Mahendra Singh Dhoni won ICC People’s Choice Award 2013

Dec 3 2013: India Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 3 December 2013 won the LG International Cricket Council (ICC) People’s Choice Award for the year 2013.

Dhoni also became the second Indian cricketer after SachinTendulkar to get this award.

Srilanka cricketer Kumar Sangarkara won this award for two times in 2011 and 2012.

Other nominees for this year’s LG People’s Choice Award were Michael Clarke, Alastair Cook, Virat Kohli, and AB de Villiers.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) People’s Choice award introduced in the year 2010 and Sachin Tendulkar won Inaugural Award.

The LG People's Choice Award allows cricket fans the unique chance to vote for international stars who have produced outstanding performances in the past year.

Fans vote on a short list nominated by a panel of cricket experts using criteria set out by LG and the ICC.

The nominees will have displayed some of the attributes regarded by LG that reflect their brand and their qualities. Such as innovation, dynamism, strength in decision-making, performing well under pressure and executing a plan to distinction.