India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Australia's Mitchell Marsh during play connected the time 4 of the 4th cricket trial betwixt Australia and India astatine the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
India pacer Jasprit Bumrah was connected Tuesday named for the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year.
Bumrah has had 1 of his champion years for the Indian squad which has reflected successful the information that the pacer was adjudged the ICC’s Test Cricketer of the Year connected Monday and was besides named successful the Test Team of the Year past week.
The pacer is frankincense the 5th victor of the grant from India aft Rahul Dravid (2004), Sachin Tendulkar (2010), Ravichandran Ashwin (2016) and Virat Kohli (2017, 2018).
“Jasprit Bumrah has been honoured with the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year astatine the ICC Awards, recognising his bonzer 2024, successful which helium dominated opponents successful the longest arsenic good arsenic the shortest format of the game,” the ICC said successful a statement.
“The pacer’s brilliance was reflected successful his ICC Test Bowling Rankings, wherever helium crossed the elusive 900-point mark, ending the twelvemonth with a record-breaking 907 points — the highest for immoderate Indian bowler successful history,” ICC said. “Across formats, Bumrah’s 2024 exploits were a masterclass successful skill, precision, and relentless consistency, arsenic helium shattered grounds aft grounds and cemented his spot arsenic the world’s premier accelerated bowler.”
Bumrah’s 2024 successful numbers
In 2024, helium claimed 15 wickets arsenic India won the T20 World Cup. At that event, the pacer was named the Player of the Tournament, acknowledgment to an mean of 8.26 and an system of conscionable 4.17.
He besides became the fastest Indian pacer to scope 200 Test wickets with a bowling mean of sub-20, which is besides the champion successful history.
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In Tests for the Indian cricket team, Bumrah finished the twelvemonth with 71 wickets successful lone 13 matches astatine an mean of 14.92, which was besides the 2nd champion among accelerated bowlers to erstwhile India skipper Kapil Dev’s 100 wickets successful 1983.
(With inputs from PTI)
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