Ye hai India ka spirit! Rohit Sharma crowned as ‘ODI Cricketer of the Year’; Virat bags ‘Spirit of Cricket’ award

New Delhi, January 15: India's swashbuckling opener Rohit Sharma has been named the ICC's '2019 ODI Cricketer of the Year' for his incredible run of form through the year. Indian captain Virat Kohli won the 'Spirit of Cricket' award for stopping fans from booing Australia's Steve Smith during their World Cup match at the Oval.

 

 

In a statement, ICC said, England's World Cup-winning all-rounder Ben Stokes got the 'Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy' for Player of the Year. The 32-year-old Rohit had a memorable 2019 when he scored 10 hundreds across formats, including five in the World Cup.

 

Another Indian that won an ICC award is swing bowler Deepak Chahar. His 6 wickets out of 7 runs against Bangladesh in November are the best figures in the history of men's T20I cricket and for that he was given the ‘T20I Performance of the year’.

 

In addition to individual awards, ICC released the Test and the ODI teams of the last year as well. Kohli is the only Indian to feature in both teams, while Mayank Agarwal joined him the Test team and Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav made the cut for the ODI of the Year put together by the ICC.

 

 

 

Australian fast bowler, Pat Cummins, who had a stellar 2019 was awarded the ‘Test Cricketer of the Year’. The speedster claimed 59 wickets, 14 more than any other bowler, in 2019.

 

After having enjoyed a breakout year, Australian batting sensation, Marnus Labuschagne claims the prize for ‘Emerging Player of the Year’. Kyle Coetzer, the captain of Scotland, who led his side to T20 World Cup qualification was named the ‘Associate Cricketer of the Year’. Acknowledging the officials of the sport, ICC chose Richard Illingworth as the Umpire of the Year.

 

Mayank Agarwal, Tom Latham, Marnus Labuschagne, Virat Kohli (c), Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, BJ Watling (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Neil Wagner, Nathan Lyon