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.

ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year ✅
ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year ✅
ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year ✅
Captain of ICC Test Team of the Year ✅
Captain of ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year ✅

Let's hear from the man himself, @imvKohli! #ICCAwards 🏆 pic.twitter.com/3M2pxyC44n

— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2019

Team-mates Cheteshwar Pujara and R Ashwin kicked-off the celebrations for Virat Kohli on Twitter, congratulating their skipper on the clean sweep.

Really delighted to know that @imVkohli has taken home all of the top honours at the #ICCAwards2018! Many congratulations to you!

— cheteshwar pujara (@cheteshwar1) January 22, 2019

Terrific terrific achievement.. Well done @imVkohli 👏 https://t.co/7QT5QnFtYR

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) January 22, 2019

What an extraordinary cricketer! Here’s what I wrote about @imVkohli two years ago: https://t.co/yhrYOphI82 https://t.co/TPCUqXe2aw

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) January 22, 2019

Cricketer of the decade!
Virat Kohli for 🇮🇳 in all internationals:
Most runs: 18681 (next best: 14825 H Amla)
Highest ave: 56.60 (next best: 54.32 AB de Villiers)
Most 100s: 63 (next best: 47 H Amla)
Most 50s: 84 (next best: 74 J Root)
Most 50+ scores: 147 (next best: 112 H Amla)

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 22, 2019