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India pacer Jasprit Bumrah was on Tuesday named for the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year.
Bumrah has had one of his best years for the Indian team which has reflected in the fact that the pacer was adjudged the ICC’s Test Cricketer of the Year on Monday and was also named in the Test Team of the Year last week.
The pacer is thus the fifth winner of the award from India 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 in a statement.
“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,” ICC said. “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.”
Bumrah’s 2024 in numbers
In 2024, he claimed 15 wickets as India won the T20 World Cup. At that event, the pacer was named the Player of the Tournament, thanks to an average of 8.26 and an economy of just 4.17.
He also became the fastest Indian pacer to reach 200 Test wickets with a bowling average of sub-20, which is also the best in history.
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In Tests for the Indian cricket team, 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.
(With inputs from PTI)
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