Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill
ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year: Big awards are given by ICC to the players who perform brilliantly throughout the year in the world of cricket. He is called ICC Cricketer of the Year. Meanwhile, the nominated players for ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year have been announced. The special thing is that three out of four players are Indians. This means that any of these three Indian players can get this award, but there will be competition from other players also. This time, from the Indian side, the names of former captain Virat Kohli, opening batsman Shubman Gill and fast bowler Mohammed Shami are included in it. The name of New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell is included as the fourth player.
Shubman Gill did amazing batting in the year 2023
Let us first talk about opening batsman Shubman Gill. Shubman has scored 1584 runs in 29 ODI matches in the year 2023, while he also has 24 catches in his name. He batted at an average of 63.36, which is quite good. Before this, only Sachin Tendulkar 1996, 1998, Rahul Dravid 1999 and Sourav Ganguly 1999 have managed to score more runs than him in a year. He scored a total of five centuries in ODIs last year. The pair of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill scored a lot of runs in the year 2023. Shubman Gill scored a total of 354 runs in the ODI World Cup played in the year 2023. Although he contracted dengue just as the World Cup began, he came back after missing the first few matches and scored a lot of runs.
Mohammed Shami created a ruckus in the ICC ODI World Cup
After this, ICC has also nominated Indian pacer Mohammed Shami. Who bowled amazingly throughout the World Cup and emerged as the diamond of the year. Mohammed Shami took 43 wickets in 19 ODI matches. Along with this, 36 runs came from his bat and he also took three catches. He did not get a chance in the playing eleven in the first few matches of the 2023 World Cup, but when he got it, he wreaked havoc. He took 24 wickets at an impressive average of 10.7 throughout the tournament and became the leading wicket-taker in the World Cup 2023. Out of the last seven matches, he took five wickets three times and four wickets once. This fast bowler took India to five in the Men’s Cricket World Cup.
Names of Virat Kohli and Daryl Mitchell also included
Talking about Virat Kohli, he scored 1377 runs in 27 matches in the year 2023 and also took one wicket. Virat Kohli also took 12 catches in the year. He also received the title of Player of the Tournament from ICC in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Apart from these three Indians, the name of New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell is also included in this list. He scored 1204 runs in 26 matches and took 9 wickets and also took 22 catches.
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