New Delhi: The International Council of Cricket (ICC) has announced various awards in the men's and women's category for the year 2021 to acknowledge all the remarkable cricketing performances in its awards ceremony. The year 2021 saw Pakistan dominating the list of winners released on Monday.
Unfortunately, the Indian cricket team, currently undergoing transformation, failed to win a single ICC award. This is the first time since 2016 that an Indian player could not win any ICC award in the men's category.
Pakistani players bagged three ICC awards. Babar Azam was adjudged ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year, while Mohammad Rizwan won ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award. Left-arm pace bowler Shaheen Afridi received the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year. For the first time ever in the history of ICC annual Awards, Pakistan won three awards.
No Indian player got a place in ICC's ODI and T20 team for the year 2021. Pakistan's Babar Azam was elected as captain of both the teams.
Here's the list of all the recipients of the ICC Awards 2021 so far:
ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – Babar Azam (Pakistan)
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year – Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan)
ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year – Joe Root (England)
ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year – Tammy Beaumont (England)
ICC Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Year – Andrea-Mae Zepeda (Austria)
ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Fatima Sana (Pakistan)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Smriti Mandhana
ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year – Zeeshan Maqsood (Oman)
ICC Umpire of the Year – Marais Erasmus
ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year – Janneman Malan (South Africa)
ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – Lizelle Lee
ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year – Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award – To be announced
ICC Teams of the Year
The ICC Women’s ODI Team of 2021: Lizelle Lee (SA), Alyssa Healy (AUS), Tammy Beaumont (ENG), Mithali Raj (IND), Heather Knight (ENG, C), Marizanne Kapp (SA), Hayley Matthews (WI), Fatima Sana (PAK), Jhulan Goswami (IND), Shabnim Ismail (SA) and Anisa Mohammed (WI).
The ICC Women’s T20I Team of 2021: Smriti Mandhana (IND), Tammy Beaumont (ENG), Danni Wyatt (ENG), Gaby Lewis (IRE), Nat Sciver (ENG, C) Amy Jones (ENG, WK), Laura Wolvaardt (SA), Marizanne Kapp (SA), Sophie Ecclestone (ENG), Loryn Phiri (ZIM) and Shabnim Ismail (SA).
ICC Men’s Test Team for 2021: Dimuth Karunaratne (SL), Rohit Sharma (India), Marnus Labuschagne (AUS), Joe Root (ENG), Kane Williamson (NZ), Fawad Alam (PAK), Rishabh Pant (IND, WK), Ravichandran Ashwin (IND), Kyle Jamison (NZ), Hasan Ali (PAK) and Shaheen Afridi (PAK).
The ICC Men’s ODI Team of 2021: Paul Stirling (IRE), Janneman Malan (SA), Babar Azam (PAK, C), Fakhar Zaman (PAK), Rassie van der Dussen (SA), Shakib Al-Hasan (BANG), Mushfiqur Rahim (BANG, WK), Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Mustafizur Rahman (BANG), Simi Singh (IRE) and Dushmantha Chameera (SL)
The ICC Men’s T20I Team of 2021: Jos Butler (ENG), Mohammad Rizwan (PAK, WK), Babar Azam (PAK, C), Aiden Markram (SA), Mitchell Marsh (AUS), David Miller (SA), Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Tabraiz Shamsi (SA), Josh Hazlewood (AUS), Mustafizur Rahman (BANG) and Shaheen Afridi (PAK).