ICC Test Player of the Year: r Ashwin, Joe Root, Kyle Jamieson and Dimuth Karunaratne nominated
Ravichandran Ashwin, one of India’s best match winners in the longest format, has been nominated for the ICC Test Player of the Year 2021 award. Along with Ashwin, England Test cricket team captain Joe Root, the New Zealand off-roader Kyle Jamieson and Sri Lanka Test cricket team captain Dimuth Karunaratne have also been nominated for the award.
Ashwin proved his worth in 2021 with 52 wickets in eight games averaging 16.23 as he had a brilliant performance in the home series against England, taking 32 wickets at 14.72 in four games. Apart from this, Ashwin also made an invaluable contribution by scoring runs. He scored 337 runs at an average of 28.08 with a century against England in the Chennai Test.
England’s Test captain Joe Root, who scored 1,708 runs in 15 games with six centuries in 2021, has also been nominated for the award.
Despite the team’s poor performance in the ongoing Ashes series, Root’s stellar form also continues into 2021. With this he became the third player in history to score more than 1,700 runs in test cricket in a single. anus.
The ICC also named New Zealand pacemaker Kyle Jamieson, who has become one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket in 2021. Jamieson was the key player for New Zealand in 2021, taking 27 wickets with an average of 17.51 in five games.
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Last on this list is Sri Lanka Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne, who scored 902 runs in seven games averaging 69.38 over four centuries.
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