Jasprit Bumrah was the Player of the Tournament in the 2024 T20 World Cup. He also received the Test Cricketer of the Year award.
Jasprit Bumrah has won the Cricketer of the Year award of 2024. He left Australia's Travis Head, England's Joe Root and Harry Brook behind in the award race. The ICC announced the award on Tuesday evening. Bumrah also won the Test Cricketer of the Year award on Monday.
After 5 years, an Indian has received the 'Sir Garfield Sobers Award'. Virat Kohli last won in 2018. New Zealand all -rounder Amelia Care won the Women's Cricketer of the Year award. She played an important role in the team's T20 World Cup win last year.
There was a player of the tournament in the T-20 World Cup Jasprit Bumrah played only 2 formats in 2024, but he performed well in both. He took 15 wickets in 8 matches of the 2024 T20 World Cup, for which he was also chosen by the Player of the Tournament. He only spent runs in an economy of 4.17, with the help of which the team won the T20 World Cup 17 years later.
He also won the Test Cricketer of the Year award Bumrah also won the Test Cricketer of the Year award. He was 71 wickets in 13 Tests last year. During the Australia tour ended January this year, he also scored 900 rating points in the ICC Test bowlers rankings. He is the No.1 bowler in the test rankings.
Bumrah took 32 wickets in 5 Tests of the Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. He also received the Player of the Series award for which. Not only that, he gave the team the only win on the tour while captaining the Perth Test.
The fourth fast bowler to win the award Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is given to the player who won the ICC Cricketer of the Year Award. Bumrah has become the fourth fast bowler to win this award. Earlier, South Africa's Dale Stan, Australia's Mitchell Johnson and Pet Cummins won the award as a pace bowler.
Jasprit Bumrah became India's first fast bowler to be declared the best cricketer of the year.
Dravid received the first award Bumrah Garfield has become the fifth Indian to win the Sobers Award. Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Ravichandran Ashwin and Virat Kohli have also become the cricketer of the year. The ICC started the award in 2004. Rahul Dravid of India received the award.
Sachin Tendulkar received the award in 2010 after Dravid and Ravichandran Ashwin in 2016. Virat Kohli won the award in 2017 and 2018. Virat also received the Cricketer of the Dicked Award in 2019.
Amelia Care received the award in the women's category New Zealand's Amelia Care received the Award for the Women's Cricketer of the Year. Last year, Care also received the Player of the Tournament Award in the Women's T20 World Cup. The team won the T-20 World Cup for the first time because of its performance. In ODIs in 2024, Care scored 264 runs and took 14 wickets. At the same time, in 18 T-20, he scored 387 runs and took 29 wickets.
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Bumrah became the ICC Test Player of the Year
Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been declared ICC Test Player of the Year. England's Joe Root, Harry Brook and Sri Lankan Kamindu Mendis were also in the race. This was announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday. Bumrah is the first Indian fast bowler to win this title. Read the whole news …
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