While Smith clinched Test Player of the Decade award, his Indian counterpart -- Virat Kohli -- grabbed ODI Player of the Decade and the ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade.
Warner is gearing up to play the third Test in Sydney, having missed the first two Tests due to a groin injury.
In a span of just five years, Rashid has escalated to the top of the pile, having scalped 84 wickets at an impressive average of 12.62.
Rashid was the highest wicket-taker in T20 Internationals in the past 10 years with 89 scalps at an average of 12.62
The ICC bestowed the award upon the 32-year-old for his stellar batting record during the period.
In an impressive international career so far, Kohli has gathered 12040 runs in ODIs, 7318 runs in Tests and 2928 runs in T20 Internationals, averaging more than 50 across the three formats.
While a lot many justifiable names were part of the lists, there were a few too many surprise omissions and selections made by ICC, one of the major omissions being the absence of Pakistan players from the Test and T20I team, for which they have received flak from across the globe.
While Smith clinched Test Player of the Decade award, his Indian counterpart -- Virat Kohli -- grabbed ODI Player of the Decade and the ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade.
The former Indian captain was awarded for his gesture of calling back England batsman Ian Bell after a bizarre run out in the Nottingham Test in 2011.
Babar was sitting at the first position in ICC T20I batsmen rankings before Dawid Malan overtook him recently.
Apart from Dhoni, the T20I team also comprises current India captain Virat Kohli, opener Rohit Sharma and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah.
With his 55th fifty-plus score, he also equalled Australia's Steve Smith, in the all-time list standing to stand in the 37th position.
BCCI decided to back the ICC's bid for inclusion of cricket, in the T20 format, in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
India, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe have already qualified for the event, to be held in the West Indies in early 2022, by virtue of their top 11 finish in the 2020 edition.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was replaced by spinner Yuzvendra Chahal as a "concussion substitute" after he was hit on the head in the first T20 International in Canberra on Friday.
BCCI had even tweeted a statement saying that Jadeja is being assesed by the medical team while captain Virat Kohli mentioned that the batsman felt a bit of dizziness on reaching the dressing room and felt it even after the match had completed.
India-Pakistan bilateral series always depends on the political relations that the two Asian neighbouring countries have, and they haven't played a Test series against each other for 13 years.
Barclay dropped a hint that the inaugural WTC could well be the last one as smaller members can't afford Test cricket championship anymore.
The 'Big Three' was a concept where India, Australia and England were supposed to earn the lion's share of global body's revenue.
Barclay had been a board member of New Zealand Cricket since 2012 and also served as New Zealand’s representative on the ICC.
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