Jasprit Bumrah Becomes Fifth Indian Cricketer To Win ICC Cricketer of The Year Award
Jasprit Bumrah [Source: @CricCrazyJohns/X.Com]
India's premium fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah has been named as the ICC Cricketer of The Year. This announcement comes only a day after the International Cricket Council announced that the 31-year-old is Test Cricketer of the Year.
In an announcement on their official website, ICC wrote: " 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."
ICC Honours Bumrah With The Most Prestigious Award In Cricket
The Indian star beat Travis Head, Joe Root and Harry Brook to claim this award. Interestingly, he is the fifth recipient of the award from India, after Rahul Dravid (2004), Sachin Tendulkar (2010), Ravichandran Ashwin (2016) and Virat Kohli (2017, 2018).
Bumrah's Record-Shattering 2024 Year
Jasprit Bumrah's 2024 was a phenomenal year, establishing him as the world's premier fast bowler. He became the fastest Indian pacer to 200 Test wickets, boasting a record-breaking sub-20 average. His dominance continued in the ICC Test rankings, finishing the year with an unprecedented 907 points, the highest ever for an Indian bowler.
Bumrah's brilliance in white-ball cricket was equally remarkable, leading India to their first T20 World Cup title in 17 years. With 15 wickets at an astonishing 8.26 average, he was named Player of the Tournament. In Tests, his 71 wickets in 13 matches were the most by any bowler in 2024, including a record-setting 32 wickets in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.