ICC announces ICC Awards every year. There is a Cricketer of the Year award, which is given to the best player of the year. It was started in 2004, the first awards ceremony was held on 7 September 2004 in London. See the list of Cricketer of the Year winners, Ricky Ponting, Mitchell Johnson and Virat Kohli have won this award twice.

The Indian player received the Cricketer of the Year award in the first ceremony held in London. This award was won by Rahul Dravid, who later became the head coach of Team India and made India the T20 World Cup champion. In 2005, this award was given to South Africa’s Jacques Kallis and Andrew Flintoff, this was the first and last time that this award was shared by two players.

These players have won the award twice

Sachin Tendulkar was the second Indian to win this award after Rahul Dravid, he received it for his excellent performance in the year 2010. R Ashwin became the Cricketer of the Year in 2016 and Virat Kohli in 2017. Virat Kohli became the first Indian to win the Cricketer of the Year award twice. He was also chosen the best cricketer in 2018.

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting was the first player to win the Cricketer of the Year award twice. He received this award in 2006 and 2007. After this, Mitchell Johnson also won this award twice (2009 and 2014).

List of Cricketer of the Year winners

• 2004- Rahul Dravid (India)
• 2005- Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Andrew Flintoff (England)
• 2006- Ricky Ponting (Australia)
• 2007- Ricky Ponting (Australia)
• 2008- Shivnarine Chanderpaul
• 2009- Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
• 2010- Sachin Tendulkar (India)
• 2011- Jonathan Trott (England)
• 2012- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
• 2013- Michael Clarke (Australia)
• 2014- Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
• 2015- Steve Smith (Australia)
• 2016- Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
• 2017- Virat Kohli (India)
• 2018- Virat Kohli (India)
• 2019- Ben Stokes (England)
• 2021- Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan)
• 2022- Babar Azam (Pakistan)
• 2023- Pat Cummins (Australia)
• 2024- Jasprit Bumrah (India)
• 2025- Not announced yet.

India’s Test captain Shubman Gill has won the Special Award for the International Cricket Council (ICC). Gill has won the ICC Player of the Month Award. The race to win the award with Gill included England Test captain Ben Stokes and South Africa’s all -rounder Vian Mulder. However, Gill has won the Player of the Month Award for the month of July, beating both these all -rounders.

25 -year -old Shubman Gill scored 754 runs in the Test series against England. He scored 567 runs in three Tests played in July at an excellent average of 94.50, including a double century. After becoming the ICC Player of the Month, Shubman Gill said, “I feel very good at winning the ICC Player of the Month Award for the month of July. This time it is even more special, because after becoming captain, I have received this award in my first series. Birmingham’s double century will be one of my most memorable moments. I want to thank me for this Award.”

Shubman Gill won this award of ICC for the fourth time

Please tell that Shubman Gill has won the ICC Mains Player of the Month Award for the fourth time. Prior to this, he has won this award in February 2025, January 2023 and September 2023. He is the only player in the world to win the ICC Mains Player of the Month Award four times.

The highest run as captain in a Test series

Shubman Gill broke a great record of veteran Sunil Gavaskar in the Test series against England. Gill became the Indian captain to score the most runs in this series. Gill was captaining India for the first time in a series and he made this record his name. Gavaskar scored 732 runs in a series against West Indies in 1978.

Shubman Gill, who performed a bang in the five -match Test series against England, has been nominated by the ICC for the best player of July. Apart from Gill, England veteran all -rounder and captain Ben Stokes and South African all -rounder Vian Mulder have also been named.

In the Test series against England, Shubman Gill scored a total of 754 runs with an average of 75.40 and four centuries. He also scored a double century. 25 -year -old Shubman Gill has now become the player to score the most runs by the Indian captain in a Test series. He has broken former veteran Sunil Gavaskar’s record (732).

The ICC wrote on its website, “This month was fantastic for Shubman Gill. He scored 567 runs in three Tests in three Tests this month during this thrilling series. He played a key role in India’s record win in Edgbaston. He scored 269 runs in the first innings of this match and 161 runs in the second innings. Thus he scored a total of 430 runs in the match, which he scored a total of 430 runs in the match, which is a second big scan in the match, which was the second highest scar in a one -half -score. Is.”

In his first match as the captain of South Africa, Vian Mulder played a huge innings of 367 not out against Zimbabwe. He declared his team’s innings when he could break the record of 400 unbeaten 400 of the highest individual score against the great Brian Lara in 2004 against England. He scored 531 runs in two matches at an average of 265.50.

The ICC said, “Mulder also contributed to bowling and took seven wickets at an average of 15.28, including four wickets taken in the first Test.” The ICC appreciated Ben Stokes’ all -round performance against India, saying, “He scored 251 runs at an average of 50.20 and took 12 wickets at an average of 26.33. He performed well with both bat and ball in pressure conditions.”

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has declared Aidan Markram as Player of the Month for the month of June. He has received this honor by defeating his own team captain Tamba Bavuma and Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nisanka. All -round performance in the World Test Championship 2025 finals contributed significantly to the Player of the Month Award. Along with scoring 136 runs in the final match against Australia, he also took two important wickets.

Aidan Markram was dismissed for zero in the first innings of the final match, but in the second innings he scored 136 runs. He took one wicket each in both innings. South Africa won the WTC title by defeating Australia by 5 wickets in the final in the title clash thanks to his memorable innings. It was the first ICC Trophy won by South Africa in the last 27 years.

The wicket of Aidan Markram in bowling was very important when he got Steve Smith out of 66 in the first innings and made a comeback to the South African team. On receiving this honor, Markram said that it is an honor for him to get this award. He did not mention his performance and credited the entire team for the WTC final victory.

ICC Women Player of the Month became Heli Mathews

Aden Markram has received the Player of the Month Award in men. On the other hand, the Women’s Player of the Month Award has been received by Heli Mathews of West Indies. In June, Mathews took 104 runs in the series against South Africa in June as well as 4 wickets. Mathews said that she is very happy with her recent form and wants to get a lot for herself and her team in future.

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