London: The Indian cricket team was involved in yet another controversy on the England tour when they skipped the annual ICC Award function held here on Monday, stating that the team hadn't been informed about the event in advance.
"The team was informed about the event only in the afternoon and it wasn't possible to make it to the function at such a short notice," the team manager for the ongoing tour, Shivlal Yadav, was quoted as saying by the Indian Express.
However, an ICC spokesperson refuted the charges, saying that the Indian team was told about the the event two months ago.
Thirteen Indian cricketers, including MS Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, were shortlisted in various categories for the prestigious ICC Awards.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned out to be the lone Indian to win an ICC award this year.
Tendulkar, who was named Cricketer of the Year in 2010 when the awards function was held in Bangalore, missed out this time.
England's Jonathan Trott won the top award after beating competition from his national teammate Alastair Cook and South Africa's Hashim Amla, besides that of Tendulkar.
India's opening batsman Gautam Gambhir also missed out the ODI Player of the Year Award which was won by Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara.
Four Indian players - Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag and Zaheer - were included in the ICC ODI team of the year.
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