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The ICC awards for 2015-16 have been announced, and there is lot to cheer about for India. Off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been named both the ICC Cricketer of the Year as well as the Test Cricketer of the Year.

This year’s ICC awards saw a surprise winner as the ODI Cricketer of the Year – Sri Lanka’s gentle giant Kumar Sangakkara. No, it isn’t as if the elegant left-hander did not deserve the honour.

The ICC annual awards were announced recently in which current Aussie skipper Michael Clarke emerged as the key winner, walking away with both the Test cricketer as well as the Cricketer of the year award.

Indian cricketers had something to cheer about as Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir were on Friday named in the final shortlists for ICC Cricketer of the Year and ODI Player of the Year awards.

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