Follow UsThe International Cricket Council (ICC) on January 28 (Tuesday) named Jasprit Bumrah as the winner of the Garfield Sobers award for the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2024.
Bumrah became the fifth Indian to win the award after Rahul Dravid (2004), Sachin Tendulkar (2010), Ravichandran Ashwin (2016) and Virat Kohli (2017, 2018), overcoming fellow nominees Travis Head, Joe Root and Harry Brook.
Bumrah dominated the bowling charts throughout the year. Despite not playing the ODI format much in 2024, Bumrah proved he is one of the finest in the game by reaching 200 Test wickets with a bowling average below 20.
He is not only the number one ranked Test bowler in the world but also the first Indian bowler to cross the 900-point rating mark.
In the shortest format, he spearheaded India’s campaign at the T20 World Cup 2024 in West Indies and the United States of America and picked up 15 wickets at a stunning average of 8.26 and economy rate of just 4.17!
The 31-year-old was also the Player of the Tournament. He was almost unplayable when he arrived at the death in the World Cup final and shifted the momentum towards India decisively after the Proteas had taken control of the chase.
In Test cricket, he scalped 71 wickets in just 13 Tests, the highest for any bowler in 2024. In the 2023-2025 World Test Championship Cycle, he had 77 wickets, a record for a pacer in a single cycle.
Bumrah is also at the height of his popularity worldwide, with the world-famous band Coldplay even singing a custom-made song for him in their recently held Ahmedabad show.