Gautam Gambhir has been named ICC Test Player of the Year while Mahendra Singh Dhoni was again crowned ODI Player of the Year.

Gambhir beat off short-list competition from Mitchell Johnson of Australia, Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera and England captain Andrew Strauss to claim the first ICC award of his career.

Awards night in images

During the 12-month voting period, Gambhir put in some remarkable performances with the bat, making 1,269 runs with an impressive average of 84.60 in the eight Test matches he played. He scored five centuries and four half-centuries during the period.allery

Upon collecting the gong from ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar, the 27-year-old Gambhir said: "It's been a dream run for me. I never thought it could be like this but life has changed for me and I am very happy.

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"As a unit we have played very well and I am just glad to contribute to the overall success of the team."

Dhoni's success saw him take home the ODI accolade for the second successive year.

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The wicketkeeper-batsman beat off tough competition from team-mates Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag as well as the West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul to take the prestigious award.

During the voting period Dhoni played 24 ODIs and scored 967 runs at an average of 60.43 and at a rate of 86.63 runs per 100 balls faced. In that time he hit nine 50s, making sure he led his team from the front.

Also in that time, wicketkeeper Dhoni played a hand in 26 dismissals (18 catches and eight stumpings) and led his country to victory in 17 of the 24 matches in which he played. He is currently ranked number one in the ICC player rankings for ODI batsmen, comfortably ahead of the next best.

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Dhoni also features in both the Test and ODI Teams of the Year as both wicketkeeper and captain of both sides, as selected by the expert five-man panel.

The panel was chaired by West Indies legend Clive Lloyd and included former India captain Anil Kumble, former England wicketkeeper Bob Taylor, former Pakistan opener Mudassar Nazar and former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming.

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