Dhoni And Yuvraj Win Top ICC Awards
article written by krishna.
Dhoni The annual ICC awards function was held in Dubai on Wednesday, September,11 in which two Indian cricketers have succeeded to won the top ICC awards. ODI and 20T captain of team India became the first Indian cricketer to win the ICC ODI Player of the Year award on the basis of his performance this year. His teammate Sachin Tendulkar, Australia fast bowler Nathan Bracken and Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Yousuf were also in the race to take the prestigious award but he beat off their tough competition. He has played 39 ODI’s during the voting period and have scored 12,98 runs with the average of 49.92 and at the rate of 82.46. He made one century and nine fifties. Except it he has dismissed 62 batsmen as a wicket keeper. It includes 46 catches and 16 stumpings. He always performed according to the circumstances. He is currently ranked as no one ODI batsmen in the ICC Player Ranking. He has also figured in the ICC ODI Team of the Year which is nothing less than a dream come true.
Yuvraj Singh His team mate Yuvraj Singh has also been awarded with an ICC top award. He has won the inaugural international Twenty20 performance of the year award for his six sixes off Stuart Broad ’s over during last year’s Twenty20 World Cup held in South Africa.
Other Awards Indian player Ishant Sharma, too was in the race to win the Emerging Player honor but this award was won by Sri Lanka’s ‘mystery’ spinner Ajantha Mendis. West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul was honored as the 2008 International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricketer of the Year. Currently he is ranked at no one position in the ICC Test batting rankings while in the ODI he is ranked at sixth position. Except it Steyn was named Test player of the year. England Women Team Captain Charlotte Edwards was adjudged women’s player of the year. Austrian Umpire Simon Taufel was once again adjudged as Umpire of the Year. It is the fifth time that he won this award in a row. Sri Lankan Cricket team once again one the spirit of cricket award. This award is based on the best conduct of the team during whole of the year.
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