ICC Player of the Decade Award: Big news for India, Virat Kohli and Ashwin nominated for it

ICC Player of the Decade Award: It is big news for Indian cricket fans. Team India skipper Virat Kohli and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have been nominated for the prestigious ICC Player of the Decade Award.

The list was announced on Tuesday, according to which seven players have been nominated for the accolade. Besides Kohli and Ashwin, Joe Root (England), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Steve Smith (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) have been selected.

Meanwhile, for the ICC has announced ODI Player of the Decade list. It features three Indians which are Kohli, Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni. Others are Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Mitchell Starc (Australia), de Villiers, and Sangakkara.

The winners will be decided on the basis of the number of votes a player receives.

For ICC Women’s Player of the Decade, Ellyse Perry (Australia), Meg Lanning (Australia), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies), Mithali Raj (India), Sarah Taylor (England) have been nominated.

Kohli, Root, Williamson, Smith, James Anderson (England), Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka), and Yasir Shah (Pakistan) have been nominated for the Test Player of the Decade award.

Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Kohli, Imran Tahir (South Africa), Aaron Finch (Australia), Malinga, Chris Gayle (West Indies), and Rohit Sharma (India) have been nominated for the Men’s T20I Player of the Decade.
For Women’s T20I Player of the Decade, Lanning, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Deandra Dottin, Alyssa Healy, and Anya Shrubsole have been nominated.

While, Lanning, Perry, Mithali Raj, Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies), and Jhulan Goswami (India) have been shortlisted for the ICC Women’s ODI Player of the Decade.

For ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade, Kohli, Williamson, Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan), MS Dhoni, Anya Shrubsole (England), Katherine Brunt (England), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), and Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) have been shortlisted.