Another Indian to win at the ICC Awards for 2019 was Deepak Chahar who won T20I Performance of the Year.
New Delhi, January 15, 2020 (IANS) Twitterati on Wednesday heaped praise on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma who have won big at the ICC Awards for 2019.
ICC Awards: Praises for Virat, Rohit:
While opener Rohit won the ODI Cricketer of the Year award, captain Kohli won the ICC ‘Spirit of Cricket’ award for his heartwarming gesture towards Steve Smith, asking the fans to not boo the Australian batsman during a 2019 World Cup group game.
Praising Kohli, BCCI wrote: “#TeamIndia Captain Virat Kohli is the winner of the 2019 ICC Spirit of Cricket Award for his heart-warming gesture to ask the fans to not boo Steve Smith in #CWC19 game against Australia.”
In another tweet, the Indian cricket board praised Rohit. “The ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year award goes to none other than the HITMAN for his stupendous show with 5 centuries in the ICC Cricket World Cup and 7 ODI centuries in 2019.”
A user on miro-blogging site lavished praise on Kohli and said: “King is King He loves cricket and the person who plays it.”
“Congratulations @imVkohli and please come at position no.3 we want to see u like the king run machine” added another. There were other tweets in praise of Rohit.
A Tweeple remarked, “Most deserving player for this.. hope he will shine more and more in coming years.”
Another post read, “Congratulations #Hitman…we are waiting for more awesome innings from you this year..#RohitSharma #Hitman #iccawards2019.
Another Indian to win at the ICC Awards for 2019 was Deepak Chahar who won T20I Performance of the Year. Chahar won the award for his stupendous figures of 6/7 against Bangladesh in Nagpur, which included a hat-trick.
ICC Test, ODI teams:
Besides, Virat Kohli was also named the captain of ICC Test and ODI teams of the years.
ICC Test Team of the Year (in batting order): Mayank Agarwal, Tom Latham, Marnus Labuschagne, Virat Kohli (captain), Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, BJ Watling (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Neil Wagner, Nathan Lyon.
ICC ODI Team of the Year (in batting order): Rohit Sharma, Shai Hope, Virat Kohli (captain), Babar Azam, Kane Williamson, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav.
