Bold Indian batsman Suryakumar Yadav was named the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year on Wednesday for his ridiculously good run in the shortest format of the game.
Suryakumar has been outstanding in his 2022, breaking many records and setting the standard for the format.
He won top honors by beating Sam Curran, Pakistani wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan, Zimbabwean batting all-rounder Sikandar Raza among others.
However, India’s vice-captain and last year’s cricketer of the year, Smriti Mandana, lost to Australia’s Thalia Hernandez McGrath in the women’s division.
Popularly known as “SKY”, the 32-year-old became his second racket to surpass his 1,000 runs in a calendar year in T20Is, batting at 187.43, where he scored 1,164 runs, making him a top run getter. ended the year as . Suryakumar posted a staggering 68 in one year.
The Indians were the team’s key bat all season, batting well over the course of the 295th century.
Suryakumar continued his best form at the 2022 Men’s ICC T20 World Championship in Australia, where in six innings he scored 3 50 and averaged close to 60.
Notably, his strike his rate is back at his 189.68.
Having already scored a ton earlier in the year, Suryakumar continued his brilliant year after the multinational tournament, scoring his 200th in his T20Is in New Zealand’s bilateral series. Suryakumar also became the highest-ranked T20 player, reaching a career-high 890 Elo points.