Virat Kohli first player to bag top three ICC awards in single year

Indian Captain Virat Kohli became the first cricketer to bag all three ICC awards together after accumulating 1322 runs from 13 Tests, 1202 from 14 ODIs and 211 from T20Is.

He is the one who won all the three awards Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year, the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year and the ICC ODI Player of the Year – for his performances in 2018.

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In addition, the India captain was also named the captain of the ICC Test Team and the ODI Team of the year 2018. Virat Kohli said,

“It feels amazing. It’s a reward for all the hard work that you do throughout the calendar year. I feel really grateful and very, very happy with the team doing well at the same time myself performing. Having recognition at the global level from the ICC is something you feel proud of as a cricketer because you understand that there are many players playing the game,”

ICC Cricketers of the Year

• 2004 – R Dravid
• 2005 – J Kallis/ A Flintoff
• 2006 & 2007 – R Ponting
• 2008 – S Chanderpaul
• 2009 – M Johnson
• 2010 – S Tendulkar
• 2011 – J Trott
• 2012 – K Sangakkara
• 2013 – M Clarke
• 2014 – M Johnson
• 2015 – S Smith
• 2016 – R Ashwin
• 2017 & 2018 – VIRAT KOHLI

Test Team: Tom Latham (New Zealand), Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Virat Kohli (India) (captain), Henry Nicholls (New Zealand), Rishabh Pant (India) (wk), Jason Holder (Windies), Kagiso Rabada (South Africa), Nathan Lyon (Australia), Jasprit Bumrah (India), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan).

ODI Team: Rohit Sharma (India), Jonny Bairstow (England), Virat Kohli (India) (captain), Joe Root (England), Ross Taylor (New Zealand), Jos Buttler (England) (wk), Ben Stokes (England), Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Kuldeep Yadav (India), Jasprit Bumrah (India).

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