The Indian skipper Virat Kohli has smashed records at the annual International Cricket Council (ICC) awards, winning back-to-back player of the year awards. In addition to the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy as the player of the year, Kohli was named both the Test and ODI player of the year, the first time any player has won all three of the major individual awards.
Virat was also named the captain of both the Test and ODI teams. The India batting maestro joins Australia greats Ricky Ponting and Mitchell Johnson as the only multiple winners of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.
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Kohli has joined Ponting’s league by winning back-to-back awards after the former Australia skipper was the first to achieve the feat in 2006 and 2007. Johnson won his awards in 2009 after his career took a flight which helped him dominate South Africa home and away, and again in 2014 after he led Australia back to the World No.1 Test ranking following an Ashes whitewash and series win on South Africa soil.
🇮🇳 @imvKohli has been named ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year for the first time!
He was the top run-scorer in Tests with 1,322 runs at an average of 55.08, with centuries in each of South Africa, England, India and Australia.
➡️ https://t.co/ROBg6RI4aQ#ICCAwards 🏆 pic.twitter.com/GVBBYndUwg
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
37 matches, 47 innings.
2,735 runs at an average of 68.37.
11 centuries, 9 fifties.What a year for @imvKohli! He wins the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year 2018! 🙌
➡️ https://t.co/ROBg6RI4aQ#ICCAwards 🏆 pic.twitter.com/oeSClhcfJQ
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
In 2018, Kohli scored 1345 runs at 53.80 in 14 Tests since the start of 2018, on the other hand, in 17 ODIs, he scored 1355 runs with the help of seven centuries at a scarcely believable average of 112.91.
Kohli, along with Jasprit Bumrah, were the only two cricketers to feature in the Test and ODI teams of the Year. Wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant was adjudged Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year while Aaron Finch’s record-breaking innings of 172 off 76 balls against Zimbabwe in Harare was adjudged as the ICC Men’s T20I Performance of the Year 2018.
Congratulations to @RishabPant777, the ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2018! 🇮🇳
He became the first Indian wicket-keeper to score a Test century in England, and equalled the record for the most catches taken in a Test, with 11 in Adelaide in December.#ICCAwards 🏆 pic.twitter.com/s5yQBuwWlv
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
The ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2018 went to Kane Williamson, who said, “For continuing to be a shining role model of how our game should be played, his behavior setting an outstanding example on and off the field.”
Here is the list of winners:
ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year (in batting order):
1. Tom Latham (New Zealand)
2. Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)
3. Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
4. Virat Kohli (India) (capt)
5. Henry Nicholls (New Zealand)
6. Rishabh Pant (India) (wk)
7. Jason Holder (Windies)
8. Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)
9. Nathan Lyon (Australia)
10. Jasprit Bumrah (India)
11. Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan)
Congratulations to the ICC Test Team of the Year 2018!
🇳🇿 @Tomlatham2
🇱🇰 @IamDimuth
🇳🇿 Kane Williamson
🇮🇳 @imVkohli (c)
🇳🇿 @HenryNicholls27
🇮🇳 @RishabPant777
🏝 @Jaseholder98
🇿🇦 @KagisoRabada25
🇦🇺 @NathLyon421
🇮🇳 @Jaspritbumrah93
🇵🇰 @Mohmmadabbas111➡️ https://t.co/ju3tzAxwc8 pic.twitter.com/0H28spZUmm
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
ICC Men’s ODI team of the year (in batting order):
1. Rohit Sharma (India)
2. Jonny Bairstow (England)
3. Virat Kohli (India) (capt)
4. Joe Root (England)
5. Ross Taylor (New Zealand)
6. Jos Buttler (England) (wk)
7. Ben Stokes (England)
8. Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
9. Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
10. Kuldeep Yadav (India)
11. Jasprit Bumrah (India)
Presenting the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year 2018! 🏆
🇮🇳 @ImRo45
🏴 @jbairstow21
🇮🇳 @imVkohli (c)
🏴 @root66
🇳🇿 @RossLTaylor
🏴 @josbuttler (wk)
🏴 @benstokes38
🇧🇩 @Mustafiz90
🇦🇫 @rashidkhan_19
🇮🇳 @imkuldeep18
🇮🇳 @Jaspritbumrah93➡️ https://t.co/EaCjC7szqs#ICCAwards 🏆 pic.twitter.com/dg64VGuXiZ
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019
