Babar Azam joins Kohli, Dhoni and de Villiers in an elite list

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Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the ICC's Men's ODI cricketer of the Year award.

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The match-winnings knocks, spell-binding stroke-play and memorable moments all came handy for Babar to claim the elusive award for the 2nd consecutive year.

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Pakistan's skipper became only the fourth cricketer to bag the award in successive years.

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Babar Azam also claimed the honours in 2021.

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MS Dhoni was the first cricketer to bag Men's ODI cricketer award in consecutive years. He won it in 2008 and 2009.

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AB de Villiers won the Men's ODI cricketer of the year award in 2014 and 2015.

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Virat Kohli bagged the Men's ODI cricketer of the year award in 2017 and 2018. Overall, he has bagged the honour thrice.

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In the year 2022, Babar played a total of nine ODI matches in which he amassed 679 runs.

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