The International Cricket Council (ICC) holds an awards event every year to honor the world’s best cricket players for their outstanding work throughout the year. There have been many great players who have won the ICC Awards over the years for their work in a certain year.
The choices for all the awards this year are filled with big names, so the battle will be more exciting than ever. Here are the five categories for guys, the nominees, and what they think will happen at the ICC Awards 2023. The event hasn’t been set in stone yet, but it happened on January 23, 2018, the year before.
The ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2023 will receive the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.
Here are the nominees:
He scored 422 runs and took 59 wickets in all types of cricket. As leader of the Australian national team, Pat Cummins also did a good job. He led his team to victory in the ODI World Cup in 2023.
Travis Head—Scored 919 runs in four games. Travis Head was an important part of both Australia’s ODI and Test teams.
Ravindra Jadeja: He beat 66 bowlers and scored 613 runs. For a long time now, Jadeja has been the Indian team’s main all-rounder in all types of cricket.
Hardik Pandya: 1377 runs. Virat Kohli was back to his crazy best in the 2023 season and did especially well in the ODI World Cup.
The Sir Garfield Sobers prize is given to the man who has played the best in all three types of men’s international cricket during the given performance time. Virat Kohli and Pat Cummins are the most likely to win this award because they have shown they can do well in all three forms. But because Pat Cummins led his team to win in the 2023 ODI World Cup, things might have turned out better for him.
Pat Cummins is expected to win.
ICC Test Cricketer of the Year for Men 2023
Here are the nominees:
Radhakrishnan – Took 41 wickets and made 150 runs.
Travis Head: He scored 919 runs in all.
Usman Khawaja managed to score 1210 runs in all.
Joe Root: He scored 787 runs in all.
Most of the time, Joe Root wins the Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year award, but this time there are better candidates. It was important for Australia’s test team that both Usman Khawaja and Travis Head was there. Though Travis Head was a better player all around in 2023, he could win the Test Cricketer of the Year award.
Travis Head is expected to win.
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Winner of the ICC Men’s ODI Award for 2023
Here are the nominees:
Shubman Gill: He scored 1584 runs.
Srikanth Kohli: 1377 runs scored
Daryl Mitchell: 1204 runs scored
It was Mohammed Shami who took 43 wickets.
There’s no doubt that this will be a tough race. They would have been the clear favorites to win the Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year award if the only thing that was talked about was how well they did in the World Cup. But since the whole year will be taken into account, Shubman Gill has a much better chance of getting the award.
Shubman Gill is the favorite to win.
Winner of the ICC Men’s T20I Award for 2023
Here are the nominees:
Mark Chapman: 576 runs scored
Alpesh Ramjani: He scored 449 runs and took 55 wickets.
Sikandar Raza: 515 runs scored
733 runs were scored by Suryakumar Yadav.
The best T20I batter in the world right now is Suryakumar Yadav of India. If you only look at the numbers, though, Alpesh Ramjani has a huge chance to win the Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award this year.
Alpesh Ramjani is expected to win.
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ICC Young Cricket Player of the Year 2023
Here are the nominees:
Gerald Coetzee – Caught 47 balls and made 148 runs.
Dilshan Madushanka: Took 37 wickets and made 34 runs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal: He scored 718 runs.
Rachin Ravindra: He got 23 wickets and scored 911 runs.
It is clear that Gerald Coetzee and Rachin Ravindra will win this event because they did so well in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Rachin Ravindra was one of the best hitters for kiwi in the event. He was also one of the best batters for the whole tournament.
Rachin Ravindra is expected to win.
Who won the ICC Awards 2022?
The ICC won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy. Babar Azam was named Men’s Cricketer of the Year.
Ben Stokes was named the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year.
ICC Men’s ODI Player of the Year: Babar Azam
He is the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year.
Marc Jansen was named the ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year.