Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan and England’s Tammy Beaumont have been on Sunday named the ICC males’s and girls’s T20 Player of the Year, respectively, following a prolific 2021.
Rizwan dominated the roost in 2021 when it got here to the shortest format within the males’s recreation, whereas Beaumont completed the yr because the third-highest run-getter in girls’s T20Is.
Sheer Consistency, indomitable spirit and a few breathtaking knocks
2021 was memorable for Mohammad Rizwan
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— ICC (@ICC) January 23, 2022
Aggregating a staggering 1,326 runs in solely 29 matches, Rizwan struck at a median of 73.66 and a strike-rate of 134.89.
Apart from his exploits with the bat, he was as stable as ever behind the stumps, enjoying a key position in Pakistan’s run to the semifinals through the T20 World Cup within the UAE, the place he ended up because the third-highest run-scorer.
He additionally scored his maiden T20I century in opposition to South Africa in Lahore early within the yr and continued his type with an excellent knock of 87 in opposition to West Indies in Karachi.
With one other T20 World Cup developing subsequent yr, Pakistan will hope that Rizwan continues in the identical vein.
Rizwan had additionally smashed an unbeaten 79 off 55 deliveries within the World Cup opener in opposition to India, serving to Pakistan report their maiden win over the arch-rivals within the world occasion.
Meanwhile, Beaumont was her facet’s highest run-getter within the yr in T20Is.
Match-winning knocks, brisk begins and a few memorable moments
Take a bow, Tammy Beaumont
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— ICC (@ICC) January 23, 2022
In a low-scoring rubber in opposition to New Zealand away from residence, Beaumont was the highest scorer and was awarded the Player of the Series for scoring 102 runs in three matches.
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 23, 2022
She scored an excellent fifty in a match in opposition to India, although it went in useless after a lower-order collapse.
Beaumont continued to make merry in opposition to New Zealand, this time after they visited England for a limited-overs tour. She as soon as once more completed as the best run-getter within the collection with 113 runs.
Her 97 within the collection opener in opposition to New Zealand at residence propelled England to their highest T20I complete in 2021.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
