ICC Player of the Decade Awards – Nominees

ICC has announced player nominees for the Player of the Decade awards. The award consideration spans for the last decade and would reward the players for their incredible run in the last decade.

A total of 9 categories have been named – 3 of them exclusively for Women’s cricketers. Mithali Raj has been nominated in Women’s Player of the Decade and Women’s ODI player of the decade, while Jhulan Goswami is nominated for the Women’s ODI Player of the decade award.

Virat Kohli of India bagged the most nominations – All 5 categories that qualify men cricketers – including the Spirit of Cricket Award.

List of nominations: ICC Player of the Decade Awards

Men’s player of the decade:
Virat Kohli (India)
Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
Joe Root (England)
Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
Steve Smith (Australia)
AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

Women’s ODI Player of the Decade:
Meg Lanning (Australia)
Ellyse Perry (Australia)
Mithali Raj (India)
Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
Jhulan Goswami (India)

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)

Men’s ODI Player of the Decade:
Virat Kohli (India)
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
Mitchell Starc (Australia)
AB de Villiers
Rohit Sharma (India)
MS Dhoni (India)
Kumara Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

Men’s Test Player of the Decade: 
Virat Kohli (India)
Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
Steve Smith (Australia)
James Anderson (England)
Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka)
Yasir Shah (Pakistan)

Men’s T20I Player of the Decade:
Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
Virat Kohli (India)
Imran Tahir (South Africa)
Aaron Finch (Australia)
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
Chris Gayle (West Indies)
Rohit Sharma (India)

ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade:
Virat Kohli (India)
Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
MS Dhoni (India)
Anya Shrubsole (England)
Katherine Brunt (England)
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)

ICC Men’s Associate Player of the Decade:
Richie Berrington (Scotland)
Peter Borren (Netherlands)
Kyle Coetzer (Scotland)
Calum MacLeod (Scotland)
Assad Vala (Papua New Guinea)
Paras Khadka (Nepal)

ICC Women’s Associate Player of the Decade:
Kathryn Bryce (Scotland)
Sterre Kalis (Netherlands)
Sarah Bryce (Scotland)
Natthakan Chantham (Thailand)
Sornnorin Tippoch (Thailand)
Chanida Sutthiruang (Thailand)