A list of Indian cricketers who have appeared in Wisden’s “Five Cricketers of the Year” over the years. No one can be chosen more than once. The list is longer than what you may think, starting with Ranjitsinhji in 1897 with the latest addition of Harmanpreet Kaur in 2023.
1897: Ranjitsinhji
1930: Duleepsinhji
1932: Iftekar Ali Khan (Pataudi senior)
1933: CK Nayudu
1937: Vijay Merchant
1947: Vinoo Mankad
1968: Mansur Ali Khan (Pataudi junior)
1972: BS Chandrasekhar
1980: Sunil Gavaskar
1983: Kapil Dev
1984: Mohinder Amarnath
1987: Dilip Vengsarkar
1991: M Azharuddin
1996: Anil Kumble
1997: Sachin Tendulkar
2000: Rahul Dravid
2002: VVS Laxman
2008: Zaheer Khan
2014: Shikhar Dhawan
2019: Virat Kohli
2022: Jasprit Bumrah
2022: Rohit Sharma
2023: Harmanpreet Kaur
A convenient reference is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year
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