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The ICC has published on its website a list of the best male and female cricketers over the past decade.
Kohli is the best cricketer of the decade, the best Test cricketer of the decade, ODI and T20. It has also been nominated for the Best Spirit of Cricket of the Decade award.
The best will be selected from the list of nominees. Viewers will vote 10 percent. The remaining 90 percent of the votes will come from the panel of experts. Voting, which began Wednesday, will end on December 16. Visitors can register and vote by visiting the ICC website.
Spectators will cast their votes for the Spirit of Cricket award. Starting in 2011, they will select the best of the decade from the winners.
The list was compiled by the ICC Nominating Committee considering performance from January 1, 2011 to October 8 of this year.
No cricketer from Bangladesh earned a spot on the list.
List of nominees:
Best cricketer of the boys’ decade: Virat Kohli (India), Ravichandran Ashwin (India), Joe Root (England), Ken Williamson (New Zealand), Steven Smith (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka).
Best cricketer of the decade: Alice Perry (Australia), Meg Lanning (Australia), Suzy Bates (New Zealand), Stephanie Taylor (West Indies), Mitali Raj (India), Sarah Taylor (England).
The best test cricketer of the boys’ decade: Virat Kohli (India), Joe Root (England), Ken Williamson (New Zealand), Steven Smith (Australia), James Anderson (England), Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka) and Yasir Shah (Pakistan).
Best ODI Cricketer of the Boys’ Decade: Virat Kohli (India), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Mitchell Starc (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Rohit Sharma (India), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka).
Best ODI Cricketer of the Decade: Meg Lanning (Australia), Alice Perry (Australia), Suzy Bates (New Zealand), Stephanie Taylor (West Indies), Mitali Raj (India), Jhulan Goswami (India).
Children’s Cricket Player of the Decade T20: Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Virat Kohli (India), Rohit Sharma (India), Imran Tahir (South Africa), Aaron Finch (Australia), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Chris Gayle (West Indies).
Best T20 cricketer of the decade: Meg Lanning (Australia), Sophie Devine (New Zealand), Alice Perry (Australia), Dyadra Dotin (West Indies), Alyssa Healy (Australia), Anna Schrabsol (England).
Boys Cricket Player of the Decade Cricket Player of the Decade: Kyle Quetzer (Scotland), Kalam McLeod (Scotland), Parash Khadka (Nepal), Richie Barrington (Scotland), Asad Valla (Papua New Guinea), Peter Boren (Netherlands).
Decade of the best female cricketers among ICC affiliates: Nathkan Chantam (Nepal), Sarnorin Tipoch (Thailand), Sanida Satthiruang (Thailand), Catherine Bruce (Scotland), Sarah Bryce (Scotland), Ster Kallis (Netherlands).
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade: Virat Kohli (India), Ken Williamson (New Zealand), Anna Srabsol (England), Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Catherine Brant (England), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India).
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