Kohli, Smriti Wisden’s top cricketers of 2018
London, April 10
India captain Virat Kohli was today named as the leading cricketer of the year for the third successive time by the 2019 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.
Kohli, who amassed 2735 runs across the three formats in 2018, was picked as one of the five Wisden cricketers of the year, along with England’s Tammy Beaumont, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran and Rory Burns. The Indian skipper is only the third cricketer ever to have won the award more than three times. Don Bradman won it 10 times and Jack Hobbs eight times.
Kohli had notched up 593 runs in five Tests at an average of 59.3 during India’s series loss to England and ended the year with five centuries to his name.
Indian women’s team opener Smriti Mandhana bagged the women’s leading cricketer of the year award. Mandhana scored 669 and 662 runs in ODIs and T20Is last year. She also amassed 421 runs at a strike-rate of 174.68 in the Super League.
Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan was named the the leading T20
cricketer for the second year in a row. — PTI
