Dubai, December 28

India captain Virat Kohli on Monday won the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for the ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) made the announcement via Twitter, bestowing the honour on Kohli, who scored 66 out of his 70 international hundreds, in the “ICC Awards” period.

Congratulations to #TeamIndia Captain @imVkohli on bagging the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade & ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade Award 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/kd6KupmVZj

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 28, 2020

In the same period, he was also the batsman with most fifties (94), most runs (20396) besides having the maximum average (56.97) among players with 70 plus innings.

Overall, the 32-year-old has amassed 12,040 runs in ODIs, 7,318 runs in Tests and 2,928 runs in T20 Internationals, averaging more than 50 across formats. PTI