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By: Shree1news, 28 DEC 2020
Virat Kohli was announced the winner of two awards by the International Cricket Council on Monday – ICC ODI Males’s Cricketer of the Decade and ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade – while MS Dhoni received the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade.
The Indian cricket captain earned the ODI Cricketer of the Decade award for his prolific record in 50-over format. The Indian cricket captain pipped former skipper MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Joe Root and Steve Smith, amongst others to win the award.
Having hit more than 20,000 runs within the qualification period, Virat Kohli additionally won the Sir Garfield Sobers ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade Award. The 32-year-old amassed 20,396 runs at an average of 56.97, the very best amongst players with more than 70-plus innings. He smashed 66 hundreds and 94 fifties throughout the period.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) made the announcement via twitter, bestowing the honour on Kohli, who scored 66 out of his 70 international hundreds, within the “ICC Awards” period. “My only intention was to make winning contributions for the team and I just strive to do that in every game. Stats just become the byproduct of what you want to do on the field,” Virat Kohli said after winning the award.
Former India captain Dhoni was chosen for the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade by followers unanimously for his gesture of calling again England batsman Ian Bell after a weird run out within the Nottingham Take a look at in 2011.
In the meantime, Australia batsman Steve Smith was named because the Take a look at participant of the last decade. Through the tenure Steve Smith scored 7040 Take a look at runs at a mean of 65.79. He smashed 26 a whole bunch and 28 fifties.
The winners of all the individual awards will receive a unique artwork created in a collaboration between the ICC, Mumbai-based studio Kulture Shop and Indian artist Pratap Chalke. The Rachel Heyhoe-Flint and Sir Garfield Sobers winners get a spectacular hand-painted artwork bat, while the opposite individual award winners will obtain a limited-edition canvas painting that captures their distinctive passion and spirit.
Source: A-N
