ICC Emerging Cricketer of Year: India’s Arshdeep, Renuka, Yastika nominated

India left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh was on Wednesday nominated for the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year honour alongside Marco Jansen, Finn Allen and Ibrahim Zadran.

Voting for the award will start in January, mentioned the ICC in a launch.

In the ladies’s class, tempo bowler Renuka Singh and batter Yastika Bhatia have been nominated for the award alongside Australia’s Darcie Brown and England’s Alice Capsey.

Arshdeep has made the short-list lower than six months after making his worldwide debut.

In 21 T20 Internationals, the lanky pacer took 33 wickets at a median of 18.12, offering breakthroughs each with the brand new and outdated ball.

Building on a powerful IPL profession, India’s nationwide setup included the left-arm fast, and he made essentially the most of the chance with the workforce bouncing again after a disappointing 2021 T20 World Cup.

Arshdeep was additionally handed an ODI cap on India’s latest tour of New Zealand, and the longer term is brilliant for the 23-year-old.

In a brief span of time, Arshdeep got here up with memorable performances, together with within the high-pressure T20 World Cup recreation towards Pakistan on the MCG.

With swing and tempo at his disposal, Arshdeep eliminated each the Pakistani openers. He claimed Babar Azam together with his first ball lbw, earlier than taking the wicket of Mohammad Rizwan on the finish of his subsequent over.

Arshdeep returned on the demise to curtail Asif Ali’s plans of a late onslaught, ending with 3/32 from his four-over allotment.

Arshdeep is in competition for the award alongside one other left-arm fast, Jansen from South Africa, New Zealand opener Allen and Afghanistan batter Zadran.

Renuka Singh has been nominated for the distinguished award after the right-arm bowler claimed 40 wickets this 12 months in simply 29 matches throughout the 2 white-ball codecs, thus rising as a frontrunner to step into Jhulan Goswami’s footwear.

The 26-year-old Renuka was particularly potent in ODIs, claiming 18 wickets at a median of 14.88. She troubled the sturdy Australian line-up within the seven T20I conferences this 12 months, taking eight wickets, whereas her displaying within the Commonwealth Games and the Asia Cup in Dhaka — 17 wickets in 11 video games — reveals she has big-match temperament.

Yastika Bhatia, together with her composed manner, carried out remarkably in India’s center order all year long.

She scored 41 and 31 within the lead-up to the 50-over World Cup in New Zealand earlier than occurring to attain half-centuries towards Australia and Bangladesh. The 22-year-old scored 376 ODI runs at a median of 25.06 and had a wholesome strike fee of 73.29.

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