The latest ICC Awards for the year 2017 were announced and with it came the confirmation of Virat Kohli being the best cricketer in the world.
The Indian captain won two awards as he was declared the ICC ODI cricketer of the year and also won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the Cricketer of the year. Virat Kohli was also named in both ICC ODI and Test teams of the year and was even made the captain of both teams.
2017 was a watershed year for Virat Kohli as he scored runs by heaps in both Tests and ODIs against every visiting team in India.
Cricket fraternity was highly excited to see ICC recognizing the achievements of Indian Captain Kohli and took to Twitter to wish him.
Here are some tweets:
Congratulations, @imVkohli on sweeping the @ICC awards. Well done and truly deserving.✌️???????????? pic.twitter.com/6kBKFTFMRa
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) January 18, 2018
A champion player! Richly deserved honours #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/AJ92bRmhhQ
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) January 18, 2018
Congratulations @imVkohli! Wish you all the success for the future ???????????????? https://t.co/5144WGAAIC
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) January 18, 2018
Congratulations???????? @imVkohli
— R SRIDHAR (@coach_rsridhar) January 18, 2018
on sweeping the ICC Awards.
It’s a fitting tribute for all your stupendous performances. It’s a direct result of your perseverance, discipline & single minded dedication!
Double up!!
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Congratulations virat well done ????????????????????@imVkohli @ICC @BCCI @circleofcricket pic.twitter.com/3ZBwlGUa4t
— Mohammad Shami (@MdShami11) January 18, 2018
Congratulations Champ @imVkohli for sweeping @ICC Awards - Another feather in the cap #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/MwzPNpm7Lw
— Manish Pandey (@im_manishpandey) January 18, 2018
Amidst the troubles in South Africa a big honour for Virat Kohli as the ICC Cricketer of the Year. And much deserved too.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 18, 2018
Congratulations to @imVkohli on becoming the ODI cricketer of the year and the Icc cricketer of the year. Huge recognition for your hard work and perseverance. ????????
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) January 18, 2018
