India batter Suryakumar Yadav among nominees for ICC Men's T20I cricketer

India batter Suryakumar Yadav on Thursday was unveiled as one of the four nominees for the ICC Mens T20I cricketer of the year 2022 awardApart from him Englands leftarm pace allrounder Sam Curran Zimbabwes offspin allrounder Sikandar Raza and Pakistans wicketkeeperbatter Mohammad Rizwan have been nominated for the honour tooSuryakumar had a sensational 2022 in the shortest format of the game becoming just the second batter to score more than 1000 runs in a year in the format with his 360degree strokeplay He ended the year as the highest rungetter scoring 1164 runs at a ridiculous strike rate of 18743 averaging 4656His tally of 68 sixes in 2022 is the highest anyone has hit in the format in a year by a fair distance With two hundred and nine halfcenturies in the year Suryakumar was undoubtedly the standout mens T20I batterSuryakumar had lit up the Mens T20 World Cup in Australia slamming 239 runs at an outstanding average of 5975 and a whopping strike rate of 18968 including matchtempo changing fifties against South Africa Zimbabwe and NetherlandsIn the second T20I against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui he hit 11 fours and seven sixes all over the park at a strike rate of 21765 to be unbeaten on 111 off 51 balls his second T20I centuryBut it was his first T20I century against England at Trent Bridge Nottingham 117 off 55 balls which caught the eye of cricket fans From 313 in a run chase of 216 Suryakumar lifted India with his outrageous strokemaking giving the visitors a chance at chasing down the target Suryakumar put the team within touching distance of what would have been an incredible winZimbabwes Raza had a stellar year with the bat and also contributed significantly with the ball in T20Is A remarkable showing in the T20 World Cup in Australia capped off a memorable year for the Zimbabwe allrounderHe made 735 runs in the year at a strike rate of over 150 and took 25 wickets at an excellent economy rate of 613 His standout performance came in Zimbabwes surprise win over Pakistan in the T20 World Cup taking 325 with the ball before inflicting the run out on the final ball to give Zimbabwe a heartstopping onerun victoryCurran was the Player of the Tournament at the 2022 T20 World Cup The tournament saw his bowling stocks in T20s rose in the year with his death bowling in particular earning plaudits With England missing key fast bowlers Curran stepped up admirably to finish the World Cup with 13 wickets to his name second only to Sri Lankas Wanindu HasarangaAlso readSuryakumar Yadav Feels like a dreamHis best figures of 510 against Afghanistan in the tournament was the first time any England bowler took a fivewicket haul in mens T20Is The leftarm quick made up for missing the 2021 edition of the tournament through back injury by taking a threewicket haul in the final proving to be crucial in England winning their second T20 World Cup titleIn the final against Pakistan at Melbourne Curran conceded just 12 runs in his four overs while taking three wickets He was also the Player of the Final for his 312 with his victims being Mohammad Rizwan Shan Masood and Mohammad Nawaz as Pakistan put up just 137 runs on board a total that England overcame with an over to spareRizwan amassed 996 runs in the year continuing on from his recordbreaking year in T20Is in 2021 He hit 10 halfcenturies in 2022 in T20Is and finished with 175 runs in the T20 World Cup the jointmost by a Pakistan batter Averaging 4527 in T20Is in 2022 Rizwan enhanced his reputation as a highquality anchor at the top of Pakistans batting lineup2022 also saw Rizwan claim the top position in the Mens T20I Player Rankings for batters for a brief while He ends the year at No2 with 836 rating points behind Indias SuryakumarRizwans best performance came in the home series against England in the buildup to the T20 World Cup when he made an unbeaten 88 off just 51 balls as Pakistan scaled a 200plus target without the loss of a wicketThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever