Virender Sehwag wins ‘ICC Test Player of the Year’ award
By ANIWednesday, October 6, 2010
BANGALORE - Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag, who won the ‘ICC Test Player of the Year’ award at the LG ICC Awards ceremony here on Wednesday, said that he always tries to deliver his best in Test match and play the same way in every format of the game.
After collecting the award from former West Indies bowler Courtney Walsh the 31-year-old Sehwag said: “It’s fantastic to win the award to take over the title from Gautam Gambhir.”
“I try to play the best I can in Test match cricket and play the same way I do in every format of the game,” said Sehwag.
“I’m a huge fan of Test cricket and I love to play it more than Twenty20 or one-day cricket and the game is something I love to play,” he added.
Sehwag beat off short-list competition from team-mate Sachin Tendulkar and the South African duo of Dale Steyn and Hashim Amla to claim the first ICC award of his career.
During the 12-month voting period, Sehwag put in some remarkable performances with the bat, making 1,282 runs with an impressive average of 85.46 in the 10 Test matches he played. He scored six centuries and four half-centuries during the period. (ANI)
