Yuvraj Singh himself has been left surprised by his dream run at the Twenty20 World Cup.
The explosive batsman claims to have specially innovated some shots for the slam-bang version of the game.
Ponting also scooped the Captain of the Year award and was named captain of both ICC ODI and Test teams of the Year.
The Indians allowed the hosts to escape to a three wicket victory at Manchester to find themselves trailing 1-3 in the seven-match series.
Captain Rahul Dravid will be rested for the warm-up one-dayer against England Lions on Saturday.
India will play its maiden one dayer on Thursday before the seven-match ODI series against England that starts on August 21.