 India's Jasprit Bumrah reacts as he celebrates the wicket of Australia's Usman Khawaja during play on the first day of the fourth cricket test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024 AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake India's Jasprit Bumrah reacts as he celebrates the wicket of Australia's Usman Khawaja during play on the first day of the fourth cricket test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024 AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday adjudged India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as the winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year 2024. (More Cricket News) The 31-year-old trumped Australia's Travis Head and the English duo of Harry Brook and Joe Root to the award. The pacer thus becomes just the fifth Indian to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after Rahul Dravid (2004), Sachin Tendulkar (2010), Ravichandran Ashwin (2016) and Virat Kohli (2017, 2018). "Jasprit Bumrah has been honoured with the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year at the ICC Awards, recognising his extraordinary 2024, in which he dominated opponents in the longest as well as the shortest format of the game," the ICC said. "The pacer's brilliance was reflected in his ICC Test Bowling Rankings, where he crossed the elusive 900-point mark, ending the year with a record-breaking 907 points — the highest for any Indian bowler in history," the governing body stated in its tribute. "Across formats, Bumrah's 2024 exploits were a masterclass in skill, precision, and relentless consistency, as he shattered record after record and cemented his place as the world's premier fast bowler," it added. He had also been honoured with the ICC Men's Test cricketer of the Year award on Monday. Jasprit Bumrah Crowned ICC Men's Test Cricketer Of The Year After Stellar 2024After losing to India 8-1 in their last encounter, Malaysia were desperate for a win, and showed immense character to fight it out against Japan after they were a goal down after the first half. Ji-Hyun Yan scored the only South Korean goal that came in the 30th minute of the clash. Bumrah had a phenomenal 2024 where he shined in all formats of the game. The pacer played a stellar role in India's T20 World Cup winning campaign taking 15 wickets. He was named the Player of the Tournament in the World Cup. In Tests, Bumrah finished the year with 71 wickets in only 13 matches at an average of 14.92, which was also the second best among fast bowlers to former India captain Kapil Dev's 100 wickets in 1983. Bumrah broke multiple records in the longest format including becoming the first ever bowler in the history of the game to reach to 200 Test wickets with a bowling average of sub-20.fc188 |
