{"id":10079,"date":"2012-09-16T12:50:26","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T12:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=10079"},"modified":"2012-09-16T12:50:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T12:50:26","slug":"virat-kohli-named-icc-cricketer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=10079","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli named ICC Cricketer of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-3468\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/virat.jpg\" alt=\"Virat Kohli named ICC Cricketer of the year\" width=\"250\" style=\"float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/virat.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/virat-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Colombo:<\/strong>&nbsp;India\u2019s Virat Kohli has been named ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year 2012 at the LG ICC Awards in Colombo.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>During the performance period, he played 31 ODIs and compiled 1,733 runs at an average of 66.65, including eight centuries and six half-centuries. His highest score, 183, came against Pakistan in the Asia Cup on 18 March 2012.&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The independent voting academy of 32 highly credentialed cricket experts put Kohli first, ahead of such talented and in-form players as Sri Lanka\u2019s Kumar Sangakkara and Lasith Malinga as well as Kohli\u2019s India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Kohli said upon receiving the honour: \u201cI think I have tried to keep things as simple as possible and it\u2019s worked for me on the field. This year has been a learning curve along the way from the seniors in the team. It\u2019s been an all-round effort and I\u2019m very happy to have won this award.&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s always nice to be recognized by the ICC and it\u2019s a great feeling and it\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve won one of these awards and it feels great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombo:&nbsp;India\u2019s Virat Kohli has been named ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year 2012 at the LG ICC Awards in Colombo.&nbsp;During the performance period, he played 31 ODIs and compiled 1,733 runs at an average of 66.65, including eight centuries and six half-centuries. 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