Ravichandran Ashwin Bags ICC Cricketer of the Year award 2016


Great Achievement by Indian Cricketers in ICC Awards. Another achievement of India in the world of sports and this time it is about cricket. Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin marked his presence in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricketer of the Year yesterday for taking 48 wickets and scoring 336 runs in eight test during the voting period.
Ashwin is the top-ranked test bowler also the third Indian to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy. He also scooped the ICC Test Cricketer of the year award for the period from Sept.14, 2015 to Sept.20, 2016.
Legends, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid have already earned this prestige award ICC Cricketer of the year for India.
Ashwin said, with ” It is an absolute pleasure to be awarded this great honor.”
Mitchell Starc and his team-mate David Warner of Australia are the only players to have been selected in both the Test and ODI team of the Year in 2016.
Four England players made the ICC test team of the year, captained by Alastair Cook, with their recent drawn series in Bangladesh and a 4-0 loss in India falling outside the voting period.