Virat Kohli led the list of ICC Awards that were announced on Thursday. The Indian captain was named the Cricketer of the Year, winning the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.
This is the first time that two Indians have won the award in successive years. R Ashwin won the same award last year.
Kohli dominated the awards by winning the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year as well. He was named captains of both Test and ODI teams of the year by ICC. He was rewarded for his performances during the ICC cutoff year of September 2016 to October 2017. While Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah were a part of ICC ODI team of the year, R Ashwin and Chesteshwar Pujara were named in the ICC Test team of the year.
Yuzvendra Chahal was awarded the T20 Performance of the Year for his 6/26 against England.
ICC Awards Complete List:
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year : Virat Kohli (India)
ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year : Steve Smith (Australia)
ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year : Virat Kohli (India)
ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year : Hasan Ali (Pakistan)
ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year : Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
ICC Men’s T20I Performance of the Year : Yuzvendra Chahal (6-25 v/s England for India)
David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year : Marais Erasmus
ICC Spirit of Cricket : Anya Shrubsole (England)
ICC Fans' Moment of the Year : Pakistan stun India to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2017
ICC Men's Test Team of the Year 2017
Dean Elgar (South Africa), David Warner (Australia), Virat Kohli (captain) (India), Steve Smith, (Australia), Cheteshwar Pujara (India), Ben Stokes (England), Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper) (South Africa), Ravichandran Ashwin (India), Mitchell Starc (Australia), Kagiso Rabada (South Africa), James Anderson (England)
ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year 2017
David Warner (Australia), Rohit Sharma (India), Virat Kohli (captain) (India), Babar Azam (Pakistan), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper) (South Africa), Ben Stokes (England), Trent Boult (New Zealand), Hasan Ali (Pakistan), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Jasprit Bumrah (India)
