List Of ICC Cricketer Of The Year: The ICC Cricketer of the Year award is given to the best player of the entire year. Cricketer of the Year Award is organized by ICC. It was first held in 2004. The ICC Cricketer of the Year award, also known as the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, is named after the legendary West Indies cricketer. A three-member panel was formed by the ICC to decide the names for the Cricketer of the Year award. The panel included Richie Benaud, Michael Holding and Sunil Gavaskar. Seeing everyone's performance, they give them the ICC Cricketer of the Year award.
So let us know who are those players who have won the title of ICC Cricketer of the Year from 2004 to 2023.
| Year | Winner | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Rahul Dravid | India |
| 2005 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa |
| 2005 | Andrew Flintoff | England |
| 2006 | Ricky Ponting | Australia |
| 2007 | Ricky Ponting | Australia |
| 2008 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies |
| 2009 | Mitchell Johnson | Australia |
| 2010 | Sachin Tendulkar | India |
| 2011 | Jonathan Trott | England |
| 2012 | Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka |
| 2013 | Michael Clarke | Australia |
| 2014 | Mitchell Johnson | Australia |
| 2015 | Steve Smith | Australia |
| 2016 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India |
| 2017 | Virat Kohli | India |
| 2018 | Virat Kohli | India |
| 2019 | Ben Stokes | England |
| 2021 | Shaheen Afridi | Pakistan |
| 2022 | Babar Azam | Pakistan |
| 2023 | Announced Soon | Announced Soon |
In 2005, Jacques Kallis and Andrew Flintoff were jointly awarded the trophy as both have received the same amount of votes.
There are 3 players in the list of ICC Cricketer of the Year who have won the award twice. In which Ricky Pointing is at number one, who won the 2006 and 2007 ICC Cricketer of the Year award. The second is Mitchell Johnson who won the 2009 and 2014 ICC Cricketer of the Year awards and the third is former India captain Virat Kohli who won the 2017 and 2018 ICC Cricketer of the Year awards.
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Gill has been the highest run-scorer in ODI cricket in the year 2023. He scored 1,584 runs in 29 ODI matches played last year at an average of 63.36 and strike rate of 105.45. This includes 5 centuries and 9 half-centuries with one double century. His best score in ODI has been 208 runs. Apart from this, he has also shown an example of his agile fielding in the field by taking 24 catches last year.
Virat has caught everyone's attention with his brilliant performance in ODIs in 2023. He scored 1,377 runs in 27 ODI internationals last year at an average of 72.47 and a strike rate of 99.13. During this period, he has also scored 6 centuries and 8 half-centuries. Notably, he scored the highest score of 765 runs in 11 matches in the ODI World Cup 2023. Similarly, he has also taken 1 wicket with 12 catches.
New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell has scored 1,204 runs in 25 innings of 26 matches played in the year 2023 at an average of 52.34 and strike rate of 100.24. This also includes 5 centuries and 3 half-centuries. 134 runs has been his best score. Similarly, he also tried his hand in bowling and took 9 wickets in his name. He also performed well in the field and took 22 catches. He also had a great performance in the ODI World Cup.
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