Rohit Sharma topped Virat Kohli to win the CEAT Men’s Cricketer of the Year Award at a ceremony in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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SHARMA TOPS KOHLI TO CLAIM TOP CEAT CRICKETING AWARD
Furthermore, Sharma topped Kohli to claim the top male cricketing award in a matchup between two of India’s cricket legends.
The CEAT Cricket Rating Awards ceremony honored Sharma after he led India to win the T20 World Cup 2024 in July.
Moreover, Sharma collected 14,846 runs, three double hundreds, 33 hundreds, and 87 fifties in ODIs (One-Day Internationals) and T20Is (Twenty20 Internationals) combined.
The 37-year-old opening batter has surpassed Dhoni as the most successful India T20I captain.
Sharma tallied 49 victories in 62 matches.
Dhoni’s record shows 41 wins from 72 matches.
VIRAT SETTLES FOR ODI BATTER OF THE YEAR TROPHY
Moreover, Kohli did not go home empty-handed after he was named as ODI batter of the year.
Furthermore, the 35-year-old top-order batter has already collected 13,906 runs after playing 295 matches and 283 innings at a strike rate of 93.54.
On the other hand, Kohli scored 765 runs from 11 matches at a strike rate of 90.31 in the ODI World Cup 2023.
Meanwhile, the CEAT named former India head coach Rahul Dravid as the recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dravid steered India to the T20 World Cup 2024 title in July which served to be his last before he stepped down.
Ravichandran Ashwin took the CEAT’s Men’s Test Bowler of the Year.
He won for his impressive run for India in the recent tour of England.
Ashwin has managed to scalp 516 wickets from 100 matches and 189 innings since his Test debut against West Indias in 2011.
JAISWAL, SHAMI SHARE SPOTLIGHT IN MUMBAI
Furthermore, Yashavi Jaiswal and Mohammad Shami shared the spotlight after they picked up their respective trophies.
Moreover, Jaiswal was named by CEAT as Test batter of the year.
He had 712 runs from five matches and nine innings at a strike rate of 79.91.
He made the feat on England’s recent tour of India.
On the other hand, India’s top pacer Shami clinched the CEAT best ODI bowler of the year award.
Shami picked up 24 wickets in just seven matches at an economy rate of 5.26.
This enabled him to emerge as the highest wicket-taker in the 2023 ODI World Cup.
The 33-year-old picked up 195 wickets from 101 matches when he made his ODI debut against Pakistan in 2013.
