Seasoned India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was on Tuesday shortlisted as one of many 4 nominees for the ICC Test Cricketer of the yr award.
The 35-year-old from Chennai snapped 52 wickets from eight Tests at a median of 16.23 and in addition contributed 337 runs with the bat at 28.08 with one century within the final one yr.
Besides Ashwin, England skipper Joe Root, New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson and Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne have been the others to be nominated for the distinguished award, which recognise the excellent achievements and feats in cricket over the previous yr.
The winner of the award will likely be introduced on January 24.
“One of India’s greatest match-winners in the longest format, R Ashwin again asserted his authority as one of the world’s finest spinners in 2021. Apart from his wizardry with the ball, Ashwin also made invaluable contributions with the bat,” the ICC mentioned in a launch.
Ashwin began the yr on a excessive, scoring a affected person 128-ball 29 towards Australia within the Sydney Test. His partnership with Hanuma Vihari helped India obtain a memorable draw that stored the collection stage at 1-1.
At house towards England, Ashwin was adjudged the Player of the Series after he claimed 32 wickets from 4 matches at 14.72, whereas additionally contributing 189 runs with the bat.
The off-spinner had additionally picked up 4 wickets within the ICC World Test Championship Final towards New Zealand on a seam-friendly wicket in Southampton.
After sitting out of all 4 Tests in England, Ashwin shone vivid within the house collection towards New Zealand, successful one other Player of the Series award after choosing up 14 wickets in two matches at 11.36 whereas additionally chipping in with a few helpful knocks within the Kanpur Test.
The ICC Awards will comprise a complete of 13 particular person recognitions in all, in addition to 5 Team of the Year bulletins for every format throughout each males’s and girls’s cricket.
The different particular person classes embody Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for males’s Cricketer of the Year, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for Women’s Cricketer of the Year, males’s ODI Cricketer of the Year, ladies’s ODI Cricketer of the Year, males’s T20I Cricketer of the Year, ladies’s T20I Cricketer of the Year, Emerging males’s Cricketer of the Year, Emerging ladies’s Cricketer of the Year, Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year, ladies’s Associate Cricketer of the Year, Spirit of Cricket Award and Umpire of the Year.
“The nominees for each of the first seven categories will be announced from 28 December to 31 December,” ICC mentioned.
“Each of these seven classes may have a shortlist of 4 nominees, comprising gamers who’ve had essentially the most impactful performances within the interval into account — January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.
“The nominees will be decided by the Awards panel, comprising prominent cricket journalists and broadcasters from across the globe along with Geoff Allardice, the ICC’s CEO.”
The apex physique mentioned that “the winners for each category will be announced in January”, whereas “the official ICC Teams of the Year are set to be announced on 17 and 18 January.” “The individual awards pertaining to women’s cricket will be announced on 23 January. The men’s awards, as well as the Spirit of Cricket and Umpire of the Year award, will be announced on 24 January,” it additional acknowledged.
