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Rohit Sharma (IND), Chris Gayle (WI), Aaron Finch (AUS), Virat Kohli (IND), AB de Villiers (SA), Glenn Maxwell (AUS), MS Dhoni (c & wk) (IND), Kieron Pollard (WI), Rashid Khan (AFG), Jasprit Bumrah (IND), Lasith Malinga (SL)
 
All well deserved picks including ABD and MSD. Warner is missing though. A couple of Intikhab Alam smilies for those who disagree.

:inti :inti
 
Wow. I expected Babar Azam there.

So not a single Pakistani in any of the three 11s. :inti
 
Why is there only 3 bowlers selected? Dhoni and kohli are not needed, what have theyy both done in t20s? 2 bowling allrounders are needed to complete the t20. As per usual, ICC don't have a clue
 
So Rashid Khan makes it to the ICC T20i team of the 'Decade' after taking total of '3' T20i wickets in his career against England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand.
 
Brendan Mccullum should have definitely been in there. Maybe Darren Sammy as captain as well.
 
CricLegend said:
Why is there only 3 bowlers selected? Dhoni and kohli are not needed, what have theyy both done in t20s? 2 bowling allrounders are needed to complete the t20. As per usual, ICC don't have a clue
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Yup dhoni inclusion is bit surprising but kohli earned his spot, he has 2 man of the tournament awards in t20wc this decade.
 
CricLegend said:
Why is there only 3 bowlers selected? Dhoni and kohli are not needed, what have theyy both done in t20s? 2 bowling allrounders are needed to complete the t20. As per usual, ICC don't have a clue
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Two man of the tournaments in worldcups and 50+ average in the last decade what more do you want?
 
Gullycricket said:
Despite these numbers honestly Bobby has still bit to go to be on equal footing as Ab. Ab has played mostly against quality teams. Let's see how Babar fares in the next two T20 WC since that will be the real test.
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De Villiers numbers are awful.

No way does he deserve to be in the team.
 
Ab Fan said:
All well deserved picks including ABD and MSD. Warner is missing though. A couple of Intikhab Alam smilies for those who disagree.

:inti :inti
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Dhoni has been a flop in T20 internationals, Pollard has done nothing at international level as well.

Rashid Khan over Samuel Badree is the biggest joke ever, he was so cruical for WI winning two WC-( conceded 24 in first final and 16 runs in 2nd final). Marlon Samuels over Aaron Finch.
 
Saj said:
De Villiers numbers are awful.

No way does he deserve to be in the team.
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Babar too has an inflated average and SR because of playing against depleted sides. You give the same teams to AB he will massacre them. ICC has played it on reputation maybe but I will still take AB over Babar.
 
Gullycricket said:
Babar too has an inflated average and SR because of playing against depleted sides. You give the same teams to AB he will massacre them. ICC has played it on reputation maybe but I will still take AB over Babar.
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Babar doesn't choose who his opposition is. He can only perform against what is in front of him.
 
Babar's competition was at top order, he won't be competing with middle order players.

ICC won't be picking Babar at 5 or below. The only position that could be considered for him is in top 3 maybe in place of Aaron Finch.
 
Gullycricket said:
Despite these numbers honestly Bobby has still bit to go to be on equal footing as Ab. Ab has played mostly against quality teams. Let's see how Babar fares in the next two T20 WC since that will be the real test.
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Babar has scored more than 600 runs than him and has played 2 less matches also has much more 50’s. it’s based on reputation not numbers
 
Ab Fan said:
Babar's competition was at top order, he won't be competing with middle order players.

ICC won't be picking Babar at 5 or below. The only position that could be considered for him is in top 3 maybe in place of Aaron Finch.
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Finch has bee excellent so i wouldnt change him but what about gayle with an average of 30 all decade. If it comes to reputation and t20 record he is an atg. But he hasnt done much in t20is.
 
Cricket South Africa (CSA) today congratulated Proteas trio Dale Steyn, AB de Villiers, and Imran Tahir as well as Momentum Proteas pair Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp for being included by the ICC in its Teams of the Decade.

The players were identified and selected by the ICC’s specialist voting academy comprising prominent cricket journalists, broadcasters and former players from around the world.

Former South Africa top-order batsman De Villiers, widely regarded as one of the greatest players to have ever played limited-overs cricket, was named in both the ODI and T20I Teams of the Decade.

Leg-spinner Imran Tahir, a player that played all 107 of his ODIs in the 2010s claiming an impressive 173 wickets in that period, was picked alongside De Villiers in the 50-over team.

Fast bowler Steyn, who retired from red-ball cricket last season as the country’s all-time leading wicket-taker with 439 strikes, was named in the Test Team of the Decade.

Momentum Proteas captain Dane van Niekerk and her all-rounder team-mate Marizanne Kapp, meanwhile, were selected in the Women’s ODI Team of the Decade.

“Having our players being selected in these teams is an incredible honour,” commented CSA Director of Cricket, Graeme Smith. “It is also a massive feather in their caps and speaks about the immense contribution they have made to cricket not just domestically, but on a global stage.

“Their inclusions also speak of their consistency and their class as individuals. They have performed impeccably year in and year out for South Africa and we are very proud of them.

“We at CSA would therefore like to like to congratulate AB, Dale, Immi (Tahir), Dane and Marizanne.”

Smith also had special words of praise for the two Momentum Proteas that made the cut.

“We have seen the women’s game evolve at a rapid rate in the last three or four years,” he added. “Players like Dane and Marizanne have been at the forefront of that evolution and their recognition by the ICC is testament to their efforts.”

The ICC Awards of the Decade is a one-off edition of the annual awards programme, aimed at celebrating the stand-out performers and moments from the past ten years of international cricket.
 
MHN1293 said:
Finch has bee excellent so i wouldnt change him but what about gayle with an average of 30 all decade. If it comes to reputation and t20 record he is an atg. But he hasnt done much in t20is.
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Is Finch better than Warner in T20s? I thought maybe Warner should be picked atleast based on reputation.

Gayle and AB are picked based on their legacy and reputations but then you have to make it. That's why not everyone who can smack sixes is there in that team.
 
Gullycricket said:
Babar too has an inflated average and SR because of playing against depleted sides. You give the same teams to AB he will massacre them. ICC has played it on reputation maybe but I will still take AB over Babar.
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Which one is the depleted side here? Take your pick.
 

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Saj said:
Babar doesn't choose who his opposition is. He can only perform against what is in front of him.
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Ucdkee said:
Which one is the depleted side here? Take your pick.
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His stats are impressive no doubt but I am just pointing maybe ICC went for repuation here or some sort of normalisation. The teams Babar played were at some times without key players although I wont fault him. I myself would pick AB at that position despite these number due to sheer power hitting for the death overs and his impact. Actuall ICC should have replaced Finch with Babar. That is more apt. Babar still has long way to play some of the innings which AB played in this decade.
 
Raja111 said:
Two man of the tournaments in worldcups and 50+ average in the last decade what more do you want?
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Who was the man of the tournaments? Kohli? did india win? ok maybe Kohli can make the team. Tell me what has dhoni dobe? He is the GOAT in ODIs and has played special knocks, but in t20i, he has no business beibg there, that too at number 7. That position should be a bowling allounder @ no 8, with pollard moving up to 7
 
QDK(wk)
Gayle
Kohli
Watson
ABD
Maxwell
Afridi
Bravo
Samuel Badree
Malinga(c)
Bhumrah


Best team by far imo
 
Selection of Dhoni is a joke.
Abdevilliers did nothing of note in international t20s.
Also, Lala ahead of Maxwell.
 
You are telling me this team will play Pollard and Maxwell as 4th and 5th bowling option? :))
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Selection of Dhoni is a joke.
Abdevilliers did nothing of note in international t20s.
Also, Lala ahead of Maxwell.
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Think for T20 team, ICC also taken leagues into account since most T20s are being played there.
 
My T20 team:-

Rohit(c)
Warner/Gayle
Kohli
AB
Raina
Buttler(wkt)
Pollard
Afridi
Rashid
Malinga
Bumrah
 
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Not even being salty or anything why no Pakistani is in there despite Pakistan being the most successful t20i team and having the best players in t20s across the decade be it leading wicket takers or run scorers. The fact that dhoni finch maxwell rashid khan bumrah are in there makes no sense this is beyond a joke
 
The team is a joke with just 3 bowlers. It's T20 a bowler can only bowl 4 overs!

I would pick Afridi instead of Maxwell and Andre Russell instead of AB.

If Babar Azam has to be in the team he has to play in top 3. His big hitting abilities does not allow him to play any further down the order.
 
Mean&Green said:
Not even being salty or anything why no Pakistani is in there despite Pakistan being the most successful t20i team and having the best players in t20s across the decade be it leading wicket takers or run scorers. The fact that dhoni finch maxwell rashid khan bumrah are in there makes no sense this is beyond a joke
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Not a single Pakistani player in any of the 3 formats where we have players from even BD & Afg is bit shocking. Cant say if its a deliberate bias from ICC or not but this does not look well on an elite team like Pakistan.
 
Mean&Green said:
Not even being salty or anything why no Pakistani is in there despite Pakistan being the most successful t20i team and having the best players in t20s across the decade be it leading wicket takers or run scorers.
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I don't see Pakistan as the most successful. I don't see Pakistani among the leading wicket-takers or leading scorer in the last 10 years.

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Pakistan T20 team has done well in patches in the last decade but it had no player that really made an impact. Amir could have been one but his greed consumed him. Babar still is a kid though a precocious one like Shaheen.

However, Pak cricket team does not come close to India in W/L ratio or having impact players like Kohli, Bumrah, Dhoni, Rohit, probably even Jadeja.
 
Afridi would be head and shoulders ahead of Pollard as lan all rounder in terms of wicket taking ability and late order hitting is equal.
 
I don’t know how Dhoni got in ahead of Mccullum but as far as Babar-ABDV argument goes, leave the stats aside but anyone who watched any cricket and are of a stable mind wouldn’t pick Babar Azam ahead of ABDV regardless of their stats in any non-fantasy scenario
 
ICC consulted Sir [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] and asked if they could include any Pak player in any format and there was a big NO from his side as he said that Pak fans deserve to be humiliated who live in their own imaginary world of Pak team being an elite team with superstars and need a reality check from ICC's side too. He has been proved right again, love him or not but u cant ignore him and what he says. Now u have a proof that even ICC agrees with him.
 
Abu_Hamza said:
ICC consulted Sir [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] and asked if they could include any Pak player in any format and there was a big NO from his side as he said that Pak fans deserve to be humiliated who live in their own imaginary world of Pak team being an elite team with superstars and need a reality check from ICC's side too. He has been proved right again, love him or not but u cant ignore him and what he says. Now u have a proof that even ICC agrees with him.
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Funny you mentioned this

It does say that the voting panel includes ex players and journalists around the world. Wouldn’t be surprised if he was consulted:)))
 
Local.Dada said:
I don’t know how Dhoni got in ahead of Mccullum but as far as Babar-ABDV argument goes, leave the stats aside but anyone who watched any cricket and are of a stable mind wouldn’t pick Babar Azam ahead of ABDV regardless of their stats in any non-fantasy scenario
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On the basis of this argument, they should have selected Sir Viv Richards.
 
Saj said:
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Clearly favouring the SENA teams here. Pathetic from the ICC.

AB has achieved nothing notable in T20I, but he's a legend in T20. If this was about selecting a team from domestic competitions, then I would have understood, but internationally, AB cannot be anywhere near the team with an average of 27.7. Granted that his strike rate is good, but he should not have been selected.

I also have my reservations about Bumrah and Rohit Sharma.

I'll let Rohit in because he's a very good batsman, but his stats aren't too compelling. He has centuries against England, South Africa, West Indies, and Sri Lanka, and that's really incredible.

Bumrah hasn't really left a good impression on me, because the likes of Gul were far better. I agree that nowadays, death over bowling is difficult, but if it's a team of the decade, surely the statistics should prevail.

Shoaib Malik could have contended but the middle order is already so excellent.

Leaving out Babar was criminal from the ICC.
 
UzmanBeast said:
Clearly favouring the SENA teams here. Pathetic from the ICC.

AB has achieved nothing notable in T20I, but he's a legend in T20. If this was about selecting a team from domestic competitions, then I would have understood, but internationally, AB cannot be anywhere near the team with an average of 27.7. Granted that his strike rate is good, but he should not have been selected.

I also have my reservations about Bumrah and Rohit Sharma.

I'll let Rohit in because he's a very good batsman, but his stats aren't too compelling. He has centuries against England, South Africa, West Indies, and Sri Lanka, and that's really incredible.

Bumrah hasn't really left a good impression on me, because the likes of Gul were far better. I agree that nowadays, death over bowling is difficult, but if it's a team of the decade, surely the statistics should prevail.

Shoaib Malik could have contended but the middle order is already so excellent.

Leaving out Babar was criminal from the ICC.
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Stats for the last 10 years:

Bumrah gave 7.6 runs per over and picked up 49 wickets
Gul gave 8 runs per over and picked up 33 wickets.

Given the later part of the decade was higher scoring than the earlier part and yet Gul went over 8 runs per over, I don't see how stats are not prevailing in picking Bumrah over Gul for the last 10 years.
 
Babbar said:
Pakistan T20 team has done well in patches in the last decade but it had no player that really made an impact. Amir could have been one but his greed consumed him. Babar still is a kid though a precocious one like Shaheen.

However, Pak cricket team does not come close to India in W/L ratio or having impact players like Kohli, Bumrah, Dhoni, Rohit, probably even Jadeja.
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Amir should have been in this team. Not sure why they went with 3 bowlers.

Pathetic XI.
 
UzmanBeast said:
Clearly favouring the SENA teams here. Pathetic from the ICC.

AB has achieved nothing notable in T20I, but he's a legend in T20. If this was about selecting a team from domestic competitions, then I would have understood, but internationally, AB cannot be anywhere near the team with an average of 27.7. Granted that his strike rate is good, but he should not have been selected.

I also have my reservations about Bumrah and Rohit Sharma.

I'll let Rohit in because he's a very good batsman, but his stats aren't too compelling. He has centuries against England, South Africa, West Indies, and Sri Lanka, and that's really incredible.

Bumrah hasn't really left a good impression on me, because the likes of Gul were far better. I agree that nowadays, death over bowling is difficult, but if it's a team of the decade, surely the statistics should prevail.

Shoaib Malik could have contended but the middle order is already so excellent.

Leaving out Babar was criminal from the ICC.
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They considered his impact level which is huge. The way he destroys the best of the attacks in world is unparallel.
 
Abu_Hamza said:
They considered his impact level which is huge. The way he destroys the best of the attacks in world is unparallel.
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I am not sure about it if we are looking at T20 internationals.

AB averages 26 in the last 10 years. He has crossed 35 only 8 times in the last 10 years and half of them came against Eng. Eng hardly had best attacks in T-20.

I don't see how Ab can be included based on T20 International's output.
 
Buffet said:
Stats for the last 10 years:

Bumrah gave 7.6 runs per over and picked up 49 wickets
Gul gave 8 runs per over and picked up 33 wickets.

Given the later part of the decade was higher scoring than the earlier part and yet Gul went over 8 runs per over, I don't see how stats are not prevailing in picking Bumrah over Gul for the last 10 years.
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Thanks for sharing the stats, I was focused more on Gul's career stats.

With that knowledge, Bumrah should then rightfully be placed in the team.

AB De Villiers does not merit selection though, and Pollard is also a bit questionable.
 
Abu_Hamza said:
They considered his impact level which is huge. The way he destroys the best of the attacks in world is unparallel.
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I agree, but impact should be considered when the averages are very tight and so are the strike rates, like the comparison of Babar Azam and KL Rahul. Rahul is a bigger match winner, but if he were to be averaging around 29, then Babar would be better by far. That's the case with De Villiers, he might have a high strike rate and "match-impact" but his average is poor.
 
UzmanBeast said:
Thanks for sharing the stats, I was focused more on Gul's career stats.

With that knowledge, Bumrah should then rightfully be placed in the team.

AB De Villiers does not merit selection though, and Pollard is also a bit questionable.
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Gul was really a gun bowler in 2000s. His career stats are far better due to him performing really well in 2000s. He will walk into any T20 XI for 2000s.
 
Buffet said:
I don't see Pakistan as the most successful. I don't see Pakistani among the leading wicket-takers or leading scorer in the last 10 years.

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Well they still have the second best win loss ratio also I confused it with 2010 as well. But where does rashid khan come in any of these Pakistan even had the highest run scorer hafeeez this year and second highest wicket takers shaheen and rauf. What I was trying to imply was they have one of tougher t20 teams also a format which they can call their own in t20 world cups Pakistan is the most successful team to have gone to two finals and three semi finals. I didn’t know this was t20 team of the decade not t20i which is pretty stupid by ICC if it’s t20 instead of t20i
 
Very happy and proud to see Thala Dhoni as captain of both ODI and T20 teams of the decade! Dhoni is one the greatest LOI legends the world has ever seen. Miss you, Thala!
 
Rashid Khan has played 0 T20 matches vs Aus, NZ, Ind and Pak (4 out of top 6 teams currently). Went for 0-51 in 4 overs against SA in only match he played.

However, he makes the T20 international team of the decade. :salute
 
Pathetic

Complaint should be sent to the BCCI sorry I mean the ICC
 
Titan24 said:
Rashid Khan has played 0 T20 matches vs Aus, NZ, Ind and Pak (4 out of top 6 teams currently). Went for 0-51 in 4 overs against SA in only match he played.

However, he makes the T20 international team of the decade. :salute
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I don't think Rashid should be there. You can't really have a spot in the team of the decade unless you have a good performance against top teams. Not playing should not result in assumption that you will perform.

If two players are comparable, I won't have any issue because judgment may vary. But if you have hardly scored or taken wickets against top teams then I don't see how you can make this cut.
 
IMMY69 said:
Pathetic

Complaint should be sent to the BCCI sorry I mean the ICC
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I guess a T20 X1 looks more glamorous with those names. I mean imagine having Imad Wasim or Hassan Ali in an ATG X1, it doesn’t do much for the stature of the line up even though they might have decent stats . Babar should have been there may be as he wouldn’t look too out of place.
 
How the hell can they ignore Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav? Both of them helped MI win IPL 2020
 
Pakistan’s run as the number 1 ranked T20I side from 2016-2019 was as fake as it gets. ICC have done the right thing by not naming any member of that side in the T20I XI of the decade.
 
Mamoon said:
Pakistan’s run as the number 1 ranked T20I side from 2016-2019 was as fake as it gets. ICC have done the right thing by not naming any member of that side in the T20I XI of the decade.
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ABD, MSD, KP and Rashid Khan have been picked based on their performances for RCB, CSK, MI and SRH respectively.

It seems ICC also thinks IPL is at par with T20I. :inti
 
Ab Fan said:
ABD, MSD, KP and Rashid Khan have been picked based on their performances for RCB, CSK, MI and SRH respectively.

It seems ICC also thinks IPL is at par with T20I. :inti
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Of course it is. IPL, along with WT20, is the highest form of T20 cricket in the game. It is basically to T20 cricket what WSC was to Test cricket.

IPL stats should either be included in T20Is stats or should have its own category. It shouldn’t be grouped together with other franchise T20 stats.
 
Mamoon said:
Of course it is. IPL, along with WT20, is the highest form of T20 cricket in the game. It is basically to T20 cricket what WSC was to Test cricket.

IPL stats should either be included in T20Is stats or should have its own category. It shouldn’t be grouped together with other franchise T20 stats.
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Are you trolling Pak team or IPL? Or both?
 
Ucdkee said:
Are you trolling Pak team or IPL? Or both?
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Not interested in trolling anyone. My point is that IPL does not deserve to be clubbed together with its low budget imitations like PSL, BBL, CPL, LPL, T20 Blast etc.

It is a completely different beast.
 
Mamoon said:
Not interested in trolling anyone. My point is that IPL does not deserve to be clubbed together with its low budget imitations like PSL, BBL, CPL, LPL, T20 Blast etc.

It is a completely different beast.
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Yep with an average pace of 70mph for bowlers.


On topic, either it was an Indian who selected this or someone who had too many sherry's over xmas.
 
Mamoon man give it a break at least for today. Please explain to me why Rashid Khan is in there, that’s all I want to know. Forget Pakistan, I don’t care if none of our players made it.
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
Mamoon man give it a break at least for today. Please explain to me why Rashid Khan is in there, that’s all I want to know. Forget Pakistan, I don’t care if none of our players made it.
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I don’t know, I didn’t select the team.
 
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