The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced a new set of awards to presented this time. These are a set of Decade Awards, for players who have dominated in the different formats of cricket and the game in general for the past 10 years.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin were the two players from India, who were nominated for ICC Men's Player of the Decade Award.
Apart from these two, England test skipper Joe Root, Australia's Steve Smith, South African batsman AB de Villiers, Kane Williamson from New Zealand and former Sri Lankan wicket-keeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara also received the nominations for the award.
Virat Kohli received the highest number of nominations across categories as he received as many as five in total. Among other categories, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni were other players from India to get a nomination in their name. Legends of India's women's cricket, Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami also featured in the nominations list.
All the categories of the ICC Awards of the Decade:
ICC Men’s Player of the Decade
Nominees: Virat Kohli (India), Joe Root (England), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Steve Smith (Australia), Ravichandran Ashwin (India), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
ICC Women’s Player of the Decade
Nominees: Ellyse Perry (Australia), Meg Lanning (Australia), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies), Mithali Raj (India), Sarah Taylor (England)
ICC Men’s Test Player of the Decade
Nominees: Virat Kohli (India), Joe Root (England), Steve Smith (Australia), James Anderson (England), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka), Yasir Shah (Pakistan)
ICC Men’s ODI Player of the Decade
Nominees: Virat Kohli (India), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Mitchell Starc (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Rohit Sharma (India), MS Dhoni (India), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
ICC Women’s ODI Player of the Decade
Nominees: Meg Lanning (Australia), Ellyse Perry (Australia), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies), Mithali Raj (India), Jhulan Goswami (India)
ICC Men’s T20I Player of the Decade
Nominees: Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Virat Kohli (India), Rohit Sharma (India), Imran Tahir (South Africa), Aaron Finch (Australia), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Chris Gayle (West Indies)
