Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Virat Kohli is named as Captain of ICC’s ODI and Test teams of the year.
(2) It is the 3rd successive year that Kohli has been named captain of both the ICC teams of the year starting 2017.
(a) Only(1)
(b) Only(2)
(c) Both(1) and (2)
(d) None of the above
Answer:(c)
Related facts:
- On January 15, 2020 , Virat Kohli was named as Captain of ICC’s ODI and Test teams of the year.
- It’s the 3rd successive year in succession that Kohli has been named captain of both the ICC teams of the year starting 2017.
- Kohli’s gesture for Steve Smith during World Cup 2019 was awarded the Spirit of Cricket Award.
- Kohli is the only other cricketer apart from Stokes and Mitchell Starc who have been selected in both the teams.
- Kohli scored 1,322 runs at an average of 55.08 in 13 Tests with five hundreds during the calendar year while in 14 ODIs he amassed 1202 runs at an astonishing average of 133.55 with six centuries. He also scored 211 runs in 10 T20Is.
- The ICC Awards are a set of sports awards for cricket.
- The awards recognise and honor the best international cricket players of the previous 12 months.
- The awards have been institutionalised by International Cricket Council since 2004.
Links:
https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/980937
https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/icc-awards-virat-kohli-triple-awards-captain-odi-test-teams-of-the-year-1637003-2020-01-15