The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the winners of the ICC Awards 2023, India’s Virat Kohli has won the ICC Men’s One Day International (ODI) Cricketer of the Year 2023, and Suryakumar Yadav has won the ICC Men’s Twenty20 International (T20I) Cricketer of the Year 2023.
Virat Kohli:
i.Virat Kohli has been recognized for his splendid performance in 2023 including ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup (CWC).
ii.He scored 1377 runs and took a wicket in 27 ODI matches in 2023.
iii.He was awarded the Player of the Tournament at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 held in India. He was the highest run scorer (765 runs) in the tournament, which is the most runs scored ever in a single edition of an ODI World Cup.
iv.In 2023, he also made the record for scoring most number of century in ODI format with 50 centuries.
Suryakumar Yadav:
i.Suryakumar Yadav won the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award for the second consecutive year after he got it in 2022.
ii.He scored 733 runs in 17 T20I matches at an average score of 48.86 with a Strike Rate of 155.95.
iii. In January 2023, He scored a century from 45 balls in a T20I match against Sri Lanka.
- It made him the second-fastest century-scored batsman for India in men’s T20Is behind Rohit Sharma(Scored a century in 35 balls against Sri Lanka in 2017).
Winners of ICC Awards 2023:
| Category | Winner | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year | Pat Cummins | Australia |
| ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year 2023 | Usman Khawaja | Australia |
| ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023 | Virat Kohli | India |
| ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023 | Suryakumar Yadav | India |
| ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2023 | Rachin Ravindra | New Zealand |
| ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year | Bas de Leede | Netherlands |
| Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year | Nat Sciver-Brunt | England |
| ICC Women’s ODI Cricket of the Year 2023 | Chamari Athapaththu | Sri Lanka |
| ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023 | Hayley Matthews | West Indies |
| ICC Women’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2023 | Phoebe Litchfield | Australia |
| ICC Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Year | Queentor Abel | Kenya |
| David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year 2023 | Richard Illingworth | England |
| ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2023 | (Zimbabwe Men’s Team) A heartwarming moment from the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2023. Where West Indies failed to qualify for the CWC 2023. | |
ICC team of the year 2023:
i.ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year 2023 features 11 players who made splendid performances in 2023. Australia’s Pat Cummins leads the Test Team of the Year. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin are the two Indian players featured in the team.
ii.ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year 2023features 6 Indian players out of 11. Rohit Sharma named the captain of the team, other Indian players being Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, and Mohammed Shami.
iii. ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year 2023 recognises 11 outstanding individuals who have impressed throughout 2023. It featured four Indian players including Suryakumar Yadav (the captain of the team), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravi Bishnoi, and Arshdeep Singh.
iv.ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year 2023Chamari Athapaththu of Sri Lanka named as the captain for the featured players .
v.ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year 2023 was captained by Chamari Athapaththu of Sri Lanka. Deepti Sharma was the only Indian featured in the team.
About ICC Awards:
ICC Awards celebrates the best performers in cricket across all formats of the particular year. It will be awarded in 13 categories.
About International Cricket Council (ICC):
Chairman – Greg Barclay
Headquarters – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Established in -1909
