India’s fast bowler Arshdeep Singh achieved a major achievement on Saturday, when he won the ICC Mains T20 International Cricketer of the Year 2024. In the race for this award, Arshdeep received this honor by leaving behind Pakistan batsman Babar Azam, Australia’s Travis Head and Zimbabwe all -rounder Sikander Raza. 25 -year -old Arshdeep received the award for the first time since the start of his international career in 2022.
Arshdeep performed well last year, in which she took 36 wickets in 18 T20 matches in 2024. During this time he became the highest wicket -taking bowler for India. In his performance, only four players took more T20 International wickets in the calendar year, including Usman Najeeb (38) of Saudi Arabia, Vanindu Hasranga (38) of Sri Lanka, Junaid Siddiqui (40) of UAE and Ehsan Khan of Hong Kong ( 46) Includes.
Arshdeep took wickets at an average of 15.31 and finished the year with an economy rate of 7.49 bowling in powerplay and death overs. His strike rate was 10.80. He also bowled brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2024, where he played an important role in making India champions with 17 wickets. During this tournament, India finished the 11 -year ICC title drought.
Arshdeep’s best performance was against the US in the group stage of the T20 World Cup, where he took 4 wickets for just 9 runs in four overs. This was the best performance of his T20 International career. Apart from this, he also bowled effectively against South Africa in the final, where he took two important wickets for just 20 runs in four overs. Arshdeep has also been included in the Mains T20 of the Year 2024 team.
