Virat Kohli named ICC’s ODI, Test captain of 2019; Rohit Sharma bags ‘ODI cricketer of the year’

Indian opener Rohit Sharma was named as the ‘2019 ODI Cricketer of the Year’ by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for his incredible run of form throughout last year. He brought up seven ODI centuries, five of which came in the 2019 World Cup, becoming the first batsman to do so in the history of the tournament in a single edition. (Source: AP)

During India’s World Cup clash against Australia at the Oval last year, Virat Kohli won hearts by asking fans to stop booring Steve Smith, who had made a return to International cricket after serving a one-year ban over ball-tampering scandal. The Indian skipper was awarded the ‘Spirit of Cricket’ award for his gesture towards Steve Smith during World Cup. (Source: Twitter)

Virat Kohli has also been named captain of both the ICC’s Test and ODI teams of the year. Apart from Kohli, there were four other Indians who were picked in the ICC's Test and ODI Teams of the Year. While the Test team featured double-centurion Mayank Agarwal, opener Rohit Sharma, speedster Mohammed Shami and left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav found a place in the ODI side. Kohli enjoyed a tremendous run in both the formats in 2019. The 31-year-old hit his seventh Test double hundred on the way to a career-best unbeaten 254 against South Africa in October last year. (Source: AP)

India seamer Deepak Chahar won the T20 International Performance of the Year for his haul of six for seven against Bangladesh in Nagpur, which included a hat-trick.

England allrounder Ben Stokes was named the Cricketer of the Year for his exploits during England’s maiden 50-over World Cup win and Test cricket performances, notably leading England to a memorable win at Headingley from an unlikely position in an engrossing drawn Test series. (Source: Reuters)

The world’s top-ranked Test bowler Pat Cummins has been lauded as the Test Cricketer of the Year by the ICC’s annual awards. He grabbed 59 wickets in 12 Test matches during the period and finished the year as the top-ranked bowler in the Test rankings. (Source: Reuters)

Marnus Labuschagne had a stunning 2019 averaging 64.94 with the bat in Test cricket. He has been named as ICC's Emerging Cricketer of the Year (Source: AP)