Karachi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the teams of the decade of all three formats. No player from Pakistan has been named in each of these teams.
The sides are picked by the ICC’s Voting Academy of journalists and broadcasters. The XI has been selected based on performances from January 1, 2011, and October 7, 2020.
Men’s T20I side of the decade
Players from six countries have made it into the final XI with India having the most representation (4) in the team.
The side is led by former Indian captain and wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni while surprisingly Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan and India’s Jasprit Bumrah have been named.
From India, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been named in the XI while Australia’s limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch is also part of the team along with his teammate Glenn Maxwell, while South Africa has a sole representation in AB de Villiers.
West Indies T20 superstars Kieron Pollard and Chris Gayle also make it to the XI, along with Sri Lanka veteran quick Lasith Malinga.
The ICC Men's T20I Team of the Decade. And what a team it is! ⭐
A whole lot of 6️⃣-hitters in that XI! pic.twitter.com/AyNDlHtV71
— ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020
Men’s ODI side of the decade
India again has the most representatives in the XI with Rohit,Kohli and Dhoni while Australia (David Warner & Mitchell Starc) and South Africa (AB de Villiers & Imran Tahir) have the second-most representatives with two players each.
Bangladesh, New Zealand, England, the current world champions, and Sri Lanka all have a player each in the XI.
The ICC Men's ODI Team of the Decade:
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#ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/MueFAfS7sK
— ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020
Men’s Test side of the decade
England have most representatives in the XI, with Alastair Cook, Ben Stokes, Stuart Broad, and James Anderson all included in a team led by Kohli.
Australia’s Steve Smith, New Zealand’s Kane Williamson and former Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara are the only representations from the country.
India’s Ravichandran Ashwin was selected ahead of Australia’s Nathan Lyon while South Africa’s Dale Steyn was the other specialist pacer included in the side.
Shockingly, Pakistan’s Yasir Shah, who has been nominated as ICC Test player of the decade is not named in the side.
Your ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade
A line-up that could probably bat for a week!
#ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/Kds4fMUAEG
— ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020
Meanwhile, ICC has also named women’s limited-overs sides, men’s and women’s associate player of the decade.
The ICC Women's ODI Team of the Decade
— ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020
The ICC Women's T20I Team of the Decade
Plenty of runs and wickets in that side!
#ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/mRkVN1SHSf
— ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020
The all-rounder averaged 50 with the bat and 9.93 with the ball during the #ICCAwards period in T20Is ?
Congratulations
— ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020
The ICC Men's Associate Player of the Decade is Kyle Coetzer
Congratulations to the Scotland batsman
During the #ICCAwards period, he scored 2277 runs at 45.54 in ODIs
pic.twitter.com/wzlrMiC5YV
— ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020
The rest of the ICC Awards of the decade will be announced tomorrow.
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