Indian And Pakistani Fans Join Hands To Pick MS Dhoni In ICC’s Vote For Favourite Captain Of Decade
Updated - 25 Dec 2019, 08:01 PM
With the 2010s coming to an end, the International Cricket Council (ICC) asked fans to pick their favourite captain of the decade. The soon-to-end decade witnessed some great captains in the form of MS Dhoni, Michael Clarke, Brendon McCullum, Andrew Strauss, Kane Williamson as well as Virat Kohli. Clarke, Strauss and McCullum retired as true greats of the game.
Clarke led Australia to a famous 5-0 win over England in 2013-14 Ashes as well as the victory in the 2015 World Cup on home soil. McCullum, on the other hand, helped New Zealand make it to their first World Cup final. Strauss led England to the Ashes victory in Australia in 2010-11 as well as the number one Test rankings in 2011.
MS Dhoni, on the other hand, stepped down as Test captain in 2015 and ODI and T20I captain in 2017. He is one of the most decorated captains the game has ever witnessed. In this decade, he led India to triumphs in the 2011 World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy. Under him, India also made it to the semifinal of the 2015 World Cup and 2016 T20 World Cup as well as the final of 2014 T20 World Cup.
Fans reveal their pick:
As the ICC asked the fans to reveal their choice, most of them picked MS Dhoni. Though some of the fans chose Virat Kohli in Test and Rohit Sharma as their favourite T20 skipper, Dhoni won the vote unconditionally as the majority of the fans opted for India’s most successful captain. In fact, not only Indian fans but fans from Pakistan picked MS Dhoni too.
Tell us who your favourite captain of the decade is.
Go ?
— ICC (@ICC) December 25, 2019
Here are some of the reactions from the fans:
— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) December 25, 2019
It's about the decade. I think Virat will surpass everyone in the next decade. This decade belonged to Thala Dhoni…..
— Ansh Jha (@AnshMohanJha11) December 25, 2019
MS DHONI all the way….The best ever Indian captain and one of the best in world cricket…
— Prabhakaran (@mpk_prabhakaran) December 25, 2019
Mahendra Singh Dhoni ???? pic.twitter.com/CgbqiHYB1x
— Rehan (@_Rhayan_1) December 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/_Dhoni_SRK/status/1209755641054556161
MS Dhoni ?? #Love and #respect from Pakistan ??#DecadeChallenge
— Vinod Kumar ?? (@Viniii112) December 25, 2019
ms
— Yousuf Zai ?? (@NasirHussainYo1) December 25, 2019
— . (@IamJanaSainik) December 25, 2019
MSD
— Mani ?? (@ManiTweets14) December 25, 2019
MSD
— Rashid Latif راشد لطیف ?? (@iRashidLatif68) December 25, 2019
MSD any day ?
— Cricerz ? (@Cricerz) December 25, 2019
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