Indiacaptain Virat Kohli has been named the One Day International cricketer of thedecade for the 2010s in the 2021 edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
Kohliis one of five cricketers who have been named for each decade from 1971 to2021. He was part of the team that won the 2011 World Cup at the start of thedecade and went on to establish himself as one of the leading batsmen in allformats of the game, particularly in ODIs.
Hescored more than 11,000 runs in the ten-year stretch, averaging over 60 andscoring 42 centuries.
SriLanka spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan was named the ODI Cricketer of the2000s. He helped Sri Lanka make the World Cup final in 2011 and claimed 335wickets in the decade, more than any other bowler has in a single decade.
Indianbatting great Sachin Tendulkar and legendary former all-rounder Kapil Dev havebeen named for the 1990s and 1980s. Tendulkar scored nine ODI hundreds in 1998alone, more than any other batsman in a single calendar year ever has.
Kapil,meanwhile, claimed more wickets than any other in the 1980's, and scored at thehighest strike-rate of any batsman with more than 1000 runs. He also famouslyled India to a stunning win in the 1983 World Cup against the all-conqueringWest Indies.
WestIndies batting great Viv Richards was named the ODI cricketer of the year forthe 1970's, which was the first decade of the format. Richards fuelled WestIndies' dominance in the first decade of the format, scoring a century in thefinal of the 1970 World Cup to help them win the trophy.