-Vinay Kumar
England and Pakistan have reached the final of the ICC T20 World Cup, 2022, and the title match will be held in Melbourne on 13 November. Before the final match, ICC has released the nomination list of 9 players for the ‘Player of the Tournament’ in this latest T20 World Cup. Sports lovers can vote for their favorite player out of these 9 players by visiting the ICC website. In the list of these 9 players, the names of two strong batsmen of Team India are also included, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav.
Significantly, Virat Kohli has been the highest run-scorer in the latest World Cup. Remind you that even before this, he has been awarded ‘Player of the Match’ in two World Cups. Suryakumar Yadav is the third highest run-scorer in the ICC T20 World Cup, 2022. The names of 2 players of Pakistan’s team Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shadab Khan are also in this list. These two players have shown a great game so far. Shaheen Shah Afridi has taken a total of 10 wickets till the semi-finals.
There are 3 players from England in this list. The names of Jos Butler and Alex Hales, who batted well in the semi-final match against India, are also there. England’s deadly seamer Sam Curran has also been taken.
Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka took the maximum 15 wickets in 8 innings played in this latest T20 World Cup, 2022. His name has also been nominated for ‘Player of the Tournament’.
Although Zimbabwe could not make it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, the name of Zimbabwe’s brilliant batsman Sikander Raza has also been nominated for this award. He scored a total of 219 runs in this latest tournament and also took 10 wickets while performing all round.