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ICC Men's Cricketer of the year since 2004

The International Cricket Council (ICC) awards the best cricketer with the prestigious recognition of ICC Men's Cricketer of the year.

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) awards the best cricketer annually with the prestigious recognition of ICC Men's Cricketer of the year. The cricketer with the most impactful performance becomes the recipient of the honorary award. ICC started presenting this award in 2004. Shaheen Afridi is named the ICC Men's Cricketer of the year 2021. He also became the first Pakistani cricketer to get this recognition and won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy. Afridi scalped 78 wickets in 36 matches across all the international format matches this year. His best figure of 2021 came against the 2nd test match against West Indies where he picked up 6/51. Also, Shaheen impressed everyone with his impeccable performance against India in the T20 World Cup where he took 3 wickets including Virat Kohli.

In the year 2004, ICC introduced the award and Rahul Dravid became the first cricketer to win the ICC Men's Cricketer Of The Year.

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ICC Men's Cricketer of the year since 2004

Year Winner Country
2004 Rahul Dravid India
2005 Andrew Flintoff
Jacques Kallis
England
West Indies
2006 Ricky Ponting Australia
2007 Ricky Ponting Australia
2008 Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies
2009 Mitchell Johnson Australia
2010 Sachin Tendulkar India
2011 Jonathan Trott England
2012 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka
2013 Michael Clarke Australia
2014 Mitchell Johnson Australia
2015 Steve Smith Australia
2016 Ravichandran Ashwin India
2017 Virat Kohli India
2018 Virat Kohli India
2019 Ben Stokes England
2021 Shaheen Afridi Pakistan

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Icc Ricky Ponting Kumar Sangakkara Ravichandran Ashwin Virat Kohli Pat Cummins Steve Smith Gautam Gambhir Rahul Dravid Joe Root Virender Sehwag Alastair Cook Jacques Kallis Michael Clarke Dale Steyn Jacques Kaliis Mohammad Yousuf Mitchell Johnson
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