Huge ICC Honour For Jasprit Bumrah: India Pacer Beats Travis Head To Win...

Indian cricket team fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was honoured with the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year 2024. Bumrah beat fellow nominees Travis Head, Joe Root and Harry Brook - to the award as he became the fifth recipient from India, after Rahul Dravid (2004), Sachin Tendulkar (2010), Ravichandran Ashwin (2016) and Virat Kohli (2017, 2018). "Across formats, Bumrah's 2024 exploits were a masterclass in skill, precision, and relentless consistency, as he shattered record after record and cemented his place as the world's premier fast bowler," the ICC website read. "The current No.1 ranked bowler in the ICC Test Rankings became the fastest Indian pacer to reach 200 Test wickets, achieving the feat with a sub-20 bowling average - the best in history."

"The pacer's brilliance was reflected in his ICC Test Bowling Rankings, where he crossed the elusive 900-point mark, ending the year with a record-breaking 907 points - the highest for any Indian bowler in history," read the statement regarding Bumrah winning the prestigious award.

Bumrah was on Monday named ICC men's Test Cricketer of the Year for amassing 71 wickets in just 13 matches at a jaw-dropping sub-15 average, statistics that placed him heads and shoulders above his contemporaries during a phenomenal 2024.

Returning to the longest format in late 2023 after recovering from a back injury, world number one Bumrah averaged a "ridiculous" 14.92 through the year while also setting multiple records. He played a pivotal role in keeping India in contention for the ICC World Test Championship before the team fell short.

"Bumrah was the standout bowler in the world in 2024, excelling in both home and away conditions and proving a key