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MS Dhoni shortlisted for ICC award

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ABU DHABI — Five cricketers, including India’s World Cup winning skipper MS Dhoni, were on Thursday shortlisted for the second edition of ICC’s ‘People’s Choice Awards’. The shortlist includes the likes of South African batsman Hashim Amla, Chris Gayle of West Indies, former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara and England’s Jonathan Trott apart from Dhoni.

Published: Fri 29 Jul 2011, 11:46 PM

Updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 6:32 PM

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  • James Jose

The list was nominated by an elite panel of cricket experts headed by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, along with Pakistan’s Zaheer Abbas, England’s Mike Gatting, South Africa’s Paul Adams and New Zealand’s Danny Morrison.

Cricket fans across the globe will have a unique opportunity to vote for the player of their choice via www.lgpeopleschoice.com.

Voting will be open until 4.30pm IST (11:00am GMT) on August 25 and the winner will be announced on September 12 at the LG ICC Awards in London.

Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar bagged the honour in 2010, first time when the award was included in the ICC’s list.



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