India’s Ravichandran Ashwin won the International Cricket Council’s Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the Year 2016 award on Thursday.
Ashwin has had a stellar year, bagging 48 wickets and scoring 336 runs in eight Tests, while also claiming 27 wickets in 19 Twenty20 Internationals. He was selected by a panel led by Rahul Dravid, Gary Kirsten and Kumar Sangakkara, based on his performance from September 14, 2015 to September 20, 2016 and became the third Indian player and the 12th overall to win the prestigious trophy. He also finished 2015 and will finish 2016 as the world’s top-ranked Test bowler.
“There are a lot of people to thank for this wonderful achievement I have made. It has been a great couple of years but this year has been even more special. What is very noticeable is the way I have bowled and batted and the way I have gone about doing my business,” said Ashwin, in a release from the ICC.
The Indian off-spinner was also adjudged the Test Cricketer of the Year 2016, making him only the second Indian player after Rahul Dravid to win both the titles.
England’s Test skipper Alastair Cook was named as captain of the ICC Test Team of the Year. However, Indian skipper Virat Kohli did not make the cut in the Test squad. However, Kohli was the captain of the One-Day International team that was announced, which also included Ravindra Jadeja.
South Africa’s Quinton de Kock was declared the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year while Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman won the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2016. West Indies’ Carlos Brathwaite won the ICC T20I Performance of the Year for his knock in the final of the World Twenty20 2016 while Afghanistan’s Mohammed Shahzad won the ICC Associate/Affiliate Cricketer of the Year. Umpire Marais Erasmus was named the Umpire of the Year.
New Zealand’s Suzie Bates also won the ICC Women’s ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year awards.
Full list of ICC 2016 Awards:
- ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) – Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
- ICC Test Cricketer of the Year – Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
- ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year – Quinton de Kock (South Africa)
- ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
- ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year – Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
- ICC T20I Performance of the Year – Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies ) (34 not out, 10 balls, 1x4, 4x6, ICC WT20 India 2016 final v England, Kolkata)
- ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year – Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
- ICC Associate/Affiliate Cricketer of the Year – Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan)
- ICC Spirit of Cricket Award – Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
- ICC Umpire of the Year (David Shepherd Trophy) – Marais Erasmus