Other than successful ICC Take a look at cricketer of the 12 months, Jasprit Bumrah was named ICC males’s cricketer of 2024 and received the Sir Garifield Sobers Award.
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India tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) received the distinguished Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC males’s Cricketer of the 12 months after delivering “a master-class in talent, precision, and relentless consistency” throughout codecs in a record-shattering 2024..
The 31-year-old was adjudged the ICC’s Take a look at Cricketer of the 12 months on Monday (January 27, 2025) and was additionally named within the Take a look at Staff of the 12 months.
“Jasprit Bumrah has been honoured with the distinguished Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Males’s Cricketer of the 12 months on the ICC Awards, recognising his extraordinary 2024, through which he dominated opponents within the longest in addition to the shortest format of the sport,” the ICC mentioned.
Bumrah performed a key position throughout codecs for India as he turned the fifth winner of the award from the nation after Rahul Dravid (2004), Sachin Tendulkar (2010), Ravichandran Ashwin (2016) and Virat Kohli (2017, 2018).
“The pacer’s brilliance was mirrored in his ICC Take a look at Bowling Rankings, the place he crossed the elusive 900-point mark, ending the 12 months with a record-breaking 907 factors — the very best for any Indian bowler in historical past,” the governing physique acknowledged in its tribute.
“Throughout codecs, Bumrah’s 2024 exploits had been a masterclass in talent, precision, and relentless consistency, as he shattered document after document and cemented his place because the world’s premier quick bowler,” it added.
Bumrah had a stellar 12 months 2024 through which he performed a decisive position for India with 15 wickets of their title-winning marketing campaign within the T20 World Cup within the Americas and in addition turned the quickest Indian pacer to achieve 200 Take a look at wickets with a bowling common of sub-20, which can also be the most effective in historical past.
“I’m very pleased with the honour, however I don’t let myself get too excessive. My ft are on the bottom and I’m actually pleased with the accolades that I get,” the amiable bowler from Gujarat mentioned in a video assertion.
On the T20 World Cup, his 15 wickets got here at an astonishing common of 8.26 and an financial system of simply 4.17, making him the Participant of the Match.
He additionally garnered 900 factors in ICC Take a look at bowling rankings and ended the 12 months with 907 factors, which is the very best for any Indian bowler in historical past.
In Checks, Bumrah completed the 12 months with 71 wickets in solely 13 matches at a median of 14.92, which was additionally the second greatest amongst quick bowlers to former India captain Kapil Dev’s 100 wickets in 1983.
The precise-arm pacer was on the peak of his efficiency within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Underneath in the direction of the top of 2024, snaffling 32 wickets in 5 Checks.
Total, Bumrah claimed 77 wickets within the World Take a look at Championship factors desk for India however the two-time finalists did not make a 3rd look within the summit conflict for the 2023-25 cycle.
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