The International Cricket Council on Sunday announced the teams of the decade in Test, ODI and T20I cricket. Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin are the two Indians featured on the test team of the decade, with Kohli named as the test side patron. Meanwhile, the ODI and T20I sides are led by MS Dhoni.
The ICC Men’s T20I team of the decade. And what a team it is! ⭐
Lots of 6️⃣ hitters in that XI! pic.twitter.com/AyNDlHtV71
– ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020
The ODI team of the decade features all of the aforementioned Indians without Jasprit Bumrah, with Dhoni newly appointed as patron. In addition to them, it has two players from South Africa (AB de Villiers and Imran Tahir) and Australia (David Warner and Mitchell Starc), as well as a player from Bangladesh (Shakib al Hasan), England (Ben Stokes), New Zealand (Trent ). Boult) and Sri Lanka (Lasith Malinga).
The ICC Decade Men’s ODI Team:
#ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/MueFAfS7sK
– ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020
Kohli was named captain of the XI test team, with Ashwin the other Indian player on the side. The English dominate the team with four of them: Alastair Cook, Ben Stokes, James Anderson and Stuart Broad in the lineup.
His Ashes rivals, Australia’s David Warner and Steve Smith, also made the eleven. Kane Williamson is the only Kiwi and Kumar Sangakkara is the only Lacan on the team.
Your ICC Men’s Test Team of the Decade
A lineup that could probably hit for a week! #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/Kds4fMUAEG
– ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020
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ICC T20I Men’s Team of the Decade: Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, MS Dhoni (c, wk), Kieron Pollard, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga
ODI Men’s ICC Team of the Decade: Rohit Sharma, David Warner, Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers, Shakib al Hasan, MS Dhoni (c), Ben Stokes, Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult, Imran Tahir, Lasith Malinga
ICC Decade Men’s Test Team: Alastair Cook, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Virat Kohli (c), Steve Smith, Kumar Sangakkara, Ben Stokes, R Ashwin, Dale Steyn, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
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