ICC AWARDS 2024: Arshdeep And Kerr crowned T20I Cricketers Of The Year
Media release
- India’s Arshdeep Singh and New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr triumph in T20I Cricketer of the Year awards after inspirational World Cup-winning feats in 2024
- ICC Men’s and Women’s T20I Teams of the Year also named, with announcements continuing until Tuesday
- More information about the ICC Awards is available here
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today revealed the first individual award winners in the ICC Awards 2024 in which India’s Arshdeep Singh was named the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year and New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr was crowned the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year.
In a pair of hotly contested categories, both players emerged victorious after a prolific year of international competition that saw them make historic contributions in their respective World Cup-winning campaigns.
Arshdeep enjoyed sustained success throughout the year in the shortest format, and peaked during a sensational stint at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June, topping the wicket-taking charts as India surged to glory in the West Indies and USA.
ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year, Arshdeep Singh: “I am delighted to win the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2024 award. The shortest format of the game poses various challenges for bowlers but I consider it as an opportunity to test my skillset and provide success with the ball for my team.
“2024 was indeed a great year individually and collectively for us as a unit. Winning the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 was surreal and I am glad I could contribute to a successful and memorable World Cup campaign for my country.
“There is no bigger motivation than representing the nation at the biggest stage. I am extremely excited for the journey ahead and I am looking forward to giving my best for the team.”
Kerr meanwhile made history of her own, not only by setting a new record for most wickets in a single ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, but also by producing one of the great all-round displays to ensure New Zealand triumphed in a spectacular final against South Africa in October.
ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year, Amelia Kerr: “It's a huge honour to win the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award. With it being a T20 World Cup year, this format was really important.
“I love the responsibility that the White Ferns have given me and the teammates I have around me who back me, and it's a team I love playing for.”
Saturday also saw the unveiling of the ICC’s Men’s and Women’s T20I Teams of the Year, celebrating the outstanding XIs in the shortest format as selected by an independent panel of prominent cricket media – the ICC Voting Academy – on the basis of statistics and overall achievements in international cricket during the calendar year.
The T20I Cricketers of the Year are among 12 individual categories that are being revealed each day until Tuesday 28 January. Individual awardees have been determined by both the ICC Voting Academy and global fans, who registered over 1.5million votes at icc-cricket.com during a twelve-day voting period.
ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year – ARSHDEEP SINGH
With 36 wickets in T20Is in 2024 at a stunning average of 13.50, Arshdeep ended a supreme year as the third highest wicket-taker in the format, but it is undoubtedly his contributions in India’s T20 World Cup winning-campaign that best illustrate his impact on the international stage in 2024.
The 25-year-old combined fearsome pace with expert control with the swinging ball to take 17 wickets in the USA and West Indies. Figures of two for 35 against Ireland and four for nine against the USA came in the group stages before three wickets in each of the statement wins against Afghanistan and Australia followed in the Super 8s.
Arshdeep arguably kept his best performance for the biggest stage of all, where, in a breathless final against South Africa, his skilled death bowling in figures of two for 20 swung fortunes back in favour of India, who went on to claim a dramatic seven-run victory in Barbados.
Either side of the Men’s T20 World Cup, Arshdeep also starred with more outstanding bowling displays in series wins over Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
Overcoming fellow nominees Babar Azam, Travis Head and Sikandar Raza, Arshdeep’s win ensures the award goes to India for the third year in a row, following his teammate Suryakumar Yadav’s back-to-back success in 2022 and 2023.
ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year – AMELIA KERR
New Zealand’s premier all-rounder was at the peak of her powers in 2024, amassing 387 runs and taking 29 wickets at 15.55 in a landmark year for the White Ferns.
Runs and wickets came in bursts in short format series against England and Australia, before the 24-year-old lit up the Women’s T20 World Cup in the UAE in sensational fashion.
After stifling India in their eye-catching opening round victory, Kerr claimed four wickets against defending champions Australia. Skilled bowling performances prompted more wickets in victories over Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the semi-final win over West Indies before her final heroics.
On a challenging surface against an in-form bowling outfit, Kerr top scored with a priceless 43 from 38 balls to steer New Zealand to a competitive total of 158. Then, with the ball, she claimed three wickets for 24, including the prized scalps of Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch to restrict the chase and secure a 32-win victory amid jubilant scenes in Dubai.
Kerr wins from fellow short format stars Chamari Athapaththu, Orla Prendergast and Wolvaardt, and in doing so emulates compatriot Suzie Bates as the only other New Zealander to have previously claimed the T20I prize.
ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year:
- Rohit Sharma (Ind) (c)
- Travis Head (Aus)
- Phil Salt (Eng)
- Babar Azam (Pak)
- Nicholas Pooran (WI) (wk)
- Sikandar Raza (Zim)
- Hardik Pandya (Ind)
- Rashid Khan (Afg)
- Wanindu Hasaranga (SL)
- Jasprit Bumrah (Ind)
- Arshdeep Singh (Ind)
Men’s T20 World Cup winning captain Rohit Sharma leads an ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year that features no fewer than eight nations. Having struck 378 runs in 11 contests during the year with trademark aggression, Rohit inspired his side to their first silverware in 11 years.
His opening partner Travis Head produced plenty of fireworks himself at the top of Australia’s order, smashing 539 runs in 2024 at an average of 38.50.
England’s Phil Salt slots in at three after hitting 467 runs which included a blistering unbeaten 103 in 54 balls against the West Indies in November. He is joined in the middle order by Pakistan’s Babar Azam, who amassed 738 runs during the year.
The West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran is recognised with 464 runs during the year, along with star all-rounders Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza (573 runs, 24 wickets) and another of India’s World Cup winning outfit, Hardik Pandya (353 runs, 16 wickets).
Rashid Khan led Afghanistan to their maiden World Cup semi-final, and a return of 31 wickets at 9.58 sees him join fellow spinner and Sri Lanka’s top wicket-taker, Wanindu Hasaranga (38 wickets) in the lineup.
Pace comes courtesy of India duo Jasprit Bumrah (15 wickets at 8.26) and T20I Cricketer of the Year Arshdeep Singh, earning their spots with impressive statistics to match their inspirational Men’s T20 World Cup winning contributions.
ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year:
- Laura Wolvaardt (SA) (c)
- Smriti Mandhana (Ind)
- Chamari Athapaththu (SL)
- Hayley Matthews (WI)
- Nat Sciver-Brunt (Eng)
- Amelia Kerr (NZ)
- Richa Ghosh (Ind) (wk)
- Marizanne Kapp (SA)
- Orla Prendergast (Ire)
- Deepti Sharma (Ind)
- Sadia Iqbal (Pak)
South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt skippers the ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year, earning her spot thanks to 673 runs during a year in which she led the Proteas to another T20 World Cup final appearance. Smriti Mandhana accompanies Wolvaardt atop the order, after hitting 763 runs – more than anyone else – at an average of 42.38.
An iconic middle order features the only player with two T20I centuries to her name in 2024, Chamari Athapaththu (720 runs and 21 wickets), plus top-ranked all-rounder Hayley Matthews – last year’s ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year, who registered 538 runs and 14 wickets. Another decorated all-rounder, England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt slots in at number five after 423 runs and seven wickets in the year, before newly crowned Amelia Kerr is the sixth name on the list.
India’s Richa Ghosh is given wicket-keeping duty after a fine year in which she hit 365 runs at an average of 33.18.
A deep batting lineup sees Marizanne Kapp and Orla Prendergast occupy the lower order. Kapp was another influential figure in South Africa’s run to the T20 World Cup final and hit 399 runs and took 11 wickets during the year, while Prendergast enjoyed a breakthrough year, the 22-year-old striking 539 runs and taking 21 wickets for Ireland.
Completing the lineup is India’s Deepti Sharma and Pakistan’s Sadia Iqbal. Both spinners excelled in 2024, and ended the year as joint leading wicket-takers among Full Member nations with 30 apiece.
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