Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli, winners of three ICC awards of the decade: In pics

Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and current captain Virat Kohli won three ICC awards of the decade on Monday (December 28, 2020).

 

While Dhoni won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of Decade, Kohli bagged the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Decade and the ICC men's ODI Player of the Decade award.

 

MSD and Kohli have also been two of those players who made the most impact in the last decade for the Indian side. The bond these two shared on and off-field is also visible in this collage that was shared by Virat Kohli a few years ago.   

Mahendra Singh Dhoni who is one of India's most successful captains won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade for his gesture at the beginning of the decade. 

 

MSD was chosen by fans unanimously for his gesture of calling back former England batter Ian Bell following a disputable runout at Trent Bridge in 2011. 

 

MSD announced retirement from international cricket in August this year and led India in a total of 199 matches in the 50-over format and guided to 110 wins and 74 defeats.

 

He also led India in 60 Test matches and helped the team clinch 27 wins. Besides this, Dhoni held a decent captaincy record in the Twenty20I format. Under him, the Indian team won 41 matches out of the 72 matches.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Decade along with the ICC men's ODI Player of the Decade award. 

 

Kohli scored 20,396 runs in all international cricket during the time period, which is more than anyone else and was also part of team India that won the ICC CWC 2011 and ICC Champions Trophy 2013. 

This is to be noted that International Cricket Council (ICC) on December 27, 2020, also chose Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the skipper for men's ODI and T20I teams of the decade.

 

Besides MSD, Indian current skipper Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma also featured in the ICC Men's ODI team of the decade.  

The duo has been involved in numerous victories for India in the past decade. Notably, when Dhoni gave up the captaincy, it was handed over to Virat Kohli. 

MSD congratulating Kohli's after one of his match-winning knocks.

MSD-Kohli during India's one of successful chases. "This man, made me run like in a fitness test," expressed Kohli after the match.