An Indian cricketer was named captain in all three of the ICC men's Teams of the Decade.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the Men’s T20I, ODI, and Test teams of the decade on Sunday. MS Dhoni got picked as the captain of limited-overs teams, and Virat Kohli as the skipper of the Test team.
Other Indian players who got featured are Rohit Sharma in T20I and ODI sides, along with Jasprit Bumrah for ODI. R Ashwin was included in the Test side and Virat in all three formats.
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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.
ICC’s ODI Team of the Decade: Rohit Sharma, David Warner, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Shakib Al Hasan, MS Dhoni (c), Ben Stokes, Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult, Imran Tahir, and Lasith Malinga.
ICC’s Test Team of the Decade: Alistair Cook, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Virat Kohli (c), Steve Smith, Kumar Sangakkara, Ben Stokes, Ravi Ashwin, Dale Steyn, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
However, surprisingly, there was no player from Pakistan chosen in any of the teams of the decade and Twitterati reacted hilariously to this with some having serious takes on the matter, while some shared hilarious memes.
Here are the reactions: