Virat Kohli, R. Ashwin, Mithali Raj nominated for ICC player of the decade

Virat Kohli, R. Ashwin, Mithali Raj nominated for ICC player of the decade
Virat Kohli and R.Ashwin
Virat Kohli and R.Ashwin

Indian men’s cricket team skipper Virat Kohli, spinner R. Ashwin and former India women’s team captain Mithali Raj have been nominated for the ICC player of the decade award.

In Mens category, along with Kohli and Ashwin, Joe Root (England), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Steve Smith (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) have also been nominated for this award.

For ODI player of the decade award, Kohli, Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Mitchell Starc (Australia), AB de Villiers, Rohit Sharma (India), MS Dhoni (India), and Kumar Sangakkara have been nominated. For the Test player of the decade award, Kohli, Root, Williamson, Smith, James Anderson (England), Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka), and Yasir Shah (Pakistan) are nominated. In T20I player of the decade the nominations are Kohli, Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Imran Tahir (South Africa), Aaron Finch (Australia), Malinga, Chris Gayle (West Indies), and Rohit Sharma (India).

The full list of nominations were released on Tuesday on the official website of ICC. The winners will be decided on the number of votes a player receives.

Mithali Raj nominated for ICC Womens Player of the Decade

Mithali Raj

Former India captain, Mithali Raj has been nominated for the ICC Player of the Decade award in the women’s category.

Along with her, Ellyse Perry (Australia), Meg Lanning (Australia), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies) and Sarah Taylor (England) are also nominated for the accolade.

For Womens ODI player of the decade, Mithali Raj, Meg Lanning (Australia), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Ellyse Perry (Australia), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies), and Jhulan Goswami (India) have been nominated. For Women’s T20I player of the decade award, Lanning, Perry, Sophie Devine (New Zealand), Deandra Dottin (West Indies), Alyssa Healy (Australia), and Anya Shrubsole (England) are nominated.

For ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade, 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), and Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) have been shortlisted.

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