#5 Virat Kohli
ODI Player of the Year (2012) - Virat Kohli, only 23 then, hopped over some big names to win one of the most coveted awards in world cricket. During the concerned period of voting, Virat amassed 1733 runs at an average of 66.7. His stellar run during the period was clad with eight centuries and six half-centuries.
Cricketer of the Year & ODI Player of the Year (2017) - 2017 was a stellar year for the bearded batsman. He impressed one and all across formats. To give you an idea of his impact on the field, let me cite his numbers during the qualification period. In ODIs, he collected 1818 runs at a stunning average of 82 with the help of seven hundreds.
As far as T20Is are concerned he scored runs at a strike-rate of over 150. But it was perhaps his contribution in the most competitive form of cricket, the Tests, that won him the Cricketer of the Year award. He scored over 2000 Test runs at an average of 80 runs per innings. He is the only player to have won both these awards in a single edition.
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