NEW DELHI – Indian skipper Virat Kohli was named as one of Wisden’s FiveCricketers of the Year and became the first person ever to win the awardfor three successive years.
It is worth noting that players can only receive Wisden’s cricketer of theyear award primarily for feats achieved during the preceding Englishdomestic season, once in their career.
Virat Kohli was surrounded with a lot of criticism and pressure over hisability to thrive in English conditions when India toured England lastyear. However, the world no. 1 batsmen put the doubters to bed as he toppedthe Test runs chart with 593 runs and two centuries despite his teamsuffering a 4-1 defeat.
Read Top Stories
The sensational right-handed batsmen is not only leading the best batsmencharts in Test cricket but also in one-day internationals; he scored 2,735runs in 2018, 700 more than the second placed Joe Root.
