The International Cricket Council (ICC) approved on Wednesday that England’s star batsman Jos Buttler, Australian off-roader Mitchell Marsh, Pakistan’s wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan and Sri Lankan spinner Wanindu Hasaranga) has been nominated for the ICC T20 ‘Player of the Year. ‘ grant. There are no Indian players on this list.
29-year-old Mohammad Rizwan performed brilliantly at T20 International this year. He scored 1,326 runs in 29 games with an average of 73.66 and a strike rate of 134.89. He is the only hitter in this format to score more than 1,000 runs in a calendar year.
Rizwan played a key role in Pakistan reaching the semi-finals during the 2021 ICC World Cup T20. He also scored the first T20 century of his career against South Africa in Lahore earlier this year and scored a brilliant 87 against the West Indies in Karachi in the last T20 match of 2021.
On the other hand, batter Jos Buttler, England’s goalkeeper, scored 589 runs in 14 games this year with a century averaging 65.44. His stellar form continued against India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan and he was England’s top run scorer in the T20 World Cup with 269 runs.
T20 World Cup hero for Australia, Mitchell Marsh has been nominated for the award after scoring 627 runs in 27 games averaging 36.88. Apart from this, he also took eight wickets with a strike rate of 18.37.
At the T20 World Cup held in the United Arab Emirates, Marsh scored 185 runs in six matches with an average of 61.66 and a hit rate of 146.82. He also played a title-winning entry of 77 runs on 50 balls with the help of six fours and four sixes in the final against New Zealand.
The year 2021 was a very good year for Vanindu Hasaranga from Sri Lanka. He established himself as one of the best spinners in the shortest format. Hasaranga took 36 wickets in 20 games with an average of 11.63. Apart from this, he also scored 196 runs in half a century this year.
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