ICC Decade Awards: Virat Kohli has been named captain in the ICC Decade Men’s Test Team, while Ravichandran Ashwin is the only other Indian cricketer named in the XI.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli during the Pink Ball test in Adelaide. (AP Photo)
HIGHLIGHT
- Virat Kohli has been named ICC Test Team Captain of the Decade
- Fab Four’s Joe Root misses while 4 England players are included
- Sangakkara, Cook, Steyn among retired cricketers
The ICC, on Sunday 27 December, announced the men’s test team of the decade and Indian skipper Virat Kohli has been named captain of the XI. Kohli made his Test debut in 2011 and took over as captain of the longest format, MS Dhoni, in 2014 in the middle of the India tour of Australia.
Ravichandran Ashwin, India’s top cricketer in trials, is the only other Indian cricketer to have made the ICC Men’s Test Team of the decade list. Ashwin, who made his test debut in 2011 and currently plays the test series in Australia, has 2404 runs and 370 wickets from 72 test matches.
The squad includes 4 test players from England, but Captain Joe Root, who was also part of the Fab Four at the time, has not found a place. Other members of the Fab Four: Kohli, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson have been included in the test team of the decade.
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
England’s legendary hitter Sir Alastair Cook is among the 4 England players on the list, with the other 3 being the sensational off-roader Ben Stokes and the legendary duo of Stuart Broad and James Anderson. The legendary Kumar Sangakkara, a former captain of Sri Lanka, has been named the team’s goalkeeper.
Men’s ICC Test Team of the Decade: Alastair Cook, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Virat Kohli (captain), Steve Smith, Kumar Sangakkara (wicketkeeper), Ben Stokes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dale Steyn, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
