Ques : Who has been awarded with Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ‘ICC Cricketer of the Year-2015’?
(a) AB de Villiers
(b) Khurram Khan
(c) Steven Smith
(d) Stafanie Taylor
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- In December 23, 2015 International Cricket Council has announced its annual awards.
- Captain Steven Smith (Australia) was awarded with Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year-2015.
LG ICC AWARDS AT A GLANCE
- ICC Test Cricketer of the Year-Steven Smith (Australia)
- ICC ODI (One Day International) Cricketer of the Year-AB de Villiers (South Africa)
- ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year-Meg Lanning (Australia)
- ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year-Josh Hazlewood (Australia)
- ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year-Khurram Khan (UAE)
- ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year-Faf du Plessis (South Africa)
- ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year-Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
- David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year-Richard Kettleborough
- ICC Spirit of Cricket Award-Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
- LG People’s Choice Award-Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India)
- South Africa’s AB de Villiers has been selected as the first ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year (Fourth time as a member of team).
- Alastair Cook (England) has been announced as the captain of ICC Test Team of the Year 2015.
- Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami (Both from India) have been selected for the ICC Test Team and ICC ODI Team respectively.
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