Australia’s World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins clinched the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2023. For Cummins, 2023 was nothing in need of a fairytale story, a 12 months that noticed him carry the ICC World Test Championship trophy, retain the Ashes, and a record-extending sixth World Cup title.
The Australian skipper overcame robust competitors from his teammate Travis Head, ODI cricketer of the 12 months Virat Kohli and India’s star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. Cummins completed the 12 months with 422 runs and 59 wickets in 24 matches.
The Cummin-led Australian workforce did not have a dream begin to 2023 as they ended up dropping the Border Gavaskar Trophy. But they began to show issues round after their WTC success over India after which efficiently defended the Ashes sequence in England.
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The Australia bowler and captain has claimed the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year https://t.co/cv5T71ji25
 ICC (@ICC) January 25, 2024
He spearheaded Australia’s tempo assault towards England within the first Test and offered a helpful contribution of 38 runs to scale back the hosts’ result in simply 10 runs. (Australia’s Usman Khawaja Beat R Ashwin To Become ICC’s Test Cricketer Of The Year)
In the second innings, he claimed a four-wicket haul to make sure Australia required lower than 300 runs to clinch victory. When Australia discovered themselves at 192/6, Cummins performed a valiant knock to information his workforce to a exceptional victory.
Cummins signed off 2023 along with his second 10-wicket haul in Test cricket. His efforts with the ball helped Australia win the Test sequence towards Pakistan. (WATCH: Virat Kohli Fan Touches Rohit Sharma’s Feet During India vs England 1st Test)
However, the 30-year-old stood out along with his captaincy abilities within the last of the ODI World Cup. After profitable the toss, he put India to bat and launched part-time spinner Glenn Maxwell to take away Rohit Sharma who was on a damaging path.
Cummins capitalized on the chance and eliminated Shreyas Iyer to place Australia in agency management and prohibit India to a rating of 240. In reply, Travis Head’s 137 guided Australia to one more World Cup triumph.
