Ashwin, Root, Jamieson nominated for Men's Test Player of the Year 2021

Indias spinner Ravichandran Ashwin England captain Joe Root New Zealands allrounder Kylie Jamieson and Sri Lankas Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne have been nominated for the ICC Mens Test Player of the Year 2021 awardOne of Indias greatest matchwinners in the longest format R Ashwin again asserted his authority as one of the worlds finest spinners in 2021 Apart from his wizardry with the ball Ashwin also made invaluable contributions with the batThe Indian spinner bagged 52 wickets in 8 matches at an average of 1623 while smashing 337 runs at 2808 with one centuryEnglands Test skipper Joe Root who has scored 1708 runs in 15 matches with six centuries in 2021 has also been nominated for the awardThe magnitude of Joe Roots sublime form in the year 2021 can be summed up by one simple stathe has become only the third player in history to aggregate over 1700 runs in Test cricket in a calendar year Only Mohammad Yousuf and Sir Vivian Richards stand ahead of himNew Zealands Kyle Jamieson who scalped 27 wickets in 5 matches at 1751 is the other nominee Another brilliant addition to the Kiwi pace battery 2021 was the year where Kyle Jamieson emerged as one of the most promising fast bowling prospects in world cricketIn a seminal year for New Zealand where they emerged as the inaugural ICC World Test Championship winner against India in the final Jamieson was the Xfactor of their pace attack brilliantly supplanting and often surpassing the exploits of Tim Southee Trent Boult and Neil Wagner He was the star performer in Southampton scalping seven wickets and contributing a handy 21 runs in the first innings winning the Player of the Match award for his showingThe last nominee is the Sri Lankan Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne who scored 902 runs in 7 matches at 6938 with 4 centuriesA brilliant century in Johannesburg against South Africa two centuries against Bangladesh in two matches in Pallekele including a double ton and a brilliant century against West Indies in Galle were some of the highlights from another stunning year for KarunaratneThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever