DHONI BEST IN ODIS
India captain named ODI Player of the Year, Yuvraj’s six sixes the best T20 performance
Source - http://www.mailtoday.in.
MAHENDRA Singh Dhoni was named the ODI Player of the Year, Yuvraj Singh won the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Award but pacer Ishant Sharma failed to win the Emerging Player honour at the annual ICC awards function in Dubai.

West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul was adjudged Cricketer of the Year after a fine performance in Tests as well as limited over cricket while South African fast bowler Dale Steyn earned the Test Cricketer of the Year Award.

India ODI captain Dhoni beat tough competition from teammate Sachin Tendulkar, Australian fast bowler Nathan Bracken and Pakistan stalwart Mohammad Yousuf to take the prestigious award.

Yuvraj was deservedly honoured for his stupendous six sixes in an over off Englishman Stuart Broad in the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa last year.

Ishant lost out to Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis who took the Emerging Player of the Year Award.

During the voting period, Dhoni played 39 ODIs and scored 1,298 runs at an average of 49.92 and at a rate of 82.46 runs per 100 balls faced. In that time, he hit a century and nine fifties making sure he led his team from the front.

Dhoni also effected 62 dismissals ( 46 catches and 16 stumpings) as wicketkeeper, which is almost twice as many as the next best, albeit having played more matches than any other keeper.

He is currently ranked number one in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen.

OTHER AWARDS

Test Player of the Year: Dale Steyn ( South Africa)

ODI Player of the Year: Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( India)

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Yuvraj Singh ( India)

Emerging Player of the Year: Ajantha Mendis ( Sri Lanka)

Associate Player of the Year: Ryan ten Doeschate ( Netherlands)

Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel ( Australia)

Spirit of Cricket award: Sri Lanka

Woman Player of the Year: Charlotte Edwards ( England)

ODI Team of the Year: Hershelle Gibbs ( South Africa), Sachin Tendulkar ( India), Ricky Ponting ( Australia, captain) Younus Khan ( Pakistan), Andrew Symonds ( Australia), Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( India, wicketkeeper), Farveez Maharoof ( Sri Lanka), Daniel Vettori ( New Zealand), Brett Lee ( Australia), Mitchell Johnson ( Australia), Nathan Bracken ( Australia). 12th man: Salman Butt ( Pakistan)

World Test Team of the Year: ( in batting order): Graeme Smith ( South Africa, captain), Virender Sehwag ( India), Mahela Jayawardena ( Sri Lanka), Shivnarine Chanderpaul ( West Indies), Kevin Pietersen ( England), Jacques Kallis ( South Africa), Kumar Sangakkara ( Sri Lanka, wicketkeeper), Brett Lee ( Australia), Ryan Sidebottom ( England), Dale Steyn ( South Africa), Muttiah Muralitharan ( Sri Lanka). 12th man: Stuart Clark ( Australia)