In the 2017 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack the Indian Captain and cricketer, Virat Kohli has been named as the `Leading Cricketer in the World`. He has become the third Indian cricketer to win the award.

Virender Sehwag has won it twice whileSchin Tendulkar won it one time. This award has been running from the 2003 and includes all the three formats of the game.

Lawrence Booth, the editor as per the sources news said that Kohli produced the year of his dreams, averaging more with the bat in each of the three formats than anyone else --"75 in Tests, 92 in one-day internationals and 106 in Twenty20 internationals".

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