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ICC Awards 2019: Rohit Named ODI Cricketer of the Year, Kohli Bags 'Spirit Of Cricket' Accolade
England’s World Cup-winning all-rounder Ben Stokes claimed the ‘Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy’ for Player of the Year.
India's prolific opening batsman Rohit Sharma was on Wednesday named 2019's ICC ‘ODI Cricketer of the Year’ for his brilliant run with the willow in the white ball format throughout the year. The 32-year-old Rohit struck a purple patch with the bat in 2019 as he scored 10 hundreds across formats, including five in the World Cup.
In what came as double delight for the Indian fans, skipper Virat Kohli, won the ‘Spirit of Cricket’ award for his heartwarming and sporty gesture of stopping fans from booing Australia’s Steve Smith during his side's World Cup match at the Oval, the ICC said in a statement.
India seamer Deepak Chahar won T20I Performance of the Year, Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne has been named as Emerging Cricketer of the Year, whilst Scotland’s Kyle Coetzer is the Associate Cricketer of the Year.
England’s World Cup-winning all-rounder Ben Stokes claimed the ‘Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy’ for Player of the Year.Stokes played a pivotal role in England winning their maiden World Cup title and also contributed handsomely to England's hard fought 2-2 draw in the Ashes Series.
Australia’s Pat Cummins won the Test player of the year award for grabbing 59 wickets in 12 Test matches during the period and finished the year as the top-ranked bowler in the ICC Test Player Rankings. ICC Men’s Cricket Awards Full list of Awards Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Best Cricketer of the Year – Ben Stokes (England) Test Cricketer of the Year – Pat Cummins (Australia) ODI Cricketer of the Year – Rohit Sharma (India) T20I Performance of the Year – Deepak Chahar (India, 6-7 v Bangladesh) Emerging Cricketer of the Year – Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) Associate Cricketer of the Year – Kyle Coetzer (Scotland) Spirit of Cricket Award – Virat Kohli stopping the fans booing Steve Smith at the OvalA World Cup winner and scorer of one of the greatest Test innings of all time, Ben Stokes is the winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the world player of the year.#ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/5stP1fqSAP
— ICC (@ICC) January 15, 2020
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