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Dravid, Yuvraj in running for ICC awards

Ponting nominated in multiple categories

Mumbai: Captain Rahul Dravid and left-handed batsman Yuvraj Singh are the two Indians left in the fray after shortlisting of players for the ICC's annual awards, to be announced on November 3.

Dravid, winner of the Cricketer of the Year and Test Player of the Year awards in 2004, is in the running for the Captain of the Year honour while Yuvraj, scorer of 1,496 runs in the period under consideration for the awards, is in contention for the ODI Player of the Year award.

The ICC CEO said two more categories of awards, to add to the eight for which players and teams have already been short-listed, the Test team of the Year and the ODI Team of the Year, would be declared at the awards function.

Among those in the running for multiple honours is Australia skipper Ricky Ponting, for four awards.

The short-listed players and teams: Cricketer of the Year: Michael Hussey, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting and Mohd Yousuf. Test Player of the Year: Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne and Mohd Yousuf. ODI Player of the Year: Michael Hussey, Mahela Jayawardene, Ricky Ponting and Yuvraj Singh. Emerging Player of the Year: Alistair Cook, Ian Bell, Monty Panesar and Mohd. Asif. Captain of the Year: Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting, Michael Vaughan and Mahela Jayawardene. Woman Player of the Year: Karen Rolton (Aus), Anjum Chopra (Ind) and Katherne Brunt (Eng). Spirit of Cricket: India, England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar (Pak), Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus). — PTI