Indian captain Virat Kohli on Thursday Jan 18,2018 swept ICC Awards -
- won the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for being the World Cricketer of the Year 2017.
- named as ICC ODI cricketer of the year 2017 and
- the captain of both ICC Test and ODI teams
The award, which was decided for performance based on the period between September 21, 2016 to December 31, 2017, the Indian skipper scored 2,203 Test runs at an average of 77.80 which include eight centuries in the time period in the longest format, including 5 double hundreds
With Virat Kohli as skipper, India went on to register 9 consecutive series win in the longest format.
Three Indians made it to the 2017 Test team of the year – Ravichandran Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli, who was also named as the captain for the side
In ODIs, Kohli hammered 1,818 ODI runs at an average of 82.63 including seven centuries, and 299 T20I runs at a strike rate of 153.
In the ODI Team of the year,apart from Virat <Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah made it to the team
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ICC Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
Virat KohliWith India flying high at the top of the rankings, @imVkohli scored 2203 Test runs at 77.80 (eight
s), 1818 ODI runs at 82.63 (seven s), and 299 T20I runs at a strike rate of 153.
At the age
of 29, he has already scored 32 ODI centuries and has his hero Sachin
Tendulkar’s all-time record of 49 well and truly in his sights. It is
surely just a matter of time before he surpasses the Little Master,
particularly if he keeps churning out runs as he did in 2017.
ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year
Virat Kohli@imVkohli scored six tons in the format last year, averaging an astonishing 76.84.His ODI career average now stands at 55.74, the highest ever by a batsman from a Full Member nation!
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