Australia captain Pat Cummins reserved excessive reward for the star Indian duo of Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja. Cummins gained the ICC ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year Award for 2023, pipping Kohli, Jadeja and his teammate Travis Head to the worth. Cummins had a sensational 12 months throughout codecs as he led Australia to the World Test Championship (WTC) title, in addition to the ODI World Cup, beating India in each the finals. Cummins mirrored on a profitable 12 months for Australian cricket and expressed his gratitude on being recognised as one of the best of one of the best in 2023.
“It’s a huge honour. It has been a big year, lots of wonderful team success. To get this individual honour is huge and I am pretty amazed. In terms of individual accolades, it is right up there,” Cummins instructed ICC.
Cummins hailed Kohli and Jadeja as ‘constant performers’ who can bail their staff out of bother.
“Kohli and Jadeja are super consistent, you can’t keep them out of it, they find a way to drag their team out of trouble & win it, to be alongside those guys has been really special,” he added.
After a lean patch with the bat between 2019 and 2022, Kohli stormed again to his very best in 2023. The former India captain was the main run-getter within the ODI World Cup, amassing 765 runs at a mean of 95.62 in 11 matches.
The 35-year-old bagged the Player of the Tournament award, in addition to the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023.
Jadeja, then again, was named within the ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year 2023. He scored 281 runs at a mean of 35.12 and taking 33 wickets at a mean of 19.39.
Kohli just lately pulled out of the primary two Tests of the continuing five-match collection towards England, citing private causes.
Meanwhile, Jadeja picked 5 wickets within the first Test towards England and likewise top-scored for India with a superb 87 within the first innings.
However, India misplaced the sport by 28 runs as England went 1-0 within the collection.
Jadeja, nevertheless, is uncertain for the second Test in Vizag after pulling up his hamstring.
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