DUBAI: Swashbuckling India middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav, who had an impressive run within the shortest format in yr 2022, was on Wednesday named the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year by the sports activities’ world governing physique.
Surya had an outstanding run final yr the place he broke a plethora of information within the T20Is.
Popularly referred to as ‘SKY’, the 32-year-old amassed 1164 runs in 31 T20I matches at a median of 46.56 and a strike-rate of 187.43 final yr.
He beat the likes of Sam Curran, Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan and Zimbabwe’s batting all-rounder Sikandar Raza for the highest honour.
However, India vice-captain and final yr’s Cricketer of the Year Smriti Mandhana misplaced out to Australia’s Tahlia McGrath within the ladies’s class.
In 2022, Surya turned simply the second batter to make greater than 1,000 runs in a calendar yr in T20Is and ended the yr as the best run-getter.
Surya hit a shocking 68 sixes through the yr, simply essentially the most recorded by anybody in a yr within the format’s historical past.
The Indian was the important thing batter for his workforce via the yr, smashing two lots of and 9 half-centuries.
Surya was at his stupendous greatest through the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, recording three fifties in six innings and averaging almost 60. Notably, his strike-rate was but once more proper up there at 189.68.
Having already recorded a ton earlier within the yr, Suryakumar continued his good yr after the multi-nation event, making his second hundred in T20Is within the bilateral collection in New Zealand.
Surya additionally turned the top-ranked T20 participant, reaching a career-high 890 score factors.
(With inputs from PTI)
Surya had an outstanding run final yr the place he broke a plethora of information within the T20Is.
Popularly referred to as ‘SKY’, the 32-year-old amassed 1164 runs in 31 T20I matches at a median of 46.56 and a strike-rate of 187.43 final yr.
He beat the likes of Sam Curran, Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan and Zimbabwe’s batting all-rounder Sikandar Raza for the highest honour.
However, India vice-captain and final yr’s Cricketer of the Year Smriti Mandhana misplaced out to Australia’s Tahlia McGrath within the ladies’s class.
In 2022, Surya turned simply the second batter to make greater than 1,000 runs in a calendar yr in T20Is and ended the yr as the best run-getter.
Surya hit a shocking 68 sixes through the yr, simply essentially the most recorded by anybody in a yr within the format’s historical past.
The Indian was the important thing batter for his workforce via the yr, smashing two lots of and 9 half-centuries.
Surya was at his stupendous greatest through the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, recording three fifties in six innings and averaging almost 60. Notably, his strike-rate was but once more proper up there at 189.68.
Having already recorded a ton earlier within the yr, Suryakumar continued his good yr after the multi-nation event, making his second hundred in T20Is within the bilateral collection in New Zealand.
Surya additionally turned the top-ranked T20 participant, reaching a career-high 890 score factors.
(With inputs from PTI)