ICC Awards 2020: Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni win prime honours

New Delhi: Indian captain Virat Kohli claimed two prestigious awards on the ICC Awards of the Decade. Kohli gained the Sir Garfield Sobers award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade and the ICC Men’s ODI Player of the Decade. Kohli was competing for the award alongside Ravichandran Ashwin, Joe Root, Steve Smith amongst others.
Receiving awards Virat Kohli mentioned, “My only intention was to make winning contributions for the team and I just strive to do that in every game. Stats just become the byproduct of what you want to do on the field.”

“My only intention was to make winning contributions for the team and I just strive to do that in every game. Stats just become the byproduct of what you want to do on the field.”
📽️ Virat Kohli reacts to successful the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade award 🙌#ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/MF7LDRhg3v
— ICC (@ICC) December 28, 2020

🏅 ICC @CricketWorldCup win in 2011🏆 ICC Champions Trophy win in 2013🎖️ Test sequence win in Australia in 2018
Virat Kohli, the winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade, talks in regards to the final 10 superb years of his profession 🙌#ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/P9FSDgCkWJ
— ICC (@ICC) December 28, 2020

Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade nominees
R Ashwin (India)Virat Kohli (India) WINNERJoe Root (England)Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)Steve Smith (Australia)AB de Villiers (South Africa)Kane Williamson (New Zealand
ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade nominees
MS Dhoni (India)Virat Kohli (India) WINNERLasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)Rohit Sharma (India)Mitchell Starc (Australia)AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Career highlights
2011 World Cup title2013 Champions Trophy2018-19 Test sequence win in Australia
Favourite ODI innings
183 v Pakistan, Asia Cup 201235 v Sri Lanka, World Cup 2011 final100* v Australia, Jaipur 2013 – 52-ball century to chase down 360115* v Australia, Nagpur – off 66 balls to assist chase down 351