ICC awards: Indias stalwart batter Virat Kohli added another major title to his overflowing trophy cabinet on Thursday by bagging the ICC Mens ODI Cricketer of the Year award for the 2023 season. The former Indian skipper had an impeccable ICC ODI Cricekt World Cup 2023 campaign, where he shattered multiple records, propelling his side to the finals of the ICCs top event.๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏIt goes to none other than Virat Kohli! ๐๐ซกCongratulations ๐๐#TeamIndia | @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/1mfzNwRfrH— BCCI (@BCCI) January 25, 2024King Kohli rules in ODIsThe 35-year-old was among the four players nominated for the Mens ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023 Award by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Besides Virat Kohli, speedster Mohammed Shami, opener Shubman Gill, and New Zealands Daryl Mitchell were competing for the prestigoius award. The batting icon scored 1377 runs in 27 matches. He also bagged a wicket and picked up 12 catches for India. King Kohli also finished as the leading wickettaker in the 2023 edition of the World Cup.Kohlis exceptional 2023 seasonHis hunger for runs was insatiable, with half-centuries in nine out of his 11 World Cup innings. He surpassed Sachin Tendulkar to become the tournaments leading run-getter with 765 runs, etching his name in cricketing history. He even crossed the magical 50-century mark in ODIs, solidifying his reputation as one of the modern eras greats. Kohli had an astonishing figure of 95.62 and batted at a strike rate of over 90 for India at the World Cup. He hammered three hundereds in a recently concluded World Cup.Cummins claims Sir Garfield Sobers trophyAustralian skipper Pat Cummins clinched the ICC Mens Cricketer of the Year 2023 award on Thursday. The Australian star defeated his compatriot teammate Travis Head and Indian stalwart Virat Kohli to claim the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy in 2023.SIR ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ:Mens Ashes retained VS ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฅ:World Test Championship VS ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ: Mens ODI World Cup VS 1.4 Billions ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ: Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy VS ๐ @patcummins30 โค๏ธ pic.twitter.com/KqlPvZ3Mnu— Aussies Army๐๐ฆ (@AussiesArmy) January 25, 2024The 30-year-old all-rounder guided Australia to clinch the ICC World Test Championship 2023 title and then led the team that clinched the ICC ODI World Cup for the record sixth time. The right-arm pacer sclaped 59 wickets in 32 international innings in 2023 and scored 422 runs with the bat as well.Indias star batter, Kohli, had previously won this award in 2017 and 2018. Kohli finished the year with 2048 runs in just 36 international innings, with the help of a record eight centuries. Kohli was adjourned the Player of the Tournament award.Pat Cummins played a crucial role in the Proteses glorious campaign in both the WTC and ODI World Cups.Natalie Sciver-Brunt wins Womens Cricketer of the Year 2023On the other hand, Englands all-rounder, Natalie Sciver-Brunt, bagged the ICC Womens Cricketer of the Year 2023 award. She was competing with Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, and Chamari Athapaththu for the ICCs prestigious award. Notably, Sciver-Brunt won this award in 2022 as well. She became the third player after Austarlias Ellyse Perry and Indais Smriti Mandhana to win the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award multiple times.TWO YEARS IN A ROW ๐๐Nat Sciver-Brunt, you are something else ๐#EnglandCricket pic.twitter.com/837BkFTANs— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 25, 2024Sciver-Brunt hammered 894 runs in 18 international matches in 2023 and also claimed nine wickets to defend her title.Congratulations to Usman Khawaja, named the 2023 ICC Mens Test Cricketer of the Year! pic.twitter.com/RkjwAPam8a— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 25, 2024Khawaja wins the Test Cricketer AwardMeanwhile, returing star Usman Khawaja won the ICC Mens Test Cricketer of the Year for 2023. Khawaja outperformed his compatriot Travis Head, India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, and Englands Joe Root for the prestigious ICC award. On Wednesday, top-ranked batter Suryakumar Yadav was named the ICC Mens T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023, while New Zealands Rachin Ravindra secured the ICC Mens Emerging Cricketer of the Year award.
