Team India: Indian team’s star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been nominated for the ‘ICC Men’s Test Player of the Award’. This year Ashwin has created panic by taking the most wickets in Test cricket. According to the ICC, a total of 4 players have been nominated for this award. All these four players have made headlines this year by performing brilliantly in Test cricket.
These players were nominated
1. Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
2. Joe Root (England)
3. Kyle Jamieson (New Zealand)
4. Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)
Four players have been nominated for the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year 2021 award
Does your favorite cricketer make the list?
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— ICC (@ICC) December 28, 2021
This ICC award is given to the players who have performed well in Test cricket in a year. Ravichandran Ashwin, Joe Root, Kyle Jamieson and Dimuth Karunaratne have done well this year. Let’s take a look at the performance of these players.
1. Ravichandran Ashwin is the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket this year. He has taken 52 wickets in eight matches so far. While he has also contributed 337 runs, which includes a century. Ashwin took 14 wickets in 2 matches in the previous series against New Zealand. Hopefully they will do well in South Africa as well.
2. England captain Joe Root is the highest run-scorer in Test cricket this year. He has so far scored 1708 runs in 15 test matches with 6 centuries. He is the third player to score more than 1700 runs in a calendar year. Mohammad Yusuf is at number one and Vivian Richards is at number two.
3. The performance of New Zealand player Kyle Jamieson has also been very good in Test cricket this year. He has taken 27 wickets in five matches. While the contribution of 105 runs has also been contributed.
4. The year 2021 has also been very good for Sri Lankan player Dimuth Karunaratne. So far, 902 runs have been scored from Karunaratne’s bat in seven matches. During this, he has also scored four centuries.
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