Indian captain Rohit Sharma and star pacer Jasprit Bumrah have been honored by Wisden as two of their five cricketers of the year. The two were named along with New Zealand opener Devon Conway, England pacer Ollie Robinson and South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk. English skipper Joe Root was named Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2022 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. Root had a great year in 2021, scoring six centuries and piling up runs for fun even as his team struggled around him.
“Jasprit Bumrah was central to India’s two Test wins last summer, three for 33 on the final afternoon at Lord’s, then thrilling Ollie Pope and Jonny Bairstow in consecutive overs to rush his team to victory at The Oval,” wrote Lawrence Booth, editor of Wisden.
“Had the rain on the last day of the first Test at Trent Bridge not been washed away, his nine wickets there might have led to an Indian win too. In all, he managed 18 wickets out of 20 each in the four Tests and scored some unexpected – and crucial – tailend runs,” he added.
Rohit Sharma was at the heart of his side’s 2-1 lead over England, playing lead roles with the bat at Lord’s, where he made an elegant 83 in treacherous conditions, and at The Oval, where his stellar 127 helped India win a win. first-innings deficit of 99,” Booth wrote of the new India captain.
“His run total of 368 runs out of 52 was higher than his teammates,” he noted.
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He also had a lot of credit for Root.
Root soared above the English Test side’s struggles to produce one of the best performances of all time in a calendar year. His 1,708 runs have been beaten only by Mohammad Yousuf in 2006 and Viv Richards in 1976, and six hundred. And he scored his points in his fifth year as England captain, at which point many of his predecessors had already had a day of it,” he wrote.
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