Cricket's version of the Oscars - 2017

Best Director (Coach): Russell Domingo

It is definitely not an easy task to defeat Australia in their own backyard. I mean, if you ask MS Dhoni about this, he would probably suggest you hand over the captaincy to someone else and not face the humiliation.

This is what AB De Villiers must have thought when he got “injured” and handed over the captaincy to Faf Du Plessis for the tour down under. However, Russell Domingo, the head coach of the South African cricket team who helped the Proteas achieve a lot of success before coming to Australia provided the much-needed confidence to his team and with his successful strategy to counter the Australian team, the South Africans came out victorious in both the ODI and Tests.

For an excellent second half of the year, South Africa’s head coach Russell Domingo wins the award for the Best Director.

Best cricketer (male): Virat Kohli

While Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, and Joe Root disagree with this, Virat Kohli just shuts them up by scoring another double century while collecting the award.The number of runs scored by Kohli in all three formats combined this year is probably more than most of Kohli’s teammates scored throughout the year.

With 3 centuries in ODIs, 4 in T20s, and 4 in Tests which includes 3 double tons, Virat Kohli is by far the Cricketer Of The Year. He broke numerous records during the way, some of which he might not remember himself.