ICC Awards: Pakistan captain Babar Azam named Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year for 2021
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ICC Awards: Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year Award, beating Shakib al Hasan, Janneman Malan and Paul Sterling to the honour.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam, as expected, won the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year Award for 2021 after beating the likes of Shakib al Hasan, Janneman Malan and Paul Sterling.
Babar Azam might have played only six ODIs in 2021, but he made vital contributions in the two series that Pakistan played this year. He was the second-highest run-scorer with 228 runs and was the Player of the Match in both of Pakistan's wins in the 2-1 series victory against South Africa.
Shakib vs Babar vs Malan vs StirlingThe winner of the 2021 ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year has been announced https://t.co/M2f6dkelFf
The architect of Pakistan's chase of 274 in the first ODI, Babar made a century and laid the foundation with an 82-ball 94 in the final ODI where the visitors posted 320 batting first.
He was the lone warrior for Pakistan when they were swept by England 3-0. He accumulated 177 runs in three games but found no support. None of the other batters managed to score more than 100 in the series.
Memorable performance
