Dhoni has also been named a patron of the ICC T20I Team of the Decade.
In the team, four players are from India, two from Australia, two from the West Indies, one from Sri Lanka, South Africa and Afghanistan.
ICC Decade T20I Team: Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, MS Dhoni (c), Kieron Pollard, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah and Lasith Malinga.
The ICC Men’s T20I team of the decade. And what a team it is! ⭐ Lots of 6️⃣ hitters in that XI! https://t.co/AyNDlHtV71
– ICC (@ICC) 1609059001000
Kohli is currently ranked number seven in the ICC T20I Batsmen Ranking.
The ICC also named Kathryn Bryce from Scotland as the ICC Women’s Associate Player of the Decade, while Kyle Coetzer was named the ICC Men’s Associate Player of the Decade.
India skipper Virat Kohli and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have been nominated for the ICC Player of the Decade award.
Along with Kohli and Ashwin, Joe Root (England), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Steve Smith (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa) and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) have also been nominated for this award.
For the ODI Player of the Decade, Kohli, Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Mitchell Starc (Australia), de Villiers, Rohit Sharma (India), MS Dhoni (India) and Sangakkara have been nominated.
Kohli, Root, Williamson, Smith, James Anderson (England), Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka) and Yasir Shah (Pakistan) have been nominated for the Test Player of the Decade award.
The winners of these individual awards will be announced by the ICC on Monday.
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