The ICC Group of the 12 months recognises 11 excellent people who’ve impressed every person – be it with the bat, the ball or their all-round exploits in a calendar 12 months.
Right here, we check out 11 gamers who make the minimize within the shortest format of the sport for males’s cricket.
1. Jos Buttler (c, wk) (England)
Jos Buttler had an unimaginable 12 months, each as a participant and captain. In 15 matches, Buttler gathered 462 runs at an explosive strike price of 160.41, typically batting oppositions out of the sport within the opening exchanges.
Following Eoin Morgan’s retirement in June 2022, Jos Buttler was appointed limited-overs captain of England and in his very first ICC match, he went all the way in which to get his fingers on the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2022.
He led by instance and was England’s highest run-getter on the match with 225 runs in six video games at a strike price of 144.23. Buttler solidified England’s white-ball domination by successful the T20 World Cup, thus holding each the Males’s senior World Cup titles on the identical time.
2. Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)
Mohammad Rizwan continued his kind from 2021 into 2022, amassing 996 runs within the 12 months, second solely to India dynamo Suryakumar Yadav on the record for many Males’s T20I runs.
Rizwan smashed 10 half-centuries for the 12 months within the shortest format and completed because the joint-highest scorer for Pakistan on the T20 World Cup with 175 runs. Enhancing his popularity as a high-quality anchor on the prime, Rizwan holds on to the opening slot alongside Buttler within the ICC T20I Group of the 12 months for the second 12 months in a row.
3. Virat Kohli (India)
2022 was the 12 months Virat Kohli as soon as once more confirmed glimpses of Virat Kohli of outdated. He took the Asia Cup by storm, ending because the second-highest run-getter with 276 runs in 5 video games. He additionally introduced an finish to his century drought of shut to a few years with a powerful century towards Afghanistan.
Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 53-ball 82* to assist India safe a gap victory towards Pakistan of their ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2022 encounter.
The shape carried over to the T20 World Cup, the place Kohli performed one of many biggest T20I innings within the heist towards Pakistan in Melbourne. The 82* set the tone for the remainder of the match, the place he scored three extra fifties and completed as the very best run-scorer with 296 runs.
4. Suryakumar Yadav (India)
Suryakumar Yadav had a sensational 2022 in T20Is, changing into simply the second batter to attain greater than 1000 runs in a calendar 12 months within the format. He ended the 12 months as the very best run-getter, scoring 1164, together with two a whole lot and 9 half-centuries whereas hanging at a shocking 187.43,
SKY displayed his majestic prowess on the T20 World Cup as effectively, scoring 239 runs whereas going at a strike price of 189.68. He completed the 12 months because the No.1 batter within the MRF Tyres ICC Males’s T20I Participant Rankings.
5. Glenn Phillips (New Zealand)
Batting, bowling, fielding – there’s nothing Glenn Phillips can’t do on the cricket discipline. The 26-year-old displayed outstanding consistency as soon as once more within the shortest format, aggregating 716 runs in 21 matches at a strike price of 156.33.
6. Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe)
Sikandar Raza had a stellar 12 months with the bat and likewise contributed considerably with the ball in T20Is. He was on the centre of all issues good that occurred for Zimbabwe Cricket through the 12 months, with the all-rounder placing in a single good efficiency after one other within the shortest format.
Not solely was he the main scorer for Zimbabwe with 735 runs however he additionally led the wickets chart for them, scalping 25 wickets at a wonderful financial system price of 6.13.
He was the Participant of the Event at T20 World Cup Qualifier B in July and carried his kind into the marquee occasion, successful the Participant of the Match thrice, together with Zimbabwe’s epic win over Pakistan in Perth.
7. Hardik Pandya (India)
In 2022, Hardik Pandya got here into his personal because the all-rounder India have needed him to be, contributing closely each with the bat and the ball. He loved his greatest 12 months by numbers within the Indian colors, scoring 607 runs whereas additionally choosing up 20 wickets.
8. Sam Curran (England)
The Participant of the Event on the 2022 T20 World Cup, Sam Curran added one other dimension to his bowling by changing into a stable death-overs specialist in England’s title-winning marketing campaign. He stepped up within the absence of a number of key bowlers, choosing up 13 wickets from six matches.
He recorded figures of 5/10 towards Afghanistan through the match, which was the primary five-wicket haul by an England bowler in males’s T20Is. Curran saved the perfect for final, along with his spell of three/12 within the closing breaking the again of the Pakistan batting line-up.
9. Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka)
Wanindu Hasaranga continued to be Sri Lanka’s talisman in a 12 months the place they reigned supreme because the champions of the Asia Cup. He picked up 9 essential wickets in six video games on the Asia Cup however on the identical time, confirmed that he can do the harm with the bat, stroking a superb 27-ball 37 within the closing towards Pakistan to rescue his facet.
The wrist-spinner weaved his magic on the T20 World Cup as effectively, choosing up 15 wickets in eight video games.
10. Haris Rauf (Pakistan)
Pakistan loved a terrific 2022 as a staff – making it to the ultimate of the Asia Cup and later the semi-final of the T20 World Cup – and Haris Rauf was an important determine in each of these campaigns. Within the calendar 12 months, no Pakistan bowler picked up extra wickets than the right-armer (31).
Rauf impressed all people along with his uncooked tempo and infrequently left batters clueless. Within the absence of Shaheen Afridi through the latter half of the 12 months, Pakistan relied closely on Rauf to steer the bowling assault.
Within the Asia Cup, he was the joint second-highest wicket-taker with eight wickets. Later within the T20 World Cup, Rauf scalped two essential wickets within the closing, together with that of Jos Buttler, to provide Pakistan an opportunity however England finally prevailed.
11. Josh Little (Eire)
The second-highest wicket-taker within the calendar 12 months, Josh Little spearheaded Eire’s assault in 2022 with a terrific pedigree. The left-arm pacer was a menace with the ball, taking 39 wickets through the calendar 12 months, 11 of which got here on the T20 World Cup.