Pujara, Ashwin Lead Twitter Celebrations as Virat Wins ICC Awards
Pujara and Ashwin kicked-off the celebrations on Twitter as Virat Kohli won three major ICC awards in one year.
India captain Virat Kohli became first player in history to win three major ICC awards and was also named skipper of both ICC test and ODI teams of the year on Tuesday.
Kohli was named cricketer of the year and won the Sir Garfield trophy, was named best test player of the year and also ODI player of the year after his extraordinary batting form in 2018.
The 30-year-old Kohli scored 1,322 runs at an average of 55.08 with five centuries in 13 matches. He also scored 1,202 runs in 14 ODIs that featured six centuries and came at an astonishing average of 133.55.
Team-mates Cheteshwar Pujara and R Ashwin kicked-off the celebrations for Virat Kohli on Twitter, congratulating their skipper on the clean sweep.
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