ICC Awards: Nominated Men’s Test Player Of The Year 2021

ICC Awards: Nominated Men’s Test Player Of The Year 2021.

During the period under consideration for the award, Ravichandran Ashwin took 52 wickets in 8 matches. At an average of 16.23 while scoring 337 runs at 28.08 with one century.

Ravichandran Ashwin of India, England captain Joe Root, Kylie Jamieson of New Zealand, and Dimuth Karunaratne of Sri Lanka have all been nominated for the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year 2021 award.

R Ashwin, one of India’s greatest match-winners in the longest format. Asserted his dominance as one of the world’s best spinners in 2021. Apart from his skill with the ball, Ashwin also contributed significantly with the bat.

The Indian spinner bagged 52 wickets in 8 matches at an average of 16.23. While smashing 337 runs at 28.08 with one century.

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ICC Awards: Nominated Test Player Of The Year 2021

England’s Test captain Joe Root has also been nominated for the award, having scored 1,708 runs in 15 matches with six centuries in 2021.

Joe Root’s sublime form in 2021 can be summed up in one simple statistic: he has become only the third player in history to score over 1,700 runs in Test cricket in a calendar year. Only Mohammad Yousuf and Sir Vivian Richards stand between him and the throne.

Kyle Jamieson of New Zealand, who took 27 wickets in five matches at 17.51. Is the other nominee. Kyle Jamieson emerged as one of the most promising fast bowling prospects in world cricket in 2021, another brilliant addition to the Kiwi pace battery.

Jamieson was the X-factor of New Zealand’s pace attack in a pivotal year. In which they won the inaugural ICC World Test Championship, defeating India in the final. Brilliantly supplanting and often surpassing the exploits of Tim Southee, Trent Boult, and Neil Wagner. He was the standout performer in Southampton, taking seven wickets and contributing 21 runs in the first innings, earning him the Player of the Match award.

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