After Virat Kohli won the ICC Cricketer Of The Year Award, 2017 his fans are celebrating and wishes are flowing in. Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar too shared a beautiful message for Virat Kohli to congratulate him. Virat Kohli was honored with the ICC Cricketer Of The Year and also the ICC ODI Cricketer Of The Year. Sachin Tendulkar is not at all surprised at this.
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In his lovely Tweet for the Indian captain, Sachin wrote that he is not at all surprised as Virat Kohli certainly deserved it.
Here’s what the Little Master Tweeted
No surprises there at all. You deserved it. Many congratulations, @imVkohli! #ICCAwards @ICC
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 18, 2018
Virat Kohli enjoyed a dream run of form in 2017 and hence it is not very surprising that these honors went his way. In ODIs in 2017 Virat Kohli scored 1460 runs at an average of 76.84. As for the longest format of the game, Virat Kohli smashes 1059 runs from 10 Tests at an average of 75.
Virat Kohli has dominated all formats of the game in 2017 and he has been the undisputed king of 2017. However, in tests, Steve Smith has had the upper hand for which he has been awarded the ICC Test Cricketer Of The Year.
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Besides Virat Kohli, there are a few other Indians too who have won the ICC Cricketer Of The Year Award in various years. The ICC Cricketer Of The Year Awardee is honored with the ‘Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy’ and for 2017 this has come Virat Kohli. Rahul Dravid was the first Cricketer ever to be conferred with Sir Garfield’s Trophy in 2004.
Indians have won the ICC Cricketer Of The Year Award for two successive years as the ace spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin won the ICC Cricketer Of The Year in 2016. Ashwin was also named the ICC Test Player Of The Year 2016.
List of Indian Players To Have Won The Cricketer Of The Year Award is as followed.
- Rahul Dravid: 2004
- Sachin Tendulkar: 2010
- Ravichandran Ashwin: 2016
- Virat Kohli: 2017
