Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma amongst Wisden’s 5 ‘Cricketers of the Year’
2 min readIndia captain Rohit Sharma and tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been named amongst 5 gamers in Wisden’s ‘Cricketers of the Year’ within the 2022 version of the Almanack.
Besides the duo, the checklist additionally options New Zealand batter Devon Conway, England pacer Ollie Robinson and Proteas girls star Dane van Niekerk.
England’s Joe Root has been named the main cricketer on the planet, whereas South African girls’s staff batter Lizelle Lee has been awarded the title of main lady cricketer.
🏏 The Five Wisden Cricketers of the Year 🏏
Jasprit Bumrah
Devon Conway
Rohit Sharma
Ollie Robinson
Dane van Niekerk#WisdenAwards pic.twitter.com/gY3wpfn2TS
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) April 20, 2022
Besides, Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan has earned the title of main T20 cricketer on the planet.
Bumrah starred for India of their go to to England final summer season. Besides his exploits in India’s historic win at Lord’s, he additionally produced a match-winning spell at The Oval with the latter handing India a 2-1 lead within the sequence that’s to be concluded in July this 12 months.
Rohit had an distinctive summer season on the high of the order for India, scoring 368 runs in 4 Tests at a median of 52.57. The India skipper scored a match-defining 127 at The Oval, his first Test century away from residence.
Root was named main cricketer of the 12 months after a historic 12 months by which he scored 1,708 Test runs in a calendar 12 months, the third-most in historical past.
Lee was named the main lady cricketer on the planet after a dominant 2021, averaging 90.28 with the bat in ODI cricket, together with a spectacular sequence towards India by which she scored 288 runs in 4 innings.
Rizwan’s T20 recognition got here after a record-breaking 2021 by which he scored 1,329 runs at 72.88 in 27 T20s that included a century and 11 fifties. Bypassing 1,000 runs in a calendar 12 months, he additionally turned the primary cricketer within the worldwide recreation to realize the feat.
