Twitter Goes Wild as Virat Kohli Sweeps ICC Awards 2017

India skipper Virat Kohli walked away with three major awards, including Cricketer of the Year, at the ICC Awards 2017 on Thursday (January 18).

The 29-year old clinched the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being adjudged the ICC Cricketer of the Year, and ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year. Kohli was also named the captain of both the Test as well as the ODI team of the year.

Kohli was one of the most prolific batsmen across formats in the qualifying period – from September 2016 to September 2017. He had scored 2203 Test runs at an average of 77.80 including eight centuries. In ODIs, he racked up a staggering 1818 ODI runs at a stunning average of 82.63 with the help of seven hundred and in T20Is, as he piled up 299 at an outstanding strike rate of 153.

#TeamIndia Captain @imVkohli sweeps ICC Awards
ICC Cricketer of the Year ✅
ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year ✅
Named Captain of both ICC Test & ODI Teams ✅

Listen to what he has to say on being honoured with the awardshttps://t.co/47ypVcT6Je pic.twitter.com/6sWIZsQWT7

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 18, 2018

“It means a lot to win to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for becoming the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2017 and also the ICC ODI Player of the Year,” Kohli said. “I won that back in 2012 also but it’s the first time winning the Garfield Sobers Trophy, and it’s a huge honour for me. It’s probably the biggest of all in world cricket and two Indians getting it back-to-back makes it more special.

The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy was won by Kohli’s teammate Ravichandran Ashwin last year. Kohli has now become the fourth India player and 13th player overall to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.

“Last time it was Ash [Ravichandran Ashwin], and this time I’m getting it, so I’m really really honoured, and I’d like to thank the ICC for recognising all the hard work that we all put in for our respective sides, and I want to congratulate all the other winners also,” Kohli said.

Meanwhile, Twitter was quick to congratulate the India skipper over his award-winning spree at the ICC Awards. Here are some of the messages:

Congratulations to @imVkohli on becoming the ODI cricketer of the year and the Icc cricketer of the year. Huge recognition for your hard work and perseverance. ??

— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) January 18, 2018

Congratulations, @imVkohli on sweeping the @ICC awards. Well done and truly deserving.✌️??? pic.twitter.com/6kBKFTFMRa

— Suresh Raina?? (@ImRaina) January 18, 2018

ICC awards cant soothe @imVkohli's dejection at losing Test series. But that's becoz of the timing. Otherwise huge honour & richly deserved

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) January 18, 2018

Amidst the troubles in South Africa a big honour for Virat Kohli as the ICC Cricketer of the Year. And much deserved too.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 18, 2018

Virat Kohli wins the ICC Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy and is named ICC Cricketer of the Year. He's also ICC ODI Cricketer of the year. Scored 2203 test runs at 77.8, 1818 ODI runs at 82.63 in the qualification period. Mind boggling numbers. Take a bow, Champ! #Beast

— Srini Mama (@SriniMama16) January 18, 2018

Players named Captain of both ICC Test & ODI Teams for the same year:

2004 – Ricky Ponting
2007 – Ricky Ponting
2009 – MS Dhoni
2017 – VIRAT KOHLI#ICCAwards

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) January 18, 2018

@imVkohli is ICC cricketer of the year 2017; last year it was @ashwinravi99 . Super stuff and well deserved. Forget the loss in SA, India is still team number one! #DemocracysXI

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) January 18, 2018

https://twitter.com/RoshniWalia45/status/953863733775749121

Virat is gonna drop Steve Smith and Jimmy Anderson for Rohit and Ishant sharma #captainoftheyear https://t.co/C2lbrR77u4

— ? (@LogicalBakwaas) January 18, 2018

Virat Kohli is captain of ICC test team of the year sums up the state of test cricket in 2018.

— ? (@LogicalBakwaas) January 18, 2018