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Who has been named as the ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade and ODI Cricketer of the Decade?

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Answered on09/09/26

Virat Kohli won both awards.

On 27 December 2020, the ICC announced its one-off "Awards of the Decade," covering the period January 2011 to October 2020. Virat Kohli won Men's Cricketer of the Decade while Ellyse Perry was named Women's Cricketer of the Decade.

Kohli swept two men's categories:

  • ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade — officially called the Sir Garfield Sobers Award. This recognized the cricketer with the most runs across all international cricket during the decade — 20,396 runs, more than anyone else.

  • ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Decade — Kohli also took this award.

Why Kohli Won

  • He was part of the 2011 World Cup-winning squad and the 2013 Champions Trophy win, and led India to a first-ever Test series win in Australia in 2018.

  • In the award period, he scored the most international hundreds (66 of his 70), the most fifties (94), the most runs (20,396), and had the highest average (56.97) among players with 70+ innings.

  • In ODIs specifically, he was the fastest player ever to reach 10,000 runs.

What He Didn't Win

Worth noting because it shows the panel wasn't just rubber-stamping Kohli across the board: Steve Smith won the Test Cricketer of the Decade, for 7,040 runs in 69 Tests at an average of 65.79 with 26 centuries — denying Kohli a clean sweep of the format-specific awards.

Other Related Winners (for context)

  • T20I Cricketer of the Decade: Rashid Khan, for 89 wickets at an average of 12.62 and an economy of 6.14 across 48 matches.

  • Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade: MS Dhoni, for calling back England's Ian Bell after a run-out controversy in the 2011 Nottingham Test.

  • Female Cricketer of the Decade + Women's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Decade: Ellyse Perry, who swept the women's honours.

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Indian captain Virat Kohli is named the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Decade. Kohli remains the fastest to score 10000 ODI runs.He is one of the finest batsman in this generation and most important he was consistent from 10 years of his playing.Kohli has the second-highest number of centuries and the highest number of centuries in run-chases in the world. His existence in playground is very motivating for others.

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