The International Cricket Council named Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam its ODI Player of the Year after another excellent season with the bat (ICC).
The 28-year-old has received the honour for the past two years running.
Babar had a year-ending total of 679 runs from nine matches at an average of 84.87, three centuries, and five half-centuries. He was at his very best with the bat in the 50-over game. However, just one game was free from a significant score.
His exploits have also assisted him in keeping the top rank on the Batter’s list since assuming the throne in July 2021.
He also led Pakistan to 8 triumphs in 9 games when serving as the team’s captain for the ODIs in 2022, with their lone loss coming against Australia in Lahore.
After that, Babar helped Pakistan defeat the visiting Australians and square the series at 1-1 with a century in just 73 balls in revenge. Babar made his quickest ODI century with this performance.
In addition to being crowned the “ODI Player of the Year” for his nearly perfect record, Babar Azam was recently elected captain of the ICC’s “ODI Team of the Year.”
The ICC awarded Marco Jansen “Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year,” Suryakumar Yadav “Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year,” Tahlia McGrath “Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year,” Richard Illingworth “Umpire of the Year,” and India’s Renuka Singh “Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year.”
