person performances whereas additionally main his facet to the World Test Championship and World Cup titles.
Cummins is the fifth Australian to win the trophy, following Ricky Ponting (2006 and 2007), Mitchell Johnson (2009 and 2014), Michael Clarke (2013) and Steve Smith (2015).
Cummins grabbed 42 wickets in 11 Tests throughout the yr at a median of 27.50 with a greatest match haul of 10 for 47 in the Boxing Day Test in opposition to Pakistan. These notable contributions got here as Australia claimed their maiden World Test Championship mace and retained the Ashes on English soil.
In ODIs, he grabbed 17 wickets in 13 matches at an financial system fee of 5.74. His greatest figures of three for 51 in opposition to South Africa in the World Cup semi-final was adopted by a vital spell of two for 34 in opposition to India in the blockbuster last in Ahmedabad.
“It’s an enormous honour. It has been a giant yr, tons of fantastic crew success. To get this particular person honour is big and I’m fairly amazed. In phrases of particular person accolades, it’s proper up there,’ Cummins mentioned in an ICC press launch.
