NE SPORTS BUREAU
NEW DELHI, JAN 15
Indian batting maestro Rohit Sharma is the International Cricket Council (ICC) One Day International player of 2019, while India captain Virat Kohli won the “Spirit of Cricket” award for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 for supporting Australian Steve Smith during the India-Australia match at the quadrennial event in England. Kohli is also the captain of both the ICC Test and ODI teams of 2019 while Rohit is a member of the ICC ODI Team of 2019.
Another Indian player, Deepak Chahar, won the T20 International Performance of 2019 for taking six Bangladeshi wickets including a hat-trick, giving away just seven runs in Nagpur on November 10. Chahar is also the only Indian male cricketer to register a hat-trick in a T20I.
Buoyed by the ICC ODI Player of 2019 award, Rohit averred that he was confident of carrying his superlative form in 2020 too. Rohit had scored 1409 runs in 28 ODIs with seven hundreds in 2019. “I would like to thank the ICC for giving me this award and the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) for giving me the opportunity to represent the country. It is great to be recognised in this fashion. We are very happy with the way we performed as a team in 2019. We could have done better but we have a lot of positives and a lot to look forward to in 2020,” reasoned Rohit, also called Hitman by his fans for his ability to smother even the best bowlers with great ease.
