Suryakumar Yadav named ICC "T20 Cricketer of the Year"

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Indian batsman Suryakumar Yadav has been selected as the ICC T20 Cricketer of the Year for the year 2022 for his stellar performance.

An overview of the news

• Suryakumar Yadav beat Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikander Raza, Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan, England all-rounder Sam Curran to win the award.

• Suryakumar Yadav scored 1164 runs in 31 T20 matches played in 2022 and also became only the second batsman in T20 history to score more than 1000 runs in a calendar year.

• Yadav hit 68 sixes in 2022, the most by any batsman in a single year in the history of the format.

In the Women's Section

• Australia's Tahlia McGrath has been awarded the ICC T20 Women's Cricketer of the Year award.

• McGrath left behind India's Smriti Mandhana, New Zealand's Sophie Devine and Pakistan's Nida Dar for the award.

• Tahlia McGrath scored 435 runs and 13 wickets in 16 T20 matches in 2022.