Cricketer Zaheer Khan has been nominated in as many as three categories for this year's LG ICC Awards to be held in London on September 12. Besides Zaheer, three other Indian cricketers — Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni — have all been nominated in two categories each. Five other cricketers — English duo of Jonathan Trott and Graeme Swann, South Africa's AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla and Australia's Shane Watson also feature in three different categories. In the long-list of nominees, Zaheer finds his name in the ICC Cricketer of the Year award for Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy besides Test Player of the Year and ODI Player of the Year. Tendulkar and Dravid also feature in the list of nominess for the Cricketer of the Year and Test Player of the Year award while Dhoni has been nominated for ODI Player of the Year and LG People's Choice Award. Other Indian cricketers to have been nominated for this year's ICC awards are Ishant Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Both for Test Player of the Year, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli,Munaf Patel, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, all ODI Player of the Year;Jhulan Goswami, and Poonam Raut both Women's Cricketer of the Year and Abhinav Mukund, as Emerging Player of the Year.
News On AIR | August 11, 2011 7:56 PM
LG ICC Awards: Zaheer Khan nominated in 3 categories