 Dhoni nominated for twin honours in ICC awards night
8th Sep 2008 22:01 IST
Agencies
Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained in line for twin honours at the ICC Awards 2008 while his Team India colleagues Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh and Ishant Sharma were also nominated in various categories for cricket's version of Oscar to be given away in Dubai on Wednesday.
Though none of the Indians could make it to the shortlist for the Cricketer of the Year -- the most coveted honour, the Test Player of the Year and Women's Player of the Year, Dhoni was in race for the award in both the ODI and Twenty20 charts.
Yuvraj's scintillating display in the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup, especially his six sixes off a Stuart Broad over, got him a nomination for the newly-introduced Twenty20 International Performance of the Year category, where he would have to vie with, among others, his captain Dhoni.
Dhoni is also in the hunt for the ODI Player of the Year award. He faces competition from compatriot Sachin Tendulkar, who made the cut, thanks to the 1310 runs he scored during the past one year.
Ishant, courtesy his sensational performance in the away Test series against Australia, is among the four youngsters in hunt for the Emerging Player of the Year but the lanky Indian would have to beat, among others, Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis to lay his hands on the award.
ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat, who announced the shortlist in New Delhi today, said these awards would be a perfect celebration of some of the cricketing milestones.
"Cricket's equivalent of Oscars, it would be celebrating the best of the best and I think the five-member ICC Selection Panel, headed by Clive Lloyd, has done a wonderful job," Lorgat said.
Apart from the former West Indies captain, other members of the panel are Greg Chappell (Australia), Shaun Pollock (South Africa), Sidath Wettymuni (Sri Lanka) and Atahar Ali Khan (Bangladesh).
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