Dhoni, Yuvraj bag top honours at ICC Awards
Posted on Sep 10, 2008 at 22:18 | Updated Sep 14, 2008 at 19:41
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New Delhi: India's one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his deputy Yuvraj Singh bagged top honours at the LG ICC Awards on Wednesday.
Dhoni was named the ICC's ODI Player of the Year, while Yuvraj was rewarded for his superb showing in the Twenty20 World Cup as he was awarded with the newly instituted International Twenty20 Performance of the Year.
The Indian one-day captain was named ahead of compatriot Sachin Tendulkar for the ODI honour.
The glittering ceremony kicked off with the Emerging Player of the Year Award, which was handed to Sri Lanka's spin sensation Ajantha Mendis, who pipped fellow newcomers Ishant Sharma, Stuart Broad and Morne Morkel.
However, the two big awards for the night - the Test Player of the Year and the Cricketer of the Year - had no representation from India.
South African fast bowler Dale Steyn was named the Test Cricketer of the Year for his outstanding showing in the longer version of the game, while West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul bagged the Cricketer of the Year Award after a scintillating season with the bat in both Tests and one-dayers.
Ryan ten Doeschate of The Netherlands was conferred with the Associate Player of the Year Award, while Simon Taufel picked up the Umpire of the Year Award.
Sri Lanka were also rewarded for their discipline on the field by receiving the ICC's Spirit of Cricket Award, while the cricket's world governing body also named star-studded ODI and Test teams of the year. Virender Sehwag was the only Indian name in the Test line-up, while Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh were named in the ODI side.
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Posted By Ram Mohan .K
Individual awards (Dhoni and Yuvi) are good. But Indian representation in the Test and ODI teams is very disappointing. Hope
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