ICC has announced the names of all the winners of the 2021 ICC individual awards. ICC earlier declared the playing eleven of all three formats for the year 2021. This is the seventeenth edition of ICC individual awards. Awards mainly cover the men and women category of different formats. In this article, we will see all the award winners of ICC individual awards.
- ICC men’s cricketer of the year 2021 – the award is won by Pakistan’s left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi for his brilliant spells and bowling. The year 2021 was a great year for the Pakistani Speedster. He will be awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy.
- ICC men’s test cricketer of the year 2021 – the award is won by none other than the most deserving nominee England’s skipper Joe Root. Who was incredible in 2021 whole year in test format.
- ICC men’s ODI cricketer of the year 2021 – the award is won by Pakistan’s rising star and their all-formats captain Babar Azam for his class batting in ODI format.
- ICC men’s T20 cricketer of the year 2021 – the award is won by Pakistan’s wicket keeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan who had a fantastic year in T20. Rizwan also became the highest run-getter in a single year in T20I.
- ICC men’s emerging cricketer of the year 2021 – the award is won by Janneman Malan of South Africa. This award is given to the new talent of the year and no doubt opening batsman Janneman Malan of South Africa is a deserving one.
- ICC men’s associate cricketer of the year 2021 – the award is won by Zeeshan Maqsood of Oman who plays as an all-rounder in the Oman national team.
- ICC women’s cricketer of the year 2021 – the award is won by Indian opener batsman Smriti Mandhana. The year 2021 was a great year for her as she performed everywhere and also in every format.
- ICC women’s ODI cricketer of the year 2021 – the award is won by Lizelle Lee of South Africa for her performance in the year 2021 in ODIs.
- ICC women’s T20 cricketer of the year 2021 – the award is won by Tammy Beaumont of England for her performance in the year 2021 in T20Is.
- ICC women’s emerging cricketer of the year 2021 – the award is won by the young talent of Pakistan Fatima Sana for his incredible play and debut in 2021.
- ICC women’s associate women’s cricketer of the year 2021 – the award is won by Andrea-Mae Zepeda of Austria for his performance as an associate cricketer.
- ICC umpire of the year 2021 – the award is won by South African umpire Marais Erasmus for his decision-making and precise umpiring. He got great skills and is one of the most experienced umpires in world cricket.