The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday named India's left arm pacer Arshdeep Singh as the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year 2024. The latest honour further further cements Arshdeep's reputation as one of the finest bowler in the shortest format of the game.
During the 2024 season the 25-year-old took 36 wickets in 18 matches and was also named in the ICC T20I Team of the Year 2024 earlier in the day, alongside Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya.
Arshdeep Singh’s T20I record in 2024
Arshdeep played a huge part in steering India to the title at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup and stepped up as leader of the attack as the selectors built a new era for the T20 squad following the triumph in the Caribbean.
Only four players in the world took more T20I wickets than Arshdeep in the calendar year – Saudi Arabia’s Usman Najeeb (38), Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga (38), UAE’s Junaid Siddique (40) and Hong Kong’s Ehsan Khan (46) – with all four playing more matches. Of those bowlers, only Hasaranga featured for a full-member nation.
Arshdeep took his wickets at an average of just 15.31 and, despite predominantly bowling in the powerplay and death overs, finished the year with an economy rate of 7.49. He was a constant wicket-taking threat, taking his wickets at a strike rate of 10.80.
