Indian tempo sensation Jasprit Bumrah has grow to be the primary Indian pacer to be named because the ICC Males’s Check Cricketer of the 12 months for 2024. Bumrah outclassed competitors from Joe Root, Travis Head and Kamindu Mendis to grow to be the sixth Indian named the perfect cricketer of the 12 months within the Check format.
Bumrah had a memorable 2024. He took 71 wickets from simply 13 matches. His brilliance was on full show throughout the away Border-Gavaskar sequence and the England Check sequence at house. He was the lone warrior from the Indian group throughout the five-match Check sequence in Australia, throughout which he scalped 32 wickets. His 32 scalps are the joint-most by any bowler in a single Border-Gavaskar sequence.
Bumrah now joins an elite record of Indians to be named the perfect cricketer of the 12 months within the red-ball format because the award was first honoured in 2004 to Rahul Dravid.
Checklist of Indians to grow to be ICC Males’s Check Cricketer of the 12 months:
1 – Rahul Dravid in 2004
2 – Gautam Gambhir in 2009
3 – Virender Sehwag in 2010
4 – Ravichandran Ashwin in 2016
5 – Virat Kohli in 2018
6 – Jasprit Bumrah in 2024
Extra to comply with…