Kohli, who also led India to the top of the world's Test rankings during the period, received the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, which team mate Ravichandran Ashwin had won last year. "It means a lot to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for becoming the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2017 and also the ICC ODI Player of the Year," Kohli, who was named captain of both the ICC Test and ODI teams for the year, said in an ICC statement. Australia's Ashes-winning captain Steve Smith was named the Test Cricketer of the Year, having scored 1,875 runs in 16 matches at an average of 78.12, with eight hundreds and five half-centuries. It's called Test cricket for a reason and I’m very humbled to win that award," Smith said. I am incredibly humbled and I love playing Test cricket – it's the game that challenges your skills and your mind the most."

Source: bd News24 January 18, 2018 07:52 UTC