ICC announces 'Teams of the Decade', no Pakistanis included.

 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the men's and women's teams of the last decade in all three styles of cricket in the last days of 2020, in which no Pakistani player has made it. According to the ICC, the men's Test team Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh, no player could make the place. 

 

 The teams also include players who have retired from cricket over the past decade, and players from existing teams have also been selected. Also read: Year 2020: Defeat Corona on the playing field India captain Virat Kohli is the only player to be included in all the three style teams, as well as former captains Mahendra Dhoni and Rohit Sharma are part of the ODI and T20 teams while the captain in the team style is also an Indian player.

 

 England's Ben Stokes and Australia's David Warner have been selected in the Test and ODI teams. Australia's David Warner, South Africa's AB de Villiers, Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga are part of the ODI and T20 teams. India's Virat Kohli (captain), England's Alastair Cook, Australia's David Warner, New Zealand's Ken Williamson, Australia's Steve Smith, Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (wicket keeper), England's Ben Stokes, India's Ashwin , Dale Steyn of South Africa, Stuart Broad of England and James Anderson.

 

 India's MS Dhoni (captain and wicket-keeper), Rohit Sharma, Australia's David Warner, India's Virat Kohli, South Africa's AB de Villiers, Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan, England's Ben Stokes, Australia's Mitchell Starc, New Zealand's Trent Bolt, South Africa's Imran Tahir and Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga. The T20 also has the highest number of four Indian players, but two West Indies players and one Afghan player have also been included, while the top batsmen in this style of cricket have failed to make it to the top. 

 

 Read more: Mohammad Aamir reveals reasons for retirement from cricket India's MS Dhoni (captain and wicket-keeper), Rohit Sharma, West Indies 'Chris Gayle, Australia's Aaron Finch, India's Virat Kohli, South Africa's AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, West Indies' Kieron Pollard, Afghanistan's Rashid Khan, India's Jaspreet Bamra and Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga. 

 

 Australia's Meg Lanning (captain) Alyssa Haley, New Zealand's Susie Bates, India's Mithali Raj, West Indies' Stephanie Taylor, England's Sarah Taylor (wicket-keeper), Australia's Alyssa Perry, South Africa's women's ODI team Dan Van Niekerk, Marizen Cape, India's Jhulan Goswami and West Indies' Anisa Muhammad have been selected. 

The women's T20 team is also led by Meg Lanning, Australia's Alyssa Haley (wicket-keeper), New Zealand's Sophie Devine, Susie Bates, India's Harmanpreet Kaur, West Indies' Stephanie Taylor, Diandra Dutton, Australia's Alyssa Perry, England's Anya Sherbasol, Australia's Megan and India's Poonam Pandey.

 "I think ICC forgot that Pakistan is also a member of ICC and they also play T20I cricket. They did not pick Babar Azam, who is currently the number one batsman in the ICC T20I rankings. They did not pick a single player from Pakistan in the team. We don't need your (ICC) T20I Team of the Decade because you announced the IPL team, not a world cricket team," Akhtar said on his official YouTube channel.
 

The veteran pacer further openly criticised the working of ICC and claimed that the organisation is ruining the game for money.
"ICC only thinks about money, sponsorships and TV rights. They introduced two new balls and three powerplays (in the ODI cricket). Where is Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, big five of West Indies, Wasim (Akram) and Waqar (Younis)? Where are the world's fastest bowlers and leg-spinners? They went away because ICC commercialised and materialised cricket so much and allowed ten leagues to earn more revenue," Akhtar said.
 

"They just want two World Cups in three years and leagues. ....There is a big difference between today's cricket and in 70's cricket. If there is no Sachin vs Shoaib then what's the point of watching cricket? There is no big player than Babar Azam in T20I. He is a top-scorer for Pakistan and his averages show what he has done for the country, even in comparison with Virat Kohli. It is so embarrassing and I'm sure after this video they will think that they have to announce the World Team of the Decade, not the IPL team," Sohaib concluded.
 

Earlier in the day, ICC included Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, and Jasprit Bumrah in its T20I Team of the Decade. Dhoni has also been named as the skipper of the ICC's T20I Team of the Decade.
In the team, four players are from India, two are from Australia, two from West Indies, one from Sri Lanka, South Africa, and Afghanistan.