Kohli named captain of the year at ESPNcricinfo awards

Kohli named captain of the year at ESPNcricinfo awards Indian national cricket team captain, Virat Kohli was named the ‘Captain of the Year’ at the 10th annual ESPN cricinfo awards. The winners were decided by an independent jury comprising some of the world renowned former cricketers including Ian Chappell, Aakash Chopra, Mahela Jayawardene, Iain O'Brien, Courtney Walsh, Ramiz Raja and the Editor-in-chief, Assistant editor and senior correspondents of ESPNcricinfo. Oscar Awards 2017: La La Land won maximum awards While Kohli won the esteemed title for his impressive tally of leading India to nine wins from a total of 12 tests, England’s Ben Stokes won the title of ‘Test Batting Performance of the Year’ for his incredible innings of 258 runs off 198 balls against South Africa in Cape Town. Another English player, Stuart Broad was honoured with the ‘Test Bowling Performance of the Year’ award for the second year in a row for taking 6 wickets and giving away just 17 runs in England’s third test against South Africa in Johannesburg. Further, the ‘Debutant of the Year’ title very deservingly went to Mehedi Hasan Miraz, a young Bangladeshi bowler who took 19 wickets in just two test matches against England. Following is the full list of winners: Award Winner Test batting winner Ben Stokes Test bowling winner Stuart Broad ODI batting winner Quinton de Kock ODI bowling winner Sunil Narine T20I batting winner Carlos Brathwaite T20I bowling winner Mustafizur Rahman Captain of the year Virat Kohli Debutant of the year Mehedi Hasan Associate batting winner Mohammad Shahzad Associate bowling winner Mohammad Nabi Women's batting winner Hayley Matthews Women's bowling winner Leigh Kasperek