Rohit Sharma Beats Virat Kohli to Win ‘International Cricketer of the Year’ Award

Virat Kohli received the ODI Batter of the Year award, while Rahul Dravid was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The CEAT Cricket Rating Awards ceremony, held in Mumbai on Wednesday, honored the achievements of cricketing legends. Here’s a look at the top winners:

• Rohit Sharma won the CEAT Men’s International Cricketer of the Year award after leading India to victory in the T20 World Cup 2024. He has amassed 14,846 runs, including three double hundreds, 33 hundreds, and 87 fifties in ODIs and T20Is. Sharma is a two-time ICC T20 World Cup winner and ICC Champions Trophy winner and holds the record for most sixes in T20I.
• Yashasvi Jaiswal was named the Best Test Batter of the Year. He excelled in the series against England, scoring 712 runs in 5 matches and 9 innings, with a strike rate of 79.91. Jaiswal has made a strong impact since his Test debut in 2023.
• Mohammad Shami received the Best ODI Bowler of the Year award. He was the top wicket-taker in the ODI World Cup 2023 with 24 wickets in seven matches, maintaining an economy rate of 5.26.
• Virat Kohli won the Best ODI Batter of the Year award. He scored 765 runs in the ODI World Cup 2023, becoming the highest run scorer and the first player to hit fifty ODI tons. Kohli has accumulated 13,906 runs in 295 matches and 283 innings,
• Rahul Dravid was honored with the CEAT Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions as India head coach, which concluded with India’s T20 World Cup 2024 victory.
• Ravichandran Ashwin was named CEAT Men’s Test Bowler of the Year. He was the top wicket-taker in the England tour of India with 26 dismissals from five matches. Ashwin has taken 516 wickets in 100 matches and 189 innings.
• Shreyas Iyer, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain, received the Memento for Outstanding Leadership in TATA IPL for leading KKR to their third IPL title.

In the T20 World Cup 2024 final, Virat Kohli scored 76 runs, Hardik Pandya took 3/20, and Jasprit Bumrah claimed 2/18, leading India to a seven-run victory over South Africa at Barbados on June 29. Kohli’s innings helped India set a target of 177, while Pandya and Bumrah restricted South Africa to 169/8.