Who among the following was named ICC's emerging player of the year 2018?
- A.Rishabh Pant
- B.Josh Hazlewood
- C.Hasan Ali
- D.Mustafizur Rahman
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Rishabh Pant. The Indian wicketkeeper-batter won the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award for 2018, after a debut year in Test cricket that included a century in England.
Pant made his Test debut in England in August 2018 and soon scored a hundred at The Oval, becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a Test century in England. He followed it with a century in Australia in early 2019. The ICC Emerging Player award honours the best young cricketer of the year. In the same 2018 awards, Virat Kohli made a clean sweep, winning the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the Year along with the Test and ODI Player of the Year awards.
B is wrong: Josh Hazlewood is an established Australian fast bowler who has not won this award. C is wrong: Hasan Ali of Pakistan won the Emerging Player award a year earlier, for 2017. D is wrong: Mustafizur Rahman of Bangladesh won it for 2016.
Exam tip: ICC Emerging Player: Mustafizur Rahman (2016), Hasan Ali (2017), Rishabh Pant (2018); Kohli swept the top three ICC awards for 2018.
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