Cricket / ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year announced, this 'enemy' of Rohit-Virat won

ICC Men's ODI Player of the Year 2022: The International Cricket Council has announced the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year. Looking at the game of the year 2022, the ICC has announced the name of the player. This award has not been won by Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma but by a player from Pakistan. The special thing is that this player has been elected ODI Cricketer of the Year for the second time in a row.

ODI Cricketer of the Year announced

Pakistan captain Babar Azam has once again managed to win the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year award. Last year also Babar Azam was elected ODI Cricketer of the Year. Babar Azam scored 679 runs in 9 matches in the year 2022 at an average of 84.87, during which he scored 3 ODI centuries. Due to this brilliant game, he has been given this award.

joined this exclusive club

Babar Azam has become the fourth player in the world to win the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year award twice in a row. Before him Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni), Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers have done this feat. Dhoni (MS Dhoni) won the ODI Cricketer of the Year award in the year 2008 and 2009, AB de Villiers in the year 2014 and 2016, while Virat Kohli won the ODI Cricketer of the Year award in the year 2017 and 2018.

Captain of the ODI Team of the Year

Along with the ODI Cricketer of the Year, Babar Azam has also been made the captain of the ODI Team of the Year this year. India's Mohammad Siraj and Shreyas Iyer have also got a place in this team. Last year, under the captaincy of Babar Azam, Pakistan faced defeat in only one out of 9 ODIs.