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By: Shree1news, 24 NOV 2020
Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin have been on Tuesday nominated for the coveted ICC Males’s Player of the Decade Award with the Indian captain that includes in all 5 males’s categories for his incredible run within the last 10 years.
Kohli and veteran off-spinner Ashwin are the 2 Indians amongst seven players nominated for the most prestigious award.
Apart from the Indian duo, Joe Root (England), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Steve Smith (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) are the opposite contenders on this category.
Within the Men’s ODI Player of the Decade category, former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and run-machine Rohit Sharma also found a place alongside Kohli, Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Mitchell Starc (Australia), de Villiers and Sangakkara.
Kohli and Rohit also featured within the Men’s T20I Player of the Decade category, which also included Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Imran Tahir (South Africa), Aaron Finch (Australia), Malinga and Chris Gayle (West Indies).
Kohli has also been nominated within the Males’s Check Participant of the Decade and ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade categories.
Apart from Kohli, Dhoni also found a spot within the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade award category.
Kohli, who averages greater than 50 in all formats, has already amassed 70 international hundreds and is simply behind Ricky Ponting (71) and Sachin Tendulkar (100).
He’s third within the listing of main run-scorers of all time with 21,444 runs, behind Ponting (27,483) and Tendulkar (34,357).
In the past decade Kohli has amassed over 7000 runs in Tests whereas within the shorter formats, the Indian skipper has gathered more than 11000 runs in ODIs and over 2600 runs in T20s.
The final winners will likely be decided on the basis of the number of votes a player receives.
List of nominations:
Men’s player of the decade: Virat Kohli (India) Ravichandran Ashwin (India), Joe Root (England), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Steve Smith (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka).
Women’s ODI Player of the Decade: Meg Lanning (Australia), Ellyse Perry (Australia), Mithali Raj (India), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies) and Jhulan Goswami (India).
Women’s Player of the Decade: Ellyse Perry (Australia), Meg Lanning (Australia), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies), Mithali Raj (India), Sarah Taylor (England).
Men’s ODI Player of the Decade: Virat Kohli (India), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Mitchell Starc (Australia), AB de Villiers, Rohit Sharma (India), MS Dhoni (India), and Kumara Sangakkara (Sri Lanka).
Men’s TestPlayer of the Decade: Virat Kohli (India), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Smith, James Anderson (England), Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka), and Yasir Shah (Pakistan).
Men’s T20I Player of the Decade: Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Virat Kohli (India), Imran Tahir (South Africa), Aaron Finch (Australia), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Chris Gayle (West Indies), and Rohit Sharma (India).
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade: Virat Kohli (India), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan), MS Dhoni (India), Anya Shrubsole (England), Katherine Brunt (England), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), and Daniel Vettori (New Zealand).
Source: A-N
