Guwahati: Current Indian skipper Virat Kohli and former captain MS Dhoni have won big at the ICC awards 2020.
Kohli grabbed the ICC men’s ODI Player of the Decade award, owing to his consistency and a mammoth average of 59.33 across a total of 248 ODIs. He also happens to be the only player to have made over 10,000 runs in the format starting 2011.
Kohli, who captains RCB in the IPL, was also conferred with the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Decade. He had been nominated for the player of the decade across all formats, winning the award for ODIs, alongside a blanket best cricketer award.
Former captain MS Dhoni returned with the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade. This was attributed to a 2011 incident, wherein Dhoni had called England’s Ian Bell back to the crease to recommence his batting after an incorrect run-out decision was ruled against Bell.
For the otherwise most respectable format, Steve Smith from Australia won the ICC men’s Test Player of the Decade award, while Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan was handed the ICC men’s T20I Player of the Decade award.
