Dubai — Afghanistan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai, who took his team to a new level with his right-arm pace bowling and multi-faceted batting game, was on Monday named the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2024.
The 24-year-old built on an impressive 2023 to become one of the world’s leading One-Day International performers last year.
Omarzai also enjoyed a strong year in T20Is and franchise cricket, but it was in ODIs where he proved most influential.
He finished the year as his national team’s second-highest run scorer behind Rahmanullah Gurbaz and second-highest wicket-taker behind AM Ghazanfar, with Afghanistan winning four of their five ODI series in 2024. — (PTI)
