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Former Proteas captain Villiers AB and leg clamp Imran Tahir | Both have been named in the International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI Decade Team of the Decade announced Sunday.
Apart from the two South Africans, the team includes staunch Indians. Rohit sharma, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni who was named captain of the side.
Other players making the final XI include David warner (Australia), Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), Ben stokes (England), Mitchell starc (Australia), Trent boult (New Zealand and Lasith malinga (Sri Lanka).
De Villiers played 228 ODI matches for South Africa scoring 9,577 runs at an average of 53.50 and including 25 centuries and 53 half centuries.
Tahir appeared in 107 ODI matches for the Proteas, taking 173 wickets at 24.83.
De Villiers ended his international career in 2018, but in November current Proteas coach Mark Boucher admitted he was in line for a possible selection ahead of the national lockdown in March.
Since then, those discussions have been suspended.
“AB was in discussions before Covid, he is always in discussions when he plays good cricket, to be honest with you,” Boucher said.
Tahir retired from the 50 over cricket after the 2019 World Cup.
Dale steyn was the only South African named in the Test team of the decade.
Steyn, who took 439 proving grounds for South Africa in 93 games averaging 22.95, joined James andersonorth, Stuart broad, Ben stokes and Ravichandran ashwin in the attack.
The rest of the XI includes Aliastair Cook, David warner, Kane williamson, Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Kumar sangakkara.
– Compiled by Sport24 staff
