List of ICC AWARD 2009
- Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was named the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year.
- Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was adjudged the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year.
- Mitchell Johnson won the Cricketer of the Year award.
- Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan was adjudged the ICC Twenty20 International Performer of the Year.
- Australia’s Peter Siddle as the ICC Emerging Player of the Year.
- Kiwis claim award: New Zealand bagged the Spirit of Cricket award.
- Pakistan’s Aleem Dar walked away with the Umpire of the Year prize.
- Ireland captain William Porterfield was named the ICC Associate Nations’ Cricketer of the Year.
The ODI team of the Year:
M.S. Dhoni (capt.), Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle, Kevin Pietersen, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Yuvraj Singh, Martin Guptill, Andrew Flintoff, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis and Umar Gul; 12th man: Thilan Thushara.
The ICC Test team of the Year:
M.S. Dhoni (capt.), G. Gambhir, A. Strauss, A.B. de Villiers, S. Tendulkar, T. Samaraweera, M. Clarke, Shakib-ul-Hasan, M. Johnson, S. Broad, and D. Steyn; 12th man: Harbhajan Singh.
These awards were given away for performances between August 2008 and August 2009. The winners were selected by an elite panel that included Clive Lloyd, Anil Kumble, Mudassar Nazar, Stephen Fleming and Bob Taylor.
Chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth’s said that this is the best team we could have sent.
“Sachin (Tendulkar), (Virender) Sehwag and Zaheer (Khan) will surely be missed… But I’m confident that the rest are quite capable of putting up a good performance against the West Indies as they are experienced in the ODIs. He though, had a word of caution for the Indian team. West Indies are a good team. They have some quality players in Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo and Shivnarine Chanderpaul who can change the outcome of a game. It’s going to be a tough series.
Kolkata Knight Riders sacked controversial Australian coach John Buchanan after their poor performance in the recent Indian Premier League.
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