Trinbago Knight Riders captain, Kieron Pollard, celebrating with the 2020 CPL championship trophy.
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LONDON – Superstar Chris Gayle and West Indies white-ball captain, Kieron Pollard, have been named in the International Cricket Council’s Twenty20 Team-of-the-Decade.
In awards announced on Monday by the sport’s world governing body, West Indies women’s captain, Stafanie Taylor, along with dynamic all-rounder, Deandra Dottin, were also included in the ICC Women’s T20I Team-of-the-Decade.
Taylor has also been good enough to be named in the Women’s One-Day International Team-of-the-decade, along with off-spinner and former vice-captain Anisa Mohammed.
As expected, however, no West Indies player was included in the Test Team-of-the-Decade or the men’s ODI Team-of-the-Decade.
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DUBAI: India captain Virat Kohli on Monday headlined the ICC top honours for the decade, winning the Sir Garfield Sobers award for the best male cricketer of the past 10 years.
Kohli was also picked for the ODI Cricketer of the Decade award.
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Former India skipper MS Dhoni won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade , chosen by fans for his gesture of calling back England batsman Ian Bell after a bizarre run out in the Nottingham Test in 2011.
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Rohit Sharma congratulated the Indian captain on Instagram
Virat Kohli scored over 20,300 runs in the last decade
Virat Kohli, India captain across all formats, won two prestigious ICC awards on Monday. The ICC named Kohli as men s ODI cricketer of the decade and the India skipper also bagged the Sir Garfield Sobers award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade. The Indian Cricket Team s official Instagram posted an image to congratulate Kohli on his achievement. Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male cricketer of the Decade. ICC Men s ODI Cricketer of the Decade. Runs Trophies and phenomenal numbers across formats in last decade. Champion in the truest sense. Congratulations to Virat Kohli, read the image caption.
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Virat Kohli was announced the winner of two awards by the International Cricket Council on Monday – ICC ODI Men’s Cricketer of the Decade and ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade – while MS Dhoni won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade.
The Indian cricket captain earned the ODI Cricketer of the Decade award for his prolific record in 50-over format. The Indian cricket captain pipped former skipper MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Joe Root and Steve Smith, among others to win the award.
Having hit more than 20,000 runs in the qualification period, Virat Kohli also won the Sir Garfield Sobers ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade Award. The 32-year-old amassed 20,396 runs at an average of 56.97, the highest among players with more than 70-plus innings. He smashed 66 hundreds and 94 fifties during the period.