Today Sunday (23th February 2025) India pacer Jasprit Bumrah received his ICC honours, including the Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year and Men’s Cricketer of the year awards, before the start of the Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan in Dubai.
Due to side-lined with a back issue, Jasprit Bumrah is not playing in the Champions Trophy.
31-year-old Bumrah was present in Dubai to collect the awards, which also includes a place in the Men’s Test and T20I Teams for 2024.
The ICC tweeted a image of Bumrah with each of his four awards – including two caps – and wrote on X, “Jasprit Bumrah receives his ICC Awards and Team of the Year caps for a stellar 2024.”
Before the match against Pakistan on Sunday during their warm-up drills Bumrah had also met his India teammates.
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Last year Bumrah had an outstanding Test season, taking 71 wickets in 13 matches. Bumrah averaged 14.92 in Tests in year 2024 and ended the year with a strike rate of 30.1. Bumrah also became only the fourth Indian bowler to take 70 or more wickets in the conventional format in a calendar year after three players Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble and R. Ashwin.
In the first half of 2024, Bumrah had successful outings against England at home, taking 19 wickets in the five-Test series, and completed the year 2024 with 32 wickets in another five-Test affair in Australia.
During India’s tour of Australia Bumrah also reached the 200-wicket milestone in Tests. Jasprit Bumrah also played a essential role in India’s title triumph in the T20 World Cup in the Americas.
