LG ICC Awards 2010

         In Indian sports, cricket is the most popular game. ICC announced LG ICC awards for cricket persons.For India sports news this is a glittering moment.

           Sachin Tendulkar created the winner of the LG ICC Awards onOctober 6, 2010 in Bangalore after receiving two awards simultaneously. He packed the Sir Garfield Sobers Cricketer of the Year award and LG People's Choice Award. Tendulkar became the second Indian to receive the award after Rahul Dravid won it in 2004. Virender Sehwag with 1, 282 runs to hisname in Test cricket was declared 'Test Cricketer oh the Year,while Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named the captain of a WorldTest XI.ABde Villiers of South Africa was declared the ODI Playerof the Year. While Shelly Nitschke was the wife of Australia Cricketer of the Year Award Steve Finn England was named theEmerging Player of the Year.

      List of the awardees:

Sir Garfield sobers Cricketer of the Year: Sachin Tendulkar (India)   read India news

LG People’s Choice Award: Sachin Tendulkar

Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Shelly Nitschke (Australia)   read Australia News

ODI Player of the Year: A.B.de Villiers (South Africa)   read South Africa News

Test Player of the Year: Virender Sehwag (India)   read India news

Emerging Player: Steven Finn (England)    read UK News

Spirit of Cricket: New Zealand    read New Zealand News

Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)    read Pakistan News

Twenty-20 International Performance of the Year: Brendon McCullum (of New Zealand for his unbeaten 116 against Australia at Christchurch of February 28, 2010)

Associate and Affiliate Player: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)    read Netherlands News

Inductees into the ICC Hall of Frame: Bishan Singh Bedi, Joel Garner, Courtney Walsh and Rachael Heyhoe Flint.

ICC ODI world XI: Rickey Ponting( caption) , Sachin tendulkar, Shane Watson, Michael Hussey, A.B.de Villiers, Paul Collingwood, M.S.Dhoni(wicketkeeper), Daniel Vettori, Stuart Board, Doug Bollinger and Ryan Harris.

ICC Test World XI: M.S.Dhoni (caption), Virender Sehwag, Simon Katich, Sachin Tendulkar, Hashim Amla, Kumar Sangakkara, Jacques Kallis, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Dale Steyn and Doug Bollinger.