NEW DELHI: The Indian duo of Suryakumar Yadav and Harmanpreet Kaur have added another feather to their overflowing hat of accolades after bagging the Wisden Almanack's leading cricketer in the World awards.
Suryakumar won the honour of Wisden Almanack's leading T20I cricketer while Harmanpreet Kaur became the first Indian woman to win the Cricketer of the Year award.
The year 2022 in T20Is was almost like a net session for Suryakumar. Wherever he went, he amassed runs for fun -- a total of 1164 of them at a stunning strike rate of 187.43. This included 68 sixes, something no T20I batter has ever done in a calendar year.
His two centuries and nine half-tons -- including three in the 2022 T20 World Cup alone -- helped India win 28 of their 40 games last year. His standout knock in 2022 was the 55-ball 117 at Nottingham, which was also his maiden T20 hundred.
Chosen primarily for her 143* at Canterbury, Harmanpreet Kaur is the first India Women’s cricketer to be named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
She is one of the five Cricketers of the Year announced in the 2023 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack alongside Tom Blundell, Daryl Mitchell, Matthew Potts and Ben Foakes. Agencies
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