Dhoni grabs ICC Player of the Year

On a night of mixed fortune for Indian cricket, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named the ODI Player of the Year, Yuvraj Singh won the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Award but pacer Ishant Sharma failed to win the Emerging Player honour at the annual ICC awards function in Dubai.

West Indies' Mr. Dependable Shivnarine Chanderpaul was adjudged Cricketer of the Year after a fine performance in Tests as well limited over cricket while South African fast bowler Dale Steyn earned the Test Cricketer of the Year Award.


India ODI captain Dhoni beat off tough competition from team-mate Sachin Tendulkar, Australian fast bowler Nathan Bracken and Pakistan stalwart Mohammad Yousuf to take the prestigious award.

Yuvraj was deservedly honoured for his stupendous six sixes in an over off Englishman Stuart Broad in the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa last year.Ishant lost out to Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Medis who took the Emerging Player of the Year Award.

Dhoni also effected 62 dismissals (46 catches and 16 stumpings) as wicketkeeper, which is almost twice as many as the next best, albeit having played more matches than any other keeper.

Magic Man Ajantha Mendis won an award for an emerging player of the year.

Summary:
Awards of the Year


Test Player: Dale Steyn (South Africa)
ODI Player: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India)
Twenty20 international performance: Yuvraj Singh (India)
Emerging Player: Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Associate Player: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)
Umpire: Simon Taufel (Australia)
Spirit of Cricket: Sri Lanka
Woman Player of the Year: Charlotte Edwards (England)

ODI Team: Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Ricky Ponting (Australia, captain) Younus Khan (Pakistan), Andrew Symonds (Australia), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India, wicketkeeper), Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka), Daniel Vettori (New Zealand), Brett Lee (Australia), Mitchell Johnson (Australia), Nathan Bracken (Australia). 12th man: Salman Butt (Pakistan)

World Test Team: (in batting order): Graeme Smith (South Africa, captain), Virender Sehwag (India), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies), Kevin Pietersen (England), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, wicketkeeper), Brett Lee (Australia), Ryan Sidebottom (England), Dale Steyn (South Africa), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka). 12th man: Stuart Clark (Australia




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