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Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh has been nominated for the ICC Males’s T20I Cricketer of the Yr award following a stellar season by which he emerged because the joint highest wicket-taker and performed a pivotal position in India’s T20 World Cup triumph. The 25-year-old will compete for the celebrated honour alongside Pakistan’s Babar Azam, Australia’s Travis Head, and Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza, all of whom are among the many standout performers this 12 months.
Singh, a left-arm pacer, was a key determine in India’s T20 World Cup victory in Barbados. He completed the 12 months because the joint highest wicket-taker in T20Is, with 36 wickets in 18 matches at a formidable common of 13.5.
His tally was the second-highest by an Indian pacer in T20Is in a calendar 12 months, simply behind Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s 37 wickets in 2022.
Singh claimed 17 wickets within the T20 World Cup, tying with Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqi for essentially the most wickets within the match.
His most memorable second got here within the last, the place he dismissed key gamers Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock early, derailing South Africa’s chase of 177. Within the high-pressure nineteenth over, he conceded simply 4 runs, growing the required run charge and setting the stage for India’s victory.
The winners of the ICC Awards 2024 will probably be introduced in late January 2025.
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