ICC on Tuesday announced the names of shortlisted candidates for categories including:
ICC Men’s ODI Player of the Decade, T20 International Player of the Decade, Men’s Player of the Decade, ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade, and Men’s Test Player of the Decade.
The ICC released the nominations for upcoming awards under the mentioned categories. From the players around the globe, the Indian Team Captain, Virat Kohli has secured positions in four lists.
Which are the four categories?
- Player of The Decade
- ODI Player of the Decade
- Test Player of the Decade
- T20I Player of the Decade
- ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade
The Nominees of Men’s category to compete for headlines of Latest Sports News:
1. Men’s Player of The Decade nominees:
- Virat Kohli (India)
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
- Joe Root (England)
- Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
- Steve Smith (Australia)
- AB de Villiers (South Africa)
- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
2. 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)
- Kumara Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
3. Men’s Test Player of the Decade nominees:
- Virat Kohli (India)
- Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
- Steve Smith (Australia)
- James Anderson (England)
- Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka)
- Yasir Shah (Pakistan)
4. Men’s T20I Player of the Decade nominees:
- Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
- Virat Kohli (India)
- Imran Tahir (South Africa)
- Aaron Finch (Australia)
- Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
- Chris Gayle (West Indies)
- Rohit Sharma (India)
5. ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade nominees:
- 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)
- Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
The Nominees of Women’s category to compete for headlines of Latest Sports News:
1. 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)
2. Women’s ODI Player of the Decade nominees:
- Meg Lanning (Australia)
- Ellyse Perry (Australia)
- Mithali Raj (India)
- Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
- Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
- Jhulan Goswami (India)
3. Women’s T20I Player of the Decade nominees:
- Meg Lanning (Australia)
- Sophie Devine (New Zealand)
- Ellyse Perry (Australia)
- Deandra Dottin (West Indies)
- Alyssa Healy (Australia)
- Anya Shrubsole (England)
Some prominent names in the list include:
Virat Kohli: The skipper of the Indian Cricket Team secured his name in 4 different categories.
With an amazing past career, Kohli holds third place after Ricky Ponting (27,483) and Sachin Tendulkar (34,357) in terms of run-scorers with a score of 21,444 runs.
M.S. Dhoni: Former skipper of the Indian Cricket Team. With a sum of 10773 runs and a strike rate of 87.56, Dhoni secured his position on the list.
AB de Villiers: Seems to be a perfect fit for the list with his record of ‘fastest hundred in ODIs (2015)’.
Also, the list of the female nominees did a complete justification with their brilliant talent.
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