Kohli among five players to be named as Cricketers of the Year in Wisden's 2019 Almanack

Sudhir Gupta 14:08 10/04/2019
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  • Kohli has added two more Wisden accolades to his kitty.

    India skipper Virat Kohli has added another feather to his cap after he was included as one of the five Cricketers of the Years in the 2019 edition of the Wisden Cricketer’s Almanack which was published on Wednesday.

    Kohli, along with England’s Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Rory Burns and English women’s star Tammy Beaumont were named as the five Cricketers of the Year. The Cricketer of the Year award can be handed to a player only once in his or her lifetime.

    The India skipper also became the first player in history to be named as the Leading Cricketer in the World for the third year in a row.

    Kohli had a sensational 2018 with the bat including a terrific individual series in England which India lost by 4-1. The right-hander had struggled with an average of just 13.40 on his previous tours of England but he laid those ghosts to rest as he went on to aggregate 593 runs in the five Tests in 2018 while registering two tons.

    The India superstar scored a total of 2,375 international runs across all three formats to finish as the leading run-scorer by some distance.

    India’s Smriti Mandhana was awarded the accolade of the Leading Cricketer in the women’s game after registering as many as 13 half-centuries across the limited-overs formats while Afghanistan leg spinner was named as the Leading T20 Cricketer for the second year in a row.

    “Despite finishing on the losing side, India captain Virat Kohli shone with the bat, laying to rest his struggles in England in 2014,” Wisden editor Lawrence Booth was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.

    “His Test batting, especially in England, was magnificent, while his 50-over form moved to a new level – if that was possible,” Booth added.

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