ICC Awards 2022: Suryakumar Yadav scored 1164 runs in T20 International in 2022. The Indian cricketer became the batsman with the most T20 International runs in a calendar year.
Suryakumar Yadav has been selected as the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year 2022 for the year 2022. At the same time, Tahila McGrath of Australia (ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year 2022) has received this award among women.
Indian cricketer Suryakumar Yadav has scored 1164 runs in 31 T20 matches in 2022 at an average of 46.56 and a strike rate of 187.43. Suryakumar Yadav has had a stellar 2022 with the bat. Suryakumar Yadav became the second batsman to score more than 1000 runs in a calendar year in T20 Internationals.
Suryakumar Yadav became the highest run scorer in a calendar year. Suryakumar Yadav hit 68 sixes in T20 International in 2022. This is the highest number of sixes hits in a year in this format. The Indian batsman played a key role for the team throughout the year. Suryakumar Yadav scored two centuries and nine half-centuries.
In the T20 World Cup played in Australia last year, Suryakumar Yadav was India's second-highest run scorer and third overall. Suryakumar Yadav scored 239 runs at a strike rate of 189.68. This included three half-centuries. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav achieved the first position in the ICC T20 International batting rankings for the first time in his career.
For the Best Women's T20 Cricketer of the Year award, Australian all-rounder Tahlia McGrath was beaten by India's flamboyant opener Smriti Mandhana and Pakistan's all-rounder Nida Dar and New Zealand captain Got a tough fight with Sophie Devine. However, it eventually went to Tahila McGrath.
Australia's Tahila McGrath.
Tahlia McGrath made her debut in T20 International cricket in October 2021 and was nominated for the ICC Women's T20 International Cricketer of the Year within a year. Tahila McGrath is also a Commonwealth Games 2022 gold medalist and currently holds the top spot in the ICC Women's T20 Batting Rankings.
In the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, Tahlia McGrath scored 128 runs in 5 matches at an average of 42.66. She was also the ICC Women's Player of the Month in August 2022. Tahila McGrath scored 435 runs in 16 matches in the year 2022 at an average of 62.14 and also took 13 wickets. Her highest score was 91 not out.
