Virat Kohli named ICC Cricketer of the Year
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 12:16 PM
New Delhi, Jan 18: Indian Skipper Virat Kohli is named as the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year and captain of both ICC Test and ODI teams.
Kohli scored 2,203 Test runs at an average of 77.80 including eight centuries and 1,818 ODI runs including seven centuries at 82.63 during the year September 21, 2016 to the end of 2017.
It is the second time Kohli has been named as the ODI cricketer of the year as he won the same honour in 2012 when he was 24 years old.
In ODIs, Kohli hammered 1,818 ODI runs at an average of 82.63 including seven centuries, and 299 T20I runs at a strike rate of 153. With Kohli as skipper, India went on to register 9 consecutive series win in the longest format.