The ICC on Sunday announced the men's and women's teams for the T20Is, ODIs and Tests from the last decade.
Former India captain MS Dhoni was named captain of the T20I and ODI Teams while current India captain Virat Kohli was picked to lead the Test side. The T20I side comprises four Indian players, three in the ODI side and two in the Test side.
The T20I XI comprises two Australians, two West Indians, one South African and one player each from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. There is no representation from 2010 winners and 2016 runners-up England, New Zealand and Pakistan.
Interestingly, England are the No 1 ranked side in the world and Pakistan were at the top earlier.
MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are present in both the limited over sides while Kohli finds a place in the Test team as well.
Ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah finds a spot among three front line bowlers in the T20I side. Other players in the T20I Team of the Decade are Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, AB de Villiers, Rashid Khan and Lasith Malinga.
Besides Kohli, Rohit and MS Dhoni, other players to have found a spot in multiple formats are David Warner (ODI and Test), AB de Villiers (T20I and ODI), Malinga (T20I and ODI), Ben Stokes (ODI and Test).
ICC Men's T20I Team of the Decade: Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, MS Dhoni (c, wk), Kieron Pollard, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga
ICC Men's ODI Team of the Decade: Rohit Sharma, David Warner, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Shakib Al Hasan, MS Dhoni (wk/c), Ben Stokes, Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult, Imran Tahir, Lasith Malinga
ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade: Alastair Cook, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Virat Kohli (c), Steve Smith, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Ben Stokes, R Ashwin, Dale Steyn, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
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