India's Virat Kohli wins Wisden's 'Leading Cricketer' honour
ByReuters
Updated 05/04/2017 at 10:21 GMT
India captain Virat Kohli has been named the "Leading Cricketer in the World" in this year's edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, the publication announced on Wednesday.
Indian captain Virat Kohli reacts as he walks back to the pavilion for tea break during the fourth day of the second Test match between India and Australia at The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on March 7, 2017
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Pakistan test captain Misbah-ul-Haq and senior batsman Younis Khan were among the five "Cricketers of the Year", a group which also includes the English trio of Ben Duckett, Chris Woakes and Toby Roland-Jones.
The five players cannot have been chosen before, with the emphasis on cricketers who excelled during the English summer.
Australia's Ellyse Perry was named the world's leading women's cricketer.
Barring the just-concluded home series against Australia, Kohli had a fairytale year in which the batsman averaged more than anyone in all three formats, while his team lost only once in their 13-test home season.
And editor Lawrence Booth wrote that Kohli's 235 in the Mumbai test against England cemented his place as "the spiritual successor to Sachin Tendulkar".
Kohli is the third Indian, after Virender Sehwag (2008, 2009) and Tendulkar (2010), to have won the honour.
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