India captain Virat Kohli Got ICC top honors for the decade, winning the Sir Garfield Sobers award for the best male cricketer of the past 10 years.
Kohli was also select for the ODI Cricketer of the Decade award.
Congratulations to #TeamIndia Captain @imVkohli on bagging the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade & ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade Award 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/kd6KupmVZj
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 28, 2020
MS DHONI wins the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade.
The former India captain was chosen by fans unanimously for his gesture of calling back England batsman Ian Bell after a bizarre run out in the Nottingham Test in 2011.
🇮🇳 MS DHONI wins the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade 👏👏
The former India captain was chosen by fans unanimously for his gesture of calling back England batsman Ian Bell after a bizarre run out in the Nottingham Test in 2011.#ICCAwards | #SpiritOfCricket pic.twitter.com/3eCpyyBXwu
— ICC (@ICC) December 28, 2020
The International Cricket Council (ICC) also announced via his Twitter handle awarding the top honors on Kohli who best scored 66 out of his 70 International hundreds in the ”ICC Awards” duration.
Virat Massage:
My mindset has been to give my heart & soul for the team: @imVkohli
For what has been a sensational career so far, the Indian Captain won the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade.
Watch as he reflects on the decade gone by 📹https://t.co/hCk2eT5ZOi pic.twitter.com/lV2yj2ndFL
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 28, 2020
At the same time, he was also the batsman with the most fifties (94), most runs (20396) besides having the highest average (56.97) among players with 70 plus innings.
Generally, the 32-years-old has amassed 12040 runs in One Day Internationals, 7318 runs in Test, and 2928 runs in T20 Internationals, averaging more than 50 across the look. Virat was also part of the World Cup-winning India team in 2011, something he will treasure for life.
Lastly, he talking that ‘Firstly, It’s a great honor for me to receive this award. The moments I hold closest to my heart in the last decade definitely have to be the World Cup win in 2011 the Champions Trophy win in 2013 and winning the series in Australia in 2018.” said Kohli in a conversation.
The incredible Virat Kohli wins the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade 🙌
🏏 Most runs in the #ICCAwards period: 20,396
💯 Most hundreds: 66
🙌 Most fifties: 94
🅰️ Highest average among players with 70+ innings: 56.97
🏆 2011 @cricketworldcup champion pic.twitter.com/lw0wTNlzGi— ICC (@ICC) December 28, 2020
On being also named the ODI Cricketer of the Year. Kohli added ODI cricket is something that I took to the very beginning I came to the ODI team first and then I made my Test debut a couple of years later, So I got a knowledge of my game pretty soon pretty early, and as I mentioned before my only intention and mindset was to make winning contributions for the team and I just tried to do every game that I play
I never focussed on stats and numbers along the journey at tall and that stuff just becomes the by-product of what you do on the field and those for me just end up being milestones that you cross on the way to the path to success.
"My only intention was to make winning contributions for the team and I just strive to do that in every game. Stats just become the byproduct of what you want to do on the field."
📽️ Virat Kohli reacts to winning the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade award 🙌#ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/MF7LDRhg3v
— ICC (@ICC) December 28, 2020
Kohli only player with 10,000-plus ODI runs is the ICC Awards period
🇮🇳 VIRAT KOHLI is the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade 👏👏
🔝 Only player with 10,000-plus ODI runs in the #ICCAwards period
💯 39 centuries, 48 fifties
🅰️ 61.83 average
✊ 112 catchesA run machine 💥🙌 pic.twitter.com/0l0cDy4TYz
— ICC (@ICC) December 28, 2020