ICC Awards: Virat Kohli wins the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for Male Cricketer of the Decade

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ICC Awards: Virat Kohli named Men's ODI Cricketer of the Decade. (AP Photo)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Inda captain Virat Kohli has been named as the Men’s Cricketer of the Decade
  • Australia batting mainstay was declared the ICC Test Cricketer of the Decade
  • Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan was named the ICC T20I Cricketer of the Decade
India captain Virat Kohli on Monday was named ICC ODI Men’s Cricketer of the decade. Kohli was competing for the award alongside Ravichandran Ashwin, Joe Root, Steve Smith amongst others. Furthermore, former Indian skipper MS Dhoni was also nominated in the ICC ODI Men’s Cricketer of the decade.
“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.
Virat Kohli, who had scored 20,396 runs in all international cricket during the time period, which is more than anyone else, was also part of team India that won the ICC CWC 2011 and ICC Champions Trophy 2013. He was also named ICC Cricketer of the Year in both 2017 and 2018, so it was no surprise that he emerged as the clear jury favourite with winning the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade.

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On the other hand, Australia batsman Steve Smith was named as the Test player of the decade. During the tenure Steve Smith scored 7040 Test runs at an average of 65.79. He smashed 26 hundreds and 28 fifties.

Rashid Khan, the spin sensation from Afghanistan, bagged the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade award. The 22-year-ol took 89 wickets, the maximum by any player in the time period. His bowling was an impressive 12.62. He also took 3 four-wicket hauls, two five-fors.

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 other individual award winners will receive a limited-edition canvas painting that captures their unique passion and spirit.

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