ICC Honors Jasprit Bumrah as 2024 Cricketer of the Year

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ICC Honors Jasprit Bumrah as 2024 Cricketer of the Year

Indian speed bowler Jasprit Bumrah has achieved a noteworthy career milestone by being selected the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year for 2024. This esteemed award comes after Bumrah had an incredible year dominating in all formats and demonstrating his accuracy, skill, and reliability in both Test and Twenty20 cricket.

In just 13 games, Bumrah took 71 wickets, which made him the year's top wicket-taker in Test cricket. His performance was very outstanding.

His remarkable average of 14.92 and strike rate of 30.1 remain among the highest in contemporary Test cricket.

Along with his skill in Test cricket, Bumrah was instrumental in India's 2024 T20 World Cup winning effort. He won Player of the Tournament after taking 15 wickets at an incredible average of 8.26 and an economy rate of 4.17.

As part of his 2024 accomplishments, Bumrah became the 12th Indian bowler to surpass the 200-wicket mark in Test cricket, with an unrivaled average of 19.4. His record-breaking 907 points in the ICC Test Bowling Rankings made him the highest-scoring Indian bowler in history.

Source: Times of India, ICC Cricket, Arab News

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