Jasprit Bumrah wins Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year 2024

Jasprit Bumrah took 86 wickets in international cricket in 2024.

India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been named as the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2024 by the ICC and has been honoured with the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers award.

Bumrah beat England’s Harry Brook and Joe Root and Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis to win this award. He is the first Indian to be named the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year since Virat Kohli in 2018, and is the fifth Indian overall to claim this award after Rahul Dravid (2004), Sachin Tendulkar (2010), Ravichandran Ashwin (2016) and Virat Kohli (2017, 2018).

Bumrah dominated all series he played in 2024. He played test cricket and the his only T20I competition last year was the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, where he bagged the Man of the Tournament award. He didn’t play any ODI cricket last year.

He was simply outstanding whenever and wherever he played last year. He looked like taking a wicket every time he ran in to bowl.

Currently, the No. 1 ranked ICC test bowler, Bumrah became the fastest Indian pacer to reach 200 test wickets last year. He did it with a below-20 bowling average – the best in the history of test cricket.

Jasprit Bumrah’s numbers in 2024 in international cricket

Bumrah took 86 wickets in international cricket in 2024 in 34 innings at an average of 13.76.

First, talking about T20I cricket, he was a key cog in India winning the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 as he claimed 15 wickets at an unbelievable average of 8.26 and an economy of just 4.17.

He had his best year in test cricket, claiming 71 wickets in 13 tests at 14.92. Bumrah took five five-wicket hauls in tests last year. He captained India in the Perth test of the BGT 2024/25 and led them to a famous victory with a Man of the Match-worthy performance.

In the BGT 2024/25, Bumrah was by far the best bowler of the series, finishing with 32 wickets at 13.06 with three five-fors and two four-fors.

For such incredible performances in the test arena last year, Bumrah was also named the ICC men’s test cricketer of the year 2024.

Speaking with the ICC, Jasprit Bumrah said, “I am really happy and honored to be winning the Sir Garfield Sobers Men’s cricketer of the year. Last year was really memorable, especially winning the T20 World Cup in Barbados will always be close to my heart. I am really happy and grateful to receive this honor and I would like to thank the ICC as well. When I was a youngster, I saw many of my childhood heroes winning this. Very happy to be on the receiving end.”

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