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ICC ODI Player of the year: Babar Azam Nominated


Four players, including Babar Azam, have been assigned for the Award.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has declared the names for the ODI Player of the Year Award and national team captain Babar Azam has additionally been assigned in the rundown. Despite playing only six One-Day Internationals in 2021, the national team captain was nominated for this award due to his remarkable performance.

This year, Pakistan's team competed in two ODI series, with Babar Azam doing admirably in both.

The captain of the national team was the second-most noteworthy run-scorer in the series against South Africa with 228 runs and was announced man of the match in the two matches of the series where Pakistan won.

In the series against England, Pakistan lost 0-3 as every one of the batsmen fizzled with the exception of Babar who scored 177 runs and no player could score even 100 runs. Babar Azam, who scored 405 runs at an average of 67.50 with two centuries, is the leading contender for this award.


Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan, South Africa's Jan Man Milan, and Ireland's Paul Sterling have additionally been assigned for the ODI Player of the Year grant. Shakib scored 277 runs in 9 matches in 2021 and furthermore took 17 wickets and he is considered as the most grounded contender for this honor. Getting back to ODI cricket this year later a hole of close to 12 months and a large portion of, the all-rounder put on a heavenly show against the West Indies defeated Bangladesh 0-3, scoring 113 runs and collecting six wickets. The decisive victory was effective.

In the three-match series against Sri Lanka, he didn't perform well, yet he scored 145 runs against Zimbabwe and took 8 wickets, because of which Bangladesh made another decisive victory. The year was likewise paramount for South African batsman Janman Milan, who scored 509 runs in 8 coordinates with the assistance of two centuries and two half-hundreds of years.

Milan had scored 261 runs in two matches against Ireland and 162 runs, including a century, against Sri Lanka after scoring 70 runs in the major match against Pakistan. Ireland's Paul Sterling, who scored the most runs in ODI cricket in 2021, has additionally been assigned for the honor. Real scored 705 runs in 14 coordinates with the assistance of three centuries and two half-hundreds of years. The Irish group endured difficulties, yet Sterling kept on scoring solitary runs, beginning with a century against the United Arab Emirates in January.

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Indeed, even 285 runs in the series against Afghanistan couldn't save Ireland from a decisive victory of 0-3 and afterward, despite losing the three-match series against the Netherlands, he was Ireland's best batsman.

It is to be noticed that the ICC had reported the designations for the best T20 player of the year grant yesterday and this rundown additionally incorporated the wicket-guardian batsmen of the public group.

It's hardly an exaggeration to state that the Corona Plague was governed by the round of 2021 cricket. This year we saw some fascinating matches in the realm of cricket, many records were made and broken yet cricket consistently this year additionally kept the entire country charmed. Numerous players have crossed new achievements and many have been spotted.

Babar Azam Records


Babar Azam had lost two records to India's captain and legendary batsman Virat Kohli in April.

He became the batsman to score 2,000 runs in the shortest innings in T20 matches and won the award in just 52 innings.

Babar Azam became the 11th player to score 2,000 runs in T20 and snatched the record for the fastest 2,000 runs from Babar Azam who crossed this milestone in 56 innings. He also became the world's number one batsman in ODI cricket thanks to his consistent performances in the Cricket World Cup Super League matches against South Africa. It was the first time since 2017 that Virat Kohli had lost the world's number one position.

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Aggregate Competitions played at the International level

A total of 42 international Test matches were played this year, with all but 12 of Ireland's full members participating. If we talk about ODIs, in 2021, 20 teams played 74 ODIs. However, T20 cricket was attended by a large number of ICC full members and associate members, this year a total of 71 countries played 331 T20 matches!

The most Test-playing nation this year was England, which played 14 matches, while Ireland played the most ODIs, numbering 17. In T20 cricket, Pakistan has always been ahead of other countries. It has been the country that has played the most T20 matches and this year too it has played more matches than any other 70 countries with 29 matches.


Individual Records

The individual record for most runs scored in 2021 is held by England batsman and captain Jorot. He played 14 Tests and scored 1630 runs. Abid Ali scored the most runs for Pakistan. He scored 695 runs in 9 Test matches. Remember that Abid Ali is the 5th highest run-scorer in 2021. A total of 57 individual centuries were scored this year, including seven made by Pakistan. The record for most centuries was set by Joe Root of England. He scored 6 centuries while Fawad Alam scored the most individual centuries for Pakistan which is 3. He is the third-highest scorer of the year.

The highest run-scorer this year was Muhammad Rizwan of Pakistan who scored 326 runs in 29 matches. He is the only batsman in the world to cross the 1,000 run milestone in 2021. The second-ranked players in this regard are also from the national team, yes Babar Azam. He scored 939 runs in 29 matches and could not reach the milestone of 1000 runs by just 61 runs.

The highest individual score in T20 cricket was scored by the Dutch MPO Dowd against Malaysia on 13 April in Kartipur, scoring an unbeaten 133 runs. The second highest score was 122 by Pakistan's Babar Azam against South Africa on April 14 at Centurion. This year, 16 individual centuries were scored in T20 cricket. 2 and 2 centuries were scored by Pakistan and England while one century was scored by 12 other countries. The player who scored the most half-centuries or more runs was Muhammad Rizwan of Pakistan, who did it 13 times in 29 matches. In second place was Babar Azam of Pakistan who performed this feat 10 times.



Babar Azam and Rizwan from Pakistan played the most T20 Internationals during the year. Both played 29 matches while Babar led Pakistan in all these matches and set a record of captaining the most matches during 2021.

 

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