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Four Indian cricketers feature in ICC Women’s Team of Decade

Four Indian cricketers feature in ICC Women’s Team of Decade
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The Bridge Desk

Published: 27 Dec 2020 10:07 AM GMT

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday included Indian stars Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami in its Women's ODI Team of the Decade. Besides, Harmanpreet Kaur and bowler Poonam yadav featured in their list of Women's T20 Team of the Decade.

Presently Mithali Raj is ranked 10th in Women's ODI batswomen ranking by ICC, whereas Jhulan Goswami is ranked 5th among the bowlers. Mithali has played 209 ODI matches, amassing a total of 6,888 runs. Her highest individual score is 125, with a batting average of 50.64. Whereas, Jhulan Goswami has played 182 matches and scalped a total of 225 wickets. Her best bowling figures are 6/31, with an economy rate of 3.28.

Harmanpreet Kaur has played 114 T20 International matches. She has a

best score of 103, with an average of 27. Poonam has played 67 T20Is, in which she has picked up 95 wickets. Her best figures are 4/9, with an economy rate of 5.64.

ICC Women's ODI Team of the Decade: Alyssa Healy, Suzie Bates, Mithali Raj, Meg Lanning (c), Stafanie Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Ellyse Perry, Dane Van Niekerk, Marizanne Kapp, Jhulan Goswami, and Anisha Mohammed.

ICC Women's T20I Team of the Decade: Alyssa Healy, Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates, Meg Lanning (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Stafanie Taylor, Deandra Dottin, Ellyse Perry, Anya Shrubsole, Megan Schutt, Poonam Yadav.

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, and Jasprit Bumrah in its T20I Team of the Decade.

Dhoni has also been named as the skipper of the ICC's T20I Team of the Decade.

In the team, four players are from India, two are from Australia, two from West Indies, one from Sri Lanka, South Africa, and Afghanistan.

ICC's T20I Team of the Decade: Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, MS Dhoni (c), Kieron Pollard, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, and Lasith Malinga.

Currently, Kohli is ranked at the number seven spot in the ICC T20I Batsmen Rankings.

The ICC also named Kathryn Bryce of Scotland as the ICC Women's Associate Player of the Decade while Kyle Coetzer was named as ICC Men's Associate Player of the Decade.

India skipper Virat Kohli and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have been nominated for the ICC Player of the Decade Award.

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 accolade.

For ODI Player of the Decade, Kohli, Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Mitchell Starc (Australia), de Villiers, Rohit Sharma (India), MS Dhoni (India), and Sangakkara 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. Winners for these individual awards would be announced by the ICC on Monday.

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