Virat Kohli, Ashwin nominated for Player of the Decade award
NEW DELHI: India skipper Virat Kohli and ace off-spinner R Ashwin were on Tuesday nominated for the International Cricket Councils (ICC) Mens Player of the Decade award. Apart from Kohli and Ashwin, Joe Root (of England), Steve Smith (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Kane Williamson (New Zealand) and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) were also nominated for this accolade.
Among other awards, the following are the nominees:
Men's Test Player of the Decade:
Kohli, Root, Williamson, Smith, James Anderson (England), RanganaHerath (Sri Lanka) and Yasir Shah (Pakistan).
Men's ODI Player of the Decade:
Kohli, LasithMalinga (Sri Lanka), Mitchell Starc (Australia), de Villiers, Rohit Sharma (India), MS Dhoni (India) and Sangakkara.
Men's T20I Player of the Decade:
Kohli, Rohit, Malinga, Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Imran Tahir (South Africa), Aaron Finch (Australia), and Chris Gayle (West Indies).
Women's Player of the Decade:
Ellyse Perry (Australia), Meg Lanning (Australia), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies), Mithali Raj (India) and Sarah Taylor (England).
Women's ODI Player of the Decade:
Raj, Lanning, Perry, Raj, Bates, Stafanie Taylor, and JhulanGoswami.
Women's T20I Player of the Decade:
Lanning, Perry, Sophie Devine, DeandraDottin, Alyssa Healy and Anya Shrubsole.
Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade:
Kohli, Dhoni, Williamson, Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Anya Shrubsole (England), Katherine Brunt (England), MahelaJayawardene (Sri Lanka) and Daniel Vettori (New Zealand).
The full list of nominations was announced on Tuesday on the official website of ICC and the winners will be decided on the basis of the number of votes a player receives. IANS