Here are the honours and accolades Virat Kohli earned at the ICC awards this year.
Virat Kohli keeps on setting new benchmarks in the cricketing world. On Tuesday, the Indian skipper became the first cricketer to make a clean-sweep of the ICC's annual individual awards. He was also named the captain of the ICC Test and ODI teams of the year. "Not only is Kohli the first player to win these three major ICC awards together but he has also been named the captain of the ICC Test and ODI teams of the year for a fabulous run in international cricket," the ICC said in a statement.
Kohli scored 1,322 runs at an average of 55.08 in 13 Tests with five hundreds during the calendar year while in 14 ODIs he amassed 1202 runs at an astonishing average of 133.55 with six centuries. He also scored 211 runs in 10 T20Is. "It's a reward for all the hard work that you do throughout the calendar year. Having recognition at the global level from the ICC is something you feel proud of as a cricketer because you understand that there are many players playing the game," Kohli said reacting to the honours.
It is a clean sweep for @imVkohli at the #ICCAwards. Here's the #TeamIndia captain reflecting on an outstanding 2018 and looking forward to an even better 2019
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Here are the honours and accolades Virat Kohli earned at the ICC awards this year.
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1. Virat Kohli: ICC Cricketer of the Year
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Virat Kohli, who first came into limelight when he led India to victory at the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia in 2008, finished the year as the top-ranked batsman in Tests and ODIs. The highest scorer in both forms of the game in 2018, he was one of only two batsmen to score more than 1,000 runs in Tests and only among three to do so in ODI cricket. Kohli was the unanimous choice of the voting academy for the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy with South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada coming in second to him for both this award and the Test Player of the Year honour.
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2. Virat Kohli: Test Cricketer of the Year
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Virat Kohli scored 1,322 runs at an average of 55.08 in 13 Tests with five hundreds during the calendar year.
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3. Virat Kohli: ODI Cricketer of the Year
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Virat Kohli scored 1202 runs at an astonishing average of 133.55 with six centuries in the 14 ODIs played in this period. This was also Kohli's second successive ODI Player of the Year award. Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan was runner up to Kohli for the ICC ODI Player of the Year award.
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4. Virat Kohli: Captain of ICC's Test Team of the Year
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Virat Kohli was named the captain of ICC's Test Team of the Year for 2018. He became the first Asian and Indian captain to win a Test series in Australia this year. India won six Tests and lost seven during the voting period that ran from January 1 to December 31, 2018.
ICC Men's Test Team of the Year (in batting order): Tom Latham (New Zealand), Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Virat Kohli (India) (capt), Henry Nicholls (New Zealand), Rishabh Pant (India) (wk), Jason Holder (Windies), Kagiso Rabada (South Africa), Nathan Lyon (Australia), Jasprit Bumrah (India), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan)
5. Virat Kohli: Captain of ICC's ODI Team of the Year
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Virat Kohli led India to nine victories, with four losses and one tied match in ODIs during the voting period that ran from January 1 to December 31, 2018.
ICC Men's ODI team of the year (in batting order): Rohit Sharma (India), Jonny Bairstow (England), Virat Kohli (India) (capt), Joe Root (England), Ross Taylor (New Zealand), Jos Buttler (England) (wk), Ben Stokes (England), Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Kuldeep Yadav (India), Jasprit Bumrah (India).
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