DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday, announced the nominees for the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year Award for 2023.
Suryakumar Yadav, who won the prestigious award in 2022, has been nominated this year too following his sublime record in T20Is while Zimbabwe’s Sikander Raza, New Zealand’s Mark Chapman and Uganda’s Alpesh Ramjani are the other three nominees.
Yadav accumulated 733 runs at an average of 48.86 in 17 innings with a hefty strike rate of 155.95.
Yadav had a contrasting start to what was a prolific year as he managed just seven runs against Sri Lanka before making a grand comeback with the scores of 51 (36) and 112* (51) in the next two matches.
The right-handed batter kept piling runs to his name with consistent scores ranging from 20 to 40 before an innings of 83 (44) against the West Indies in Providence, followed by a 61-run knock in Florida.
Suryakumar scored half-centuries against Australia and South Africa and ended his prolific year in T20I cricket with a hundred against South Africa off just 56 balls.
Star Zimbabwean all-rounder Sikander Raza once again made it to the shortlisted players for the Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year Award.
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He showcased his all-round prowess by accumulating 515 runs at 51.50 in 11 innings coming at a brilliant strike rate of 150.
Raza also picked up 17 wickets at 14.88, leaking runs at a low economy of 6.5.
New Zealand’s rising middle-order batter Mark Chapman also got the reward for his outstanding performances in the shortest format.
He enjoyed a purple patch with the bat which yielded 576 runs at 44.3 in 19 innings in 2023.
Chapman announced his presence amid the T20I tour of Pakistan where he scored 290 runs in the five-match series including a match-winning hundred in the last fixture.
Uganda’s Ramjani, who was a nightmare for the batters in 2023, also made it to the nominees for the prestigious award.
He made 55 scalps in T20Is at an astounding average of 8.9 and a marvellous economy of 4.7.
His 55 wickets in 30 outings was the most among men’s players in the format across the year.
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