LONDON: Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-hitter Mohammad Rizwan was on Wednesday named the Leading T20 Cricketer in the World by the Wisden Almanac.
The 29-year-old had a productive altercation 2021, turning into the very first cricketer throughout the entire existence of T20 cricket to store up north of 2,000 runs in a schedule year. In 45 innings, the right-hander amassed 2,036 runs at a fine normal of 56.55.
Rizwan likewise turned into the very first player to score 1,000 T20 International runs in a schedule year. At a brilliant normal of 73.66 in worldwide cricket, he made 1,326 runs.
In the interim, Joe Root was named as Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World, simply seven days after he ventured down as England’s Test skipper.
The 31-year-old Root quit last week following five years as England captain following a terrible run of one dominate in 17 matches.
Be that as it may, his perfect structure with the bat in 2021, when he scored 1,708 runs – – the third-most elevated at any point all out of runs in a schedule year beneath the counts of previous Pakistan batting maestro Mohammad Yousuf (1,788) and previous West Indian symbol Sir Viv Richards (1,710) — at a normal of 61, assisted him with acquiring the worldwide honor.
Root succeeds his own possible replacement with the public side, Ben Stokes, who took the distinction in 2019 and 2020.
Root is the third Englishman to get the award since it was sent off in 2003, with Andrew Flintoff the first in 2005.
In the interim, Root’s England partner Ollie Robinson was named as one of the chronicle’s five cricketers of the year.
Robinson joined Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Devon Conway and Dane van Niekerk in procuring the lofty honor, which traces all the way back to 1889 and dominatingly perceives exhibitions from the past English summer.
Lizelle Lee is the new Wisden driving ladies’ cricketer on the planet, the primary South African to hold the title.
