Ravichandran Ashwin wins Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy

Ravichandran Ashwin wins Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named ICC Cricketer of the Year and Test cricketer of the Year  Ravichandran Ashwin, the Indian off spinner, was named the Cricketer of the Year and the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2016 by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on December 22.  Ashwin has become the third India player after Rahul Dravid (2004) and

Sachin Tendulkar (2010) and 12th player overall to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy. The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a cricket trophy awarded annually by the International Cricket Council to its chosen world player of the Year.

iv. The player awards were judged by a voting academy, which was entirely independent of the ICC and in which members of the media from all the 10 Test playing countries were eligible to vote. The voting period ran from 14 September 2015 to 20 September 2016.

v. During the voting period, the 30-year-old player from Chennai played eight Tests in which he took 48 wickets and scored 336 runs. Ashwin also claimed 27 wickets in 19 T20Is.

List of Awards by ICC

ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) Ravichandran Ashwin (India).

ICC Test Cricketer of the Year Ravichandran Ashwin (India).

ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year Quinton de Kock (South Africa).

ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year Suzie Bates (New Zealand)

ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year Suzie Bates (New Zealand)

ICC T20I Performance of the Year Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies )

ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)

ICC Associate/Affiliate Cricketer of the Year Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan)

ICC Spirit of Cricket Award Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)

ICC Umpire of the Year (David Shepherd Trophy) Marais Erasmus